Chopin et Liszt par Mao Fujita : un félin à la Grange de Meslay

Mao Fujita à la Grange de Meslay

Mao Fujita en répétition avant son concert à la Grange de Meslay

By Alain Lompech, 13 June 2023

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“on admire ce chat qui glisse sur le clavier, sait où il va sans manières, sans afféteries”

Reviewed at Grange de Meslay, Parçay-Meslay, Tours on 9 June 2023

Chopin, 2 Polonaises, Op.26

Chopin, 2 Polonaises, Op.40

Chopin, Polonaise no. 5 in F sharp minor, Op.44

Chopin, Polonaise no. 6 in A flat major, "Heroic," Op.53

Chopin, Polonaise no. 7 in A flat major "Polonaise-fantaisie", Op.61

Liszt, Piano Sonata in B minor, S 178

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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Alain Lompech

Pendant trente ans, Alain Lompech, né en 1954, a été critique musical et journaliste au Monde de la musique puis au Monde, dont il a été chef des pages « Art et Spectacles » puis chef d'édition, tout en tenant la chronique « Jardins » du quotidien. Il a produit de nombreuses émissions sur France Musique, station dont il a été le directeur adjoint et chef des programmes, et où il est l'un des membres réguliers de « La Tribune des critiques de disques ». Il publie chaque mois des critiques de disques dans le mensuel Diapason. Alain Lompech a publié le premier volume des Grands pianistes du XXe siècle, chez Buchet-Chastel, et travaille à la rédaction du deuxième volume.