Beauty of precision: Sayaka Shoji's London recital debut

Por Nahoko Gotoh, 13 noviembre 2015

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“Although she wears her virtuosity lightly, she has a brilliant technique”

Crítica hecha desde St John's Downshire Hill, Londres el 9 noviembre 2015

Schumann, Sonata para violín núm. 1 en la menor, Op.105

Ravel, Sonata para violín núm. 2 en sol mayor

Franck, Violin Sonata in A major

Bartók, 6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56

Sayaka Shoji, Violín

Matan Porat, Piano

In Memoriam Friedemann Weigle

Stefan Pillhofer, 12th December

Nach dem Verlust ihres Bratschisten Friedemann Weigle im Juli dieses Jahres ist das Artemis Quartett nun auf Tournee „In Memoriam“, um Seiner zu gedenken.

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The Four Seasons Recomposed por la Franz Schubert Filharmonia

Maria Sánchez, 11th June

Junto a Sayaka Shoji, esta obra revivió desde el minimalismo electrónico, el virtuosismo de cámara y el respeto posmoderno del compositor alemán.

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Full symphonic grandeur from Salonen and the SF Symphony

Lois Silverstein, 6th October

Sayaka Shoji and Salonen remain in close dialogue in a riveting performance of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto.

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Brahms gets a welcome airing in Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 1st August

Sayaka Shoji performs Brahms' popular Violin Concerto with the Singapore Symphony and Hans Graf.

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Turning heads, moving hearts: Kahchun Wong and the BBCSO

Christopher Woodley, 9th February

Richly-coloured performances from Kahchun Wong and the BBCSO evoke powerful expressions of personal resolve.

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Ashkenazy and Shoji brings effortless profundity to London

Young-Jin Hur, 28th November

Where great things take effort, truly great things happen naturally. Shoji's Brahms was the highlight of the evening.

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.