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UEDA, Katsumi Professor - Piano, Department of Instrumental Music
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1 April, 2008 |
| 1949 | Born in Hokkaido |
| 1972 | B.M. piano, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 1975 | M.M. piano, Tokyo University of the Arts. Study abroad at Musikhochschule Detmold (Germany) |
| 1976 | Studies at Hochschule der Künste Berlin |
| 1979 | Passed the final examinations (Abschlussprüfung), HDK Berlin |
| 1982-87 | Part-time Lecturer, Tokyo University of the Arts. |
| 1987-02 | Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 2002- | Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| 2008- | Dean Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts |
Concert Performances and Awards
| 1969 | The 38th Japan Music Competition Finalist |
| 1970 | The Ataka Prize |
| 1973 | The Kreutzer Prize
Concert tour with Tokyo Vivaldi Ensemble, England, Belgium, Germany and Italy |
| 1986-05 | Katsumi Ueda Beethoven Series in Tokyo 27 Concerts (piano solo, chamber music and Lieder):
(mainly Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tsuda Hall) |
| 1985-99 | Katsumi Ueda Beethoven Series: (piano solo, <including all of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas,> duets for four hands and chamber music)
17 concerts in Sapporo (Yamaha Avenue Hall)
13 concerts in Asahikawa (Mokuzokan Hall)
12 concerts in Shimizu (Sun Hall)
11 Concerts in Oguni, Yamagata (Town Hall) |
Recitals
| 1977 | Debut recital (Bach, Beethoven, Berg, Ravel): Sapporo, Hokkaido (Sapporo Kyouiku Bunka Kaikan) |
1982, '83, '84, '88, '92, '95, '99, '00, '01, '03
Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, (Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Moussorgsky, Franck, Bartok, Berg, Schoenberg, Webern, Mamiya, Yashiro, etc.)
Many other piano solo recitals and chamber music recitals in various cities, many recordings for Broadcast |
Piano concertos
| with NHK Symphony Orchestra, Symphonisches Orchester Berlin, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyusyu Symphony Orchestra, Geidai Philharmonic Orchestra and other major orchestras in Japan |
Educational Activities
Instructor: Undergraduate and Graduate courses and Geidai Fuzoku High school course in Piano, and chamber music (from Baroque to contemporary music, including works by Japanese composers)
Lecturer, Elizabeth Music College |
Social Activities
| Member, Japan Federation of Musicians; Japan Music Competition Committee (Member and Jury); Kreutzer Memorial Society, Japan Chopin Society; The Agency for Cultural Affairs Scholarship Nomination Committee; DAAD Scholarship Nomination Committee; Jury, The Fifth Colonge International Piano Competition ('01); Sendai International Music Competition Committee Member and Jury, and other memberships and activities |
Key Words
| Quest for the possibilities of the art of piano performance and chamber music |
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