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Junko Kobayashi Piano Recital
Saturday 11 December 2010
7.30 p.m.
Linlithgow Academy Theatre
J.S. Bach French Suite No.2
in C Minor
Beethoven: Sonata No.31 in A
flat major Op. 110
Toru Takemitsu: Les Yeux Clos
Debussy: Estampes: Pagode,
Soirees dans Grenade,
Jardins Sous
Pluie
Chopin: Waltz in C sharp
minor Op.64 No.2
Chopin: Nocturne in D flat
major Op.27 No. 2
Chopin: Scherzo No.2 in B
flat minor, Op.31
Junko Kobayashi
was born in Japan, and has given concerts in four continents, as well as all
over Great Britain. She has played chamber music with Nigel Kennedy, has
broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and has appeared on both German and American
television.
Her repertoire extends from
Bach to the twenty-first century and includes music by the multi-talented
Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. She is chair of the Takemitsu Society, which
she founded. In 2007- 8 she played a series of sonatas entitled Later Mozart -
Early Beethoven at the Royal Academy of Music, and in Autumn 2008 she played a
highly successful concert at the Wigmore Hall, principally devoted to
Mendelssohn, Chopin and Liszt. In her CD - “Nocturnes” (quartz QTZ2004), she
plays nocturnes by Chopin, Debussy, Fauré and Satie. She is embarking on a new
series principally devoted to Beethoven, Chopin and Debussy.
Tickets £8, £7 concession, and £4 student from
Linlithgow Gazette Office, Blast off Books, or telephone 01506 844247
Ticket information here ->
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