For information (not always up to date) on Aimi’s concert appearances, Japanese readers

should check:

Aimi’s pages on To-on Artist Promotion

Aimi’s pages on EMI Music Japan

Non-Japanese readers can try using the Google translation tool to decipher these pages.

Concert Engagements, 2010

Poznan, Poland, Sunday February 21st (- INTERNATIONAL -)

Concert with Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marek Pijarowski. Aimi was invited to participate in the festival celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Chopin in 2010.

Venue: Aula UAM (Adam Mickiewicz University Concert Hall), Poznan

Time: 6 p.m.

Program:

Mozart, Overture to The Magic Flute

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 26 in D major KV 537, “Coronation”

Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

For photo sets and a review see After the Concert page 2 second item from top.

Tokyo, Japan, Monday March 1st

Joint recital and discussion

Venue: Matsuo Hall, Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Program: No specific program announced. Attendance at this small venue (Matsuo Hall) is by invitation only. Aimi will be a “guest” alomg with Russian pianist Stanislav Bunin and music journalist Yoshiko Ikuma. It seems there will be some discussion of Chopin illustrated by pieces played by the two pianists. The event is hosted by Matsuo Musical Instruments and EMI Music Japan and is supported by the Polish Embassy.

Photo and interview links: Matsuo anchor on After the Concert page 2.

Machida City, Tokyo, Japan, Sunday March 28th

Solo recital

Venue: Art Space Gallery (Art Space Oh, or ASO), Machida City, Tokyo

Time: 6 p.m.

Program:

Mozart, Piano Sonata no. 18 in D major KV 576

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor “Pathétique” Op. 13

Chopin, Ballade no. 1 in G minor Op. 23

Only listed after the event thanks to an observant fan (here's the announcement). I’ve added it because excerpts were featured in a program broadcast by NHK TV on March 29th and because it shows what a busy bee Aimi has become this year! Regular monthly recitals are held at this private venue, which seats about 100.

Tokyo, Japan, Saturday April 3rd — PTNA teenage musician series

Solo recital

Venue: Asahi Hall Hamarikyu (seats 398)

Time: 7 p.m.

Program:

Mozart, Piano Sonata in D major KV 576

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor “Pathétique” Op. 13

Chopin, Scherzo no. 1 in B minor Op. 20

Chopin, Etudes Op. 10 nos 3, 4 and 5

Chopin, Mazurka no. 41 in C sharp min Op. 63 no. 3

Chopin, Waltz no. 14 in E min (Op. posth.)

Chopin, Ballade no. 1 in G minor Op. 23

Encores: Liszt: Paganini Etude no. 5, Schumann/Liszt: Widmung (Dedication), Chopin: Nocturne no. 20.

Tickets/Contact: Eastern Sound planning: tel. 03-3944-1581.

A couple of reviews of this recital can now be found on this page (this site).

Tokyo, Japan, Saturday 17th April

“Mini-concert”

Venue: 6F Ginza Yamaha Concert Salon

Time: 3 p.m.

Program: None stated (as of 12 April)

Tickets/Contact: 2F Ginza Yamaha Music CD Shop, Tel: 03-3572-3135. Admission by draw (50 pairs). It appears that the draw for tickets is only open to those who purchase Aimi’s CD at the store. For details see this Yamaha Music page or this EMI Music Japan page

Tokyo, Japan, Sunday 2nd May

Recital with various artists, five-day event held 28th April to 2nd May

Venue: Marucube, Marunouchi Bldg, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-Ku

Time: Not known. Aimi played last on this day.

Program: Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1, movements 1 and 3 (played as string quartet version with QuartetN)

Details: See To-on web report on day 5. (My entry here was logged long after the event, for completeness!)

Tokyo, Japan, Saturday 15th May

Recital/concert with Chopin Festival Orchestra in Tokyo conducted by Michal Dworzynski.

Venue: Suntory Hall (Main Hall)

Time: 7 p.m.

Program (all Chopin):

Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

Etude Op.10-3, “Tristesse”

Etude Op.10-4

Etude Op.10-5 “Black keys”

Waltz no. 14 in E minor (Op. posth.)

Mazurka no. 41 in C sharp minor Op.63-3

Ballade no. 1 in G minor Op. 23

Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor Op. 11

Encore: Chopin Nocturne in C sharp minor no. 20 posthumous

Tickets: Eastern Sound Planning; tel: 03-3944-1581

Gorgeous apparition — playing Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1 at Suntory

Concertgoers’ comments on Suntory Hall event

Now on an After the Concert page here.

Nagano, Japan, Thursday 26th August

Solo recital

Venue: Hokuto Culture Hall (Nagano Prefecture Culture Hall)

Time: 6.30 p.m.

Program:

Mozart, Piano Sonata in D major KV 576

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor “Pathétique” Op. 13

Chopin, Ballade no. 1 in G minor Op. 23

Tickets/Contact: Tess Cultural Centre, tel: 026-223-8875

Yokohama, Japan, Saturday 28th August

Solo recital

Venue: Minato Mirai Hall (main hall)

Time: 2 p.m.

Program:

Beethoven:

Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor Op. 13, “Pathétique”

Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor Op. 57, “Appassionata”

INTERVAL

Chopin:

Scherzo no. 1 in B minor Op. 20

Etude in E flat major Op. 10 no. 3, “Farewell song”

Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 10 no. 4

Etude in G flat major Op. 10 no. 5, “Black keys”

Mazurka no. 41 in C sharp minor Op. 63 no. 3

Waltz no. 14 in E minor, Op. posth.

Ballade no. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Played as encores:

From Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen Op. 15 — no. 7 in F major (Dreaming), no. 1 in G major (Of foreign lands and people), no. 2 in D major (A curious story), and no. 3 in B minor (Blind man’s buff). AND, finally, Aimi’s beloved Chopin Nocturne no. 20 in C sharp minor.

Tickets/Contact: Kanagawa Arts Association, tel: 045-453-5080. Details from this kanagawa-geikyo page.

For concertgoers’ largely favourable comments on this recital, see this page on my website.

Nagoya (Sakae), Japan, Tuesday 31st August

Solo recital

Venue: Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Shirakawa Hall

Time: 6.45 p.m.

Program (as actually played it was a repeat of the recital in Yokohama three days previously):

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor, “Pathétique”, Op. 13

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor, “Appassionata”, Op. 57

Then all Chopin:

Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

Etude Op. 10 no. 3 in E major, “Tristesse”, or “Farewell song”

Etude Op. 10 no. 4 in C sharp minor

Etude Op. 10 no. 5 in G flat major, “Black keys”

Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63 no. 3

Waltz No. 14 in E minor (posth.)

Ballade no. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Tickets/Contact: n/a

Source for final program: Nagoya Classic/hicbc.com

Kitakyushu, Japan, Sunday 17th October

Solo recital

Venue: Symphony Hall, Kitakyushu

Time: 3 p.m.

Program (in the order played on the day):

Chopin, Scherzo no. 1 in B minor Op. 20

Chopin, Etude in E flat major Op. 10 no. 3, “Tristesse”

Chopin, Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 10 no. 4

Chopin, Etude in G flat major Op. 10 no. 5, “Black keys”

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor Op. 13, “Pathétique”

Schumann, Kinderszenen (“Scenes from Childhood”), Op. 15 — All movements

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor Op. 57, “Appassionata”

Encores: Chopin Nocturne no. 20 and Mazurka Op. 63 no. 3.

Tickets/Contact: Kitakyushu International Music Festival, tel: 093-663-6567. Program announcement (mid-July 2010). Festival website main page. A nice two-page spread featuring festival performers downloadable as pdf here. Info about order played and encores from two people who went to the recital, as reported on Aimiklingsor’s YouTube channel 22 October 2010.

Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan, Saturday 23rd October

Concert with Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, conductor Derrick Inouye. Aimi will be sharing the platform with Russian pianist Alexander Kobrin, winner of the 2005 Van Cliburn piano competition, and another pianist of about her own age, Sonosuke Takao (see Sonosuke’s YouTube channel for some great performances, including a rehearsal of the piece he played at this concert, the Andante spianato and Grande polonaise).

Venue: Hyogo Performing Arts Center Great Hall (seats 2,000)

Time: 3 p.m.

Program:

Chopin, Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22 (soloist: Sonosuke Takao)

Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 2 (soloist: Aimi Kobayashi)

Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 1 (soloist: Alexander Kobrin)

Tickets/Contact: Hyogo Performing Arts Center, tel: 0798-68-0255. HPAC hompage (non-japanese readers click on top left button above main pic to go to October calendar, go down to 23 October and click on the top three lines of text in the first entry for that date. That takes you to the page for the concert.)

Concert poster: On this blogger’s site here. Find the magnifying tool at bottom right of each pic and click.

Concertgoer’s reactions (one so far, another coming) here.

Osaka, Japan, Sunday 24th October

Recital with various solo performers

Venue: Crystal Café, RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka

Time: 1 p.m.

Aimi’s program (all Chopin):

Scherzo no. 1 in B minor Op. 20

Etude in E flat major Op. 10 no. 3, “Tristesse”

Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 10 no. 4

Etude in G flat major Op. 10 no. 5, “Black keys”

Mazurka no. 41 in C sharp minor Op. 63 no. 3

Waltz no. 14 in E minor (posth.)

Tickets/Contact: Admission free. Contact RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka: 6-6448-1121; Hotel website.

Tokyo, Japan, Thursday 28th October

TV Tokyo “Late Night Concert” with Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kimbo Ishii-Eto

Venue: Hitomi Memorial Hall, Showa Women’s University

Time: 6.45 p.m.

Program:

Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

Dvorak, Symphony no. 8

Tickets/Contact: Entry closed — see this NTV page.

Broadcast: A recording of this concert will be broadcast by NTV on 13 January — see my Schedule 2011 page.

Hitomi Memorial is a large hall (2,300) and was a premier venue before Suntory Hall was built. For Japanese readers: A couple of concertgoers have written short blogs. syllable; and yoshiyoshi. All I can really understand is that Aimi played well and it rained torrentially! A typhoon has been going over Japan.

Tokyo, Japan, Sunday 31st October

On NHK TV “Everyone’s Favourite Chopin” with Tokyo Junior Orchestra Society conducted by Toshiaki Umeda

Venue: Not known

Time: Part of 4-hour TV program broadcast 18:45–22:45 Tokyo time

Program (Aimi’s contribution to this event):

Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor Op. 11, First movement only

Tickets/Contact: n/a

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