To join the concert, visit: Friday Concert Livestream - TAKA KIGAWA - Friday December 18 at 5 PM

Produced by the Consulate General of Japan in New York.

This concert is one of the "10 Classical Concerts to Stream in December" by The New York Times:
"When he plays in New York, this searching pianist usually programs musical modernists like Boulez, Messiaen or Ligeti. But his sensitivity to texture and resonance is sure to illuminate the more traditional works on offer here: a prelude, ballade and polonaise by Chopin, Debussy’s “Estampes” suite and Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata. Toru Takemitsu’s delicate “Rain Tree Sketch II” rounds out the concert." - ZACHARY WOOLFE

Archived video available on YouTube: Friday Night Live with Taka Kigawa at the Ambassador's residence - the Consulate General of Japan in New York - December 18th 2020

The encore:

1. György Ligeti: Étude No. 15 "White on White"

2. Claude Debussy: L'Isle Joyeuse