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After graduating from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, pianist Aki Kuroda went on to further her studies in Italy with Bruno Mezzena, receiving a degree in twentieth-century piano music with distinction from the Accademia Musicale Pescarese. |
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She subsequently performed Michael Jarrell’s Modifications at the Ticino Musica Festival. In 2004, Kuroda gave a wonderful performance of Schoenberg’s Kammersymphonie Op. 9 in its piano solo version in Tokyo and Osaka. At present Kuroda is working with renowned musicians such as the clarinettist Alessandro Carbonare and the Prometheus Quartet.. She has devoted special attention to Astor Piazzolla’s works, to whom her first solo albums are dedicated (Japan Victor). Kuroda is acclaimed not only as a classical and contemporary music pianist, but also as a tango and jazz music performer. Her videogame music recording Final Fantasy X. XIII, Piano Collection has been universally praised. In 2004, she released the album Tarkus and Pictures at an Exhibition, dedicated to the works of Keith Emerson. In 2008, she performed Sylvano Bussotti’s new composition The Poetic Keyboard at the Cagliari Spaziomusica Festival. Aki Kuroda's 2014 disc 'Firebird', released by the Ordradek label, has also earned her considerable critical acclaim, receiving 5 stars from the BBC Music Magazine among various other distinctions. Kuroda is also a member of the Tokyo Gen'On project and the commission of the Piano Teachers' National Association of Japan (PTNA). |
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I recall meeting the great Maestro Alberto Ginestera in Geneva, 1977 to gain his approval of my adaptation of the 3rd Movement of his piano concerto, which I named "Toccata". His approval or dismissal of my adaptation weighed heavily upon myself and my band (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) because we'd spent such a lot of time getting it right. I'd originally heard Ginesteras' work in 1969. Earlier, 1971, while creating "Tarkus," Ginestera's influence was pervasive to such an extent that I wanted to create sounds such as his but using unconventional instruments such as the Moog modular system proved testing...nevertheless I gained the Maestro's approval. |
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