Mari Kawamura, piano
Mari Kawamura is a concert pianist with wide ranging curiosity and interests.
After receiving her Bachelor’s of Music degree at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, where she studied with Vadim Sakharov, she entered the Royal Academy of Music in London on the Winifred Christie Award scholarship and studied under Tatiana Sarkissova. She completed her Master’s of Art degree in 2012, achieving DipRAM for an outstanding final recital, one of only two people in her year to achieve this. She has also received the Janet Duff Greet, Sir Reginald Thatcher, and Lloyd Hartley Prizes during her studies at the academy. In 2012, she participated as a repetitor in the world premiere of Stockhausen’s opera Mittwoch aus Licht by the Birmingham Opera Company.
She came back to Japan in 2013 and finished her Master’s of Music degree at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. Her master’s thesis Realization of Music for Piano 21–36 focused on the performer’s discretion in Cage’s “music which is indeterminate with respect to its performance.”
Her repertoire includes William Byrd, late Scriabin, Xenakis, Cage, and pieces from contemporary Japanese composers. She has been constantly collaborating with composers for many years and has premiered many works by young composers. She has given both solo and chamber music concerts in various venues, including Regent Hall in London, Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge, and Kirsten Kjær Museum in Danemark.
In the summer of 2013, she took part in the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice in Boston, where her Xenakis performance was described as “an unrelenting volcanic eruption” by NewMusicBox.
In 2014, she took part in the Tanglewood Music Festival as a fellow. She is currently studying for a Graduate Diploma at the New England Conservatory with Stephen Drury.
For more information, visit marikawamurapf.wix.com/marikawamura.
Ms. Kawamura will appear on the performance of Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux on Saturday, March 7.
After receiving her Bachelor’s of Music degree at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, where she studied with Vadim Sakharov, she entered the Royal Academy of Music in London on the Winifred Christie Award scholarship and studied under Tatiana Sarkissova. She completed her Master’s of Art degree in 2012, achieving DipRAM for an outstanding final recital, one of only two people in her year to achieve this. She has also received the Janet Duff Greet, Sir Reginald Thatcher, and Lloyd Hartley Prizes during her studies at the academy. In 2012, she participated as a repetitor in the world premiere of Stockhausen’s opera Mittwoch aus Licht by the Birmingham Opera Company.
She came back to Japan in 2013 and finished her Master’s of Music degree at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. Her master’s thesis Realization of Music for Piano 21–36 focused on the performer’s discretion in Cage’s “music which is indeterminate with respect to its performance.”
Her repertoire includes William Byrd, late Scriabin, Xenakis, Cage, and pieces from contemporary Japanese composers. She has been constantly collaborating with composers for many years and has premiered many works by young composers. She has given both solo and chamber music concerts in various venues, including Regent Hall in London, Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge, and Kirsten Kjær Museum in Danemark.
In the summer of 2013, she took part in the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice in Boston, where her Xenakis performance was described as “an unrelenting volcanic eruption” by NewMusicBox.
In 2014, she took part in the Tanglewood Music Festival as a fellow. She is currently studying for a Graduate Diploma at the New England Conservatory with Stephen Drury.
For more information, visit marikawamurapf.wix.com/marikawamura.
Ms. Kawamura will appear on the performance of Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux on Saturday, March 7.
