Mari Kodama

Pentatone released two CDs by Mari Kodama last year. The solo CD Kaleidoscope – Beethoven Transcriptions with transcriptions of Beethoven’s string quartets for piano by Saint-Saëns, Mussorgsky and Balakirev as well as Beethoven’s variations of the finale of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. Then the duo CD MON AMI, Mon amour – French Repertoire for Cello and Piano with Matt Haimovitz, with works by Francis Poulenc, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Darius Milhaudso.

In December 2020, the world premiere of John Neumeier’s new ballet with Mari Kodama at the piano was scheduled, with a total of 13 performances of Beethoven Project II. More information about dates will be announced soon. Here you can already find some impressions.

Mari Kodama’s “Kaleidoscope – Beethoven Transcriptions” (July 2020)

Mari Kodama, who has set Beehoven as a focal point in her discography, once again demonstrates her extraordinary abilities as a benchmark Beethoven interpreter with her CD Kaleidoscope – Beethoven Transcriptions. She is one of the few pianists ever to have released all 32 piano sonatas (PENTATONE, 2014) and now her recording of transcriptions for piano of Beethoven’s string quartets by Saint-Saëns, Mussorgsky and Balakirev as well as Beethoven’s Variations on the Finale of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintets has been well received.READ MORE

Mari Kodama on “Klassik Daily” with Holger Wemhoff (May 2020)

Mari Kodama plays a Steinway Lunch Concert (April 2020)

As a Steinway Artis Mari Kodama plays a Lunch Concert in the new online format on Steinways’ website. Accompanied by other Steinway Artists, Mari Kodama presents Beethoven in this nearly 20-minute concert on her grand piano at home.

Here you can watch her concert.

Mari Kodama’s concert with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra online to re-experience (March 2020)

You can watch Mari Kodama’s concert with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO) now online as a video. In the concert on 19 and 20 February, she played Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto with the GSO under the baton of Santtu-Matias Rouvali.READ MORE

Mari Kodama plays on Sunday with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille

Mari Kodama returns to the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille for a concert on January 26^th 2020 in Aix-en-Provence, performing Bartók’s 2nd Piano Concerto under the baton of the young conductor Lio Kuokman, replacing Lawrence Foster.

Overview on the concert:

26. January, 16.00- Marseille, Aditorium du Pharo
Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille

Dvořák: Czech Suite for Small Orchestra in D major, op. 39
Bartók: Piano Concerto No 2
Rimski-Korsakow: Spanish Capriccio, op. 45
Tchaikovski: Italian Capriccio in A major, op. 45
Ravel: Spanish Rhapsody

Further information can be found here.