Un panorama du romantisme allemand selon Mao Fujita à Radio France

Mao Fujita

By Pierre Michel, 22 October 2025

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“une approche du piano faite de velours et de finesse”

Reviewed at Maison de la Radio et de la Musique: Auditorium, Paris on 21 October 2025

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 1 in F minor, Op.2 no.1

Wagner, Albumblatt in C major, WWV 94

Berg, 12 Variations on an Original Theme

Mendelssohn, Variations Sérieuses in D Minor, Op.54

Schoenberg, Six Little Piano Pieces Op.19

Brahms, Piano Sonata no. 1 in C major, Op.1

Liszt, Isolde's Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, transc. for piano, S 447

Mao Fujita, Piano

Mao Fujita takes the plunge into Romanticism at Wigmore Hall

Mark Pullinger, 2nd January

The Japanese pianist’s Mozart is highly regarded, but how would he fair in a programme ranging from Beethoven to Brahms, culminating in Liszt's greatest Wagnerian transcription?

****1

Mao Fujita and Semyon Bychkov deliver a virtuoso pairing in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 2nd October

A daunting program of Strauss and Shostakovich showcases conductor Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic at their very best.

*****

Mao Fujita’s Mozart and Myung‑whun Chung’s Fantastique in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 29th August

An evening at the Seoul Arts Center in which clarity matters as much as volume and the most telling virtuosity comes from a refusal to grandstand.

****1

Heavenly Mozart plus a cadenza world premiere from Mao Fujita

Charlotte Gardner, 20th March

In the second of his Mozart concerto appearances with the Philharmonia, Mao Fujita plays the heavenly Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major.

*****

Mao Fujita: weaving delicate sound tapestries at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 10th November

Mao Fujita demonstrates his technical prowess and poetic sensitivity in Carnegie Hall's 2024-2025 ‘Keyboard Virtuosos’ series.

*****

Czech Philharmonic's resounding Glagolitic Mass at the BBC Proms

Alexander Hall, 28th August

Jakub Hrůša and his Czech forces give an impressive account of a mass which with its ecclesiastical elements, yet pantheistic spirit and visceral energy points towards a more secular age.

****1

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Pierre Michel

Né dans une famille de musiciens, Pierre suit un cursus varié au sein du Conservatoire de Meudon, entre piano (DEM) et contrebasse, récital et orchestre, classique et jazz. Aujourd'hui ingénieur dans la gestion et l'analyse de données, il fréquente très assidûment les salles de concert de la région parisienne pour consolider et approfondir sa passion pour la musique classique. Pour ne pas manquer ses prochains articles, rendez-vous sur son compte Instagram ricerc_art.