Zondagochtend koffieconcert

Onder het genot van een kopje koffie of thee met ‘iets’ erbij, neemt de jonge, Japanse fortepianist Naruhiko Kawaguchi (2-de prijswinnaar Chopin Concours Warschau 2018) u mee naar Chateau Nohant en Mallorca, waar Frédéric Chopin en George Sand romantische tijden hebben beleefd.

Instrument: 

Conrad Graf fortepiano grand, Vienna 1836

Programma:
At Nohant & Mallorca: Chopin’s Memories with George Sand

all Chopin (1810 – 1849)

Waltz in f minor Op. 70, No. 2

Nocturne No. 15 in f-minor, Op. 55, No. 1

Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major, Op. 36

Barcarole in F-sharp major, Op. 60

24 Preludes, Op. 28

Chopin & George Sand

George Sand, a famous novelist, was one of the most significant ladies in Chopin’s life. Sand and Chopin were in a romantic relationship from 1838 to 1847. In this period Chopin composed numerous masterpieces. The “24 Preludes” was completed in Mallorca, where Chopin and Sand stayed for a few months in the winter of 1838 to 1839, while the other works were composed in Nohant where the villa of George Sand was located. They spent seven summers together in Nohant, and Chopin composed beautiful pieces in that romantic location. Chopin’s music often reflects situations and feelings of his life. In today’s works, hopefully you will be attracted by Chopin’s memories with his muse.

Naruhiko Kawaguchi 

Born in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture in 1989 and raised in Yokohama, Naruhiko Kawaguchi rose to international fame by winning the second prize at the 1st International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments. in September 2018. Other awards include the highest distinction at the International Competition Musica Antiqua Bruges (2016) and the first prize at the 1st Rome Fortepiano International Competition ~ Premio Muzio Clementi ~ (2013). He has been invited to multiple music festivals in Europe, including but not limited to Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Chopin Festival Nohant. He has performed with prominent orchestras such as the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. He is also active in ensemble playing with singers and various instrumentalists. In 2018 he had a concert of piano concerto arranged for chamber ensemble with string players from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

He graduated summa cum laude with a Master’s degree from Tokyo University of the Arts and a Master’s degree in Early Music from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, both with the highest honors. He has studied fortepiano under Kikuko Ogura and Richard Egarr. His solo recordings include a CD of works by J. L. Dussek (Brilliant Classics), works by F. Schubert (Fuga Libera), Bartok’s “Sonata for two pianos and percussion” (MUSIS) and “Road to Goya’s Era” (MUSIS).