The Last Mozart Ikuyo Nakamichi & Michiyoshi Inoue

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466:
• 1 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: I. Allegro 14:52
• 2 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: II. Romanze 09:28
• 3 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: III. (Allegro assai) 08:04
• Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488:
• 4 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: I. Allegro 11:24
• 5 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Adagio 06:56
• 6 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: III. Allegro assai 08:29
• Total Runtime 59:13

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Ikuyo Nakamichis lang erwartete Aufnahme von Mozart-Konzerten ist eine Zusammenarbeit mit dem Meisterdirigenten Michiyoshi Inoue, der sich im Dezember 2024 vom Dirigieren zurückzieht. Mozart ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil von Nakamichis Repertoire, und das Konzert wurde von ihr seit ihrem Debüt gespielt, was ihr nicht nur bei inländischen Orchestern, sondern auch im Ausland, in Großbritannien, der Tschechischen Republik, Kanada und Belgien, große Anerkennung einbrachte. Für diese Aufnahme wurde von Herrn Inoue ein Orchester mit dem Namen „Ensemble Amideo“ gegründet, und die Spieler, einschließlich des Konzertmeisters Kota Nagahara, dem Herr Inoue vertraut und mit dem er seine letzte Musiziererfahrung teilen möchte, kamen zusammen, um mit ihm aufzutreten. Die Aufnahmesitzung war eine intime Musiziersitzung. Die Aufnahmesitzung fand in der Dai-ichi Seimei Hall in Kachidoki, Tokio, statt, die ein intimes Musizieren ermöglicht, und am letzten Tag der Aufnahmesitzung trugen alle Spieler Weiß, was der Aufführung eine einzigartig heilige und feierliche Atmosphäre verlieh.

Ikuyo Nakamichi, Klavier
Ensemble Amideo
Michiyoshi Inoue, Dirigent

Ikuyo Nakamichi
is one of Japan’s most sought-after pianists. In music she finds the divine, the intimate—even empathy—and can uniquely infuse them into the sound and expression of the piano. Her wide-ranging repertoire includes a special focus on the works of Beethoven. She has performed six full cycles of and recorded all the Piano Sonatas and all the Piano Concertos with the Deutsch Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under the baton of Paavo Järvi.

Nakamichi’s passions also extend to period instruments, and she herself owns several historical pianofortes. In some concerts, she plays both pianoforte and modern piano, a rare feat. Her deeply informed approach has earned her high standing among musicologists.

Years living as a teenager in the United States greatly influenced Nakamichi’s personality as a musician. Later study in Germany enhanced her deep appreciation of European traditions in classical music. Ultimately it may be the attention to detail and subtle nuance that her Japanese heritage brings to her playing that attracts people to her concert and recorded performances.

Among the numerous awards Nakamichi has won are the top prize in the 42nd Geneva International Music Competition, First Prize at the Felix Mendelssohn Competition and the Fifth Prize in the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium. In 2005 she performed with the English Chamber Orchestra to high acclaim for a wedding celebration concert at Windsor Castle held in honor of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall.

Additionally Nakamichi was soloist with many prestigious orchestras including the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Among the many celebrated conductors she has worked with are Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Paavo Järvi, Lorin Maazel, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Pinchas Zukerman. She is also a devoted chamber musician, collaborating with clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, the Brandis Quartet, the Gewandhaus Quartet, and the Hagan Quartet, along with many others.

Nakamichi has an exclusive recording contract with Sony Music Japan. Among her more than 30 CD releases are the complete Beethoven and Mozart Piano Sonatas.

Paying special attention to the role a musician should play in society, Nakamichi organized, is music director and supervisor of “Music for Our Future,” a group that strives to cultivate appreciation and understanding of music with the aim of empowering it to contribute directly to society and the resolution of social issues.

The focus of her recent activities is the enormous project “The Road to 2027,” which began in 2018 and consists of 20 recital programs that reflect her great vision and personal philosophy of piano performance. To this end Nakamichi has already commenced concertizing throughout Japan.

Michiyoshi Inoue
Born in Tokyo in 1946, Michiyoshi Inoue studied at Toho Gakuen School of Music under the late Hideo Saito. He came to international prominence after winning the 1971 Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition hosted by Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He made his Japanese debut in 1976 conducting a subscription concert of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.

Inoue has since held positions as Principal Guest Conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (1977 to 1982), Music Director of the New Japan Philharmonic (1983 to 1988), Music Director and 9th Chief Conductor of the City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra (1990 to 1998), Music Director of the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa (2007 to 2018), Principal Conductor of the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra (2014 to 2017) making a new era of each ensemble with his novel projects and ample musicality. He has conducted not only the major Japanese orchestras, but also prestigious orchestras all over the world including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Budapest Festival Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra as well as Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela.

From 1999 to 2000, Inoue and the New Japan Philharmonic performed the integral set of Mahler symphonies, resulting in what was hailed as “the highest level of Mahler performances ever to be heard in Japan.” In 2007, he achieved great success in Tokyo both as the conductor and project leader of his Shostakovich symphony cycle concert series with five Russian and Japanese orchestras. Since this epochal event, the number of concerts programming Shostakovich has increased at a stretch in Japan, to which Inoue is said to be the most distinguished contributor. He fell seriously ill in April 2014 and returned to podium in October the same year.

Inoue has been the uncompromising general director of unique, unconventional stage projects such as the new productions of Mozart “Le Nozze di Figaro: What The Gardener Saw” staged by Hideki Noda (2015 and 2020), Bernstein “Mass” staged by Inoue himself for the 55th Osaka International Festival (2017), Mozart “Don Giovanni” staged and choreographed by Kaiji Moriyama (2019) as well as the world premiere of Inoue’s autobiographic musical opera “A Way from Surrender” staged by himself (2023).

Inoue has been awarded the International Music Prize / Crystal Prize from the Osaka Symphony Hall (1990), 9th Kenzo Nakajima Music Prize (1991), 6th Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Music Award’s Encouragement Prize for his performance of opera “Iris” (2009), Person of Cultural Merit from the Kyoto City and Omotenashi Prize from the Association for Corporate Support of the Arts known as Kigyo Mécénat Kyogikai for his performance at the Kyoto Brighton Hotel Relay Music Festival (2010), Akio Watanabe Music Foundation Special Award and TonenGeneral Music Award (2016), Osaka Prefecture Culture Prize, Osaka Cultural Festival Prize and Music Critic Club Award (2018), Arima Prize from the NHK Symphony Orchestra (2019) as well as 54th Suntory Music Award (2023). In 1998, the French government decorated him with the insignia “Chevalier” of the Order of Arts and Letters.

Currently the Honorary Conductor of the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Inoue has announced his plan to retire as conductor in December 2024.

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