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Munich1. Akademiekonzert: Vladimir Jurowski

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Beethoven, Brahms
Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Vladimir Jurowski; Dame Mitsuko Uchida

ViennaWiener Philharmoniker

Musikverein Wien
Beethoven, Brahms
Vienna Philharmonic; Riccardo Muti; Dame Mitsuko Uchida

ViennaOpen Rehearsal: Vienna Philharmonic

Musikverein Wien
Beethoven, Brahms
Vienna Philharmonic; Riccardo Muti; Dame Mitsuko Uchida

TokyoSuntory Hall 40th Anniversary GALA Concert

Suntory Hall, Suntory Foundation for the Arts
Beethoven, Hayashi, Mozart
Vienna Philharmonic; Riccardo Muti; Dame Mitsuko Uchida

GatesheadPiano Greats | Mitsuko Uchida plays Schubert

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
Haydn, Schoenberg, Mozart, Schubert
Dame Mitsuko Uchida, Piano

BrusselsMitsuko Uchida

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Haydn, Schoenberg, Mozart, Kurtág, Schubert
Dame Mitsuko Uchida, Piano
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Peerless Beethoven from Dame Mitsuko Uchida at Wigmore Hall

Dame Mitsuko Uchida © Darius Weinberg | Wigmore Hall
Dame Mitsuko Uchida brings forth with crystal clarity Beethoven's masterful counterpoint and harmony in a recital of his last three piano sonatas. 
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Uchida’s Beethoven meets Shostakovich’s farewell at Carnegie Hall

Andris Nelsons, Dame Mitsuko Uchida and the Boston Symphony Orchestra © Chris Lee
Two incongruent journeys conclude as Dame Mitsuko Uchida and the Boston Symphony meet in New York. 
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Delicacy at the cost of spark: Mitsuko Uchida with the Mahler CO

Dame Mitsuko Uchida and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra © Sebastian Madej
While Uchida’s performances showcase remarkable precision and refinement, they occasionally feel restrained, leaving room to explore the improvisatory charm that make Mozart’s music so compelling.
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Philadelphia Orchestra delivers memorable Carnegie Hall finale

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Dame Mitsuko Uchida © Chris Lee

In their final Carnegie Hall appearance of the season, the Philadelphians offered a superbly integrated program bookending a Valerie Coleman premiere with groundbreaking pieces by Ravel and Debussy. 

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Magic and solemnity: Uchida and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Dame Mitsuko Uchida © Fadi Kheir

Mitsuko Uchida and the MCO continue their exploration of Mozart’s piano concertos and the players deliver a polished New York premiere of Jörg Widmann’s Chorale Quartet.

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The Philharmonia at home with Beethoven, at sea with Sibelius

Thomas Dausgaard, Dame Mitsuko Uchida and the Philharmonia © Philharmonia Orchestra | Marc Gascoigne
A concert of two halves: the Philharmonia and Dame Mitsuko Uchida light up Beethoven with the essence of Classical style, but the orchestra struggles in Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite
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