"Ravel's Influence is unmitakable in the graceful shimmer and sparkling textures"
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Tristan Murail: Territoire de l'Oubli
"Mr. Kigawa plays with a fundamental gentleness, even in intense passages, but he brings a precision to the relentless pricks and bristling repetitions in these pieces..."
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Matthias Pintscher: On a Clear Day
" A gentle, atmospheric meditation..."
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Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 119
"Mr. Kigawa deftly illuminating both the work’s lyrical lines and turbulent pianistic flourishes."
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Maurice Ravel: La Valse
"Poetic and considerate."
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Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
"Invigorating and engagint"
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Kaija Saariaho: Ballade
"He offered an elegant performance of this enigmatic piece"
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Kaija Saariaho: Prelude
"He offered an elegant performance of this enigmatic piece"
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Robert Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
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Sean Shepherd: Preludes
"Mr. Kigawa was a diligent, compelling advocate"
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Karlheinz Stockhausen: Himmelfahrt - KLANG First Hour
"The soloist, Taka Kigawa, occasionally paused the clotted flow of notes, took up a mallet, and struck a gong or a bell."
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Karlheinz Stockhausen: Klavierstück X
"Mr. Kigawa vividly conveyed the kaleidoscopic sonic effects, punctuated throughout by long silences"
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Igor Stravinsky: Trois Mouvements de "Pétrouchka"
"Mr. Kigawa emphasized the steely, modern qualities in the music."
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Marco Stroppa: "Traiettoria... deviata" for piano and live electronics
“'Traiettoria ... Deviata' (1982) sometimes adds to, and sometimes supplants, natural reverberations with echoing, otherworldly electronic sounds."
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Toru Takemitsu: Les yeux clos
"...ideal for Kigawa’s touch and complete command."
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Karen Tanaka: Crystalline
"The piece unfolds as a series of gestures. A burst of activity — a sudden splattering of notes, some jumpy chords, a skittish riff — is inevitably followed by a dramatic pause in which the sounds are allowed to linger..."
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Karen Tanaka: Techno Etudes
"Kigawa’s playing was unexpectedly lyrical despite the fast tempos. The short, percussive phrases were finely shaped and defined..."
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Anton Webern: Variations for Piano, Op. 27
"Mr. Kigawa used it as the basis of a warm, shapely account that put its structural logic and occasional playfulness in the spotlight. Every phrase was carefully defined, and Webern’s silences were embraced as part of the music’s fabric."
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Iannis Xenakis: Evryali
"Mr. Kigawa was firmly in control. And when Xenakis shifts suddenly from a heavy, repetitive whirlwind passage to a moment of delicate tracery at the top of the keyboard, Mr. Kigawa negotiated the change deftly."
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Akiko Yamane: Illuminated Baby
In Ms. Yamane’s piece, Mr. Kigawa played busy chords that evoked the bumbling steps of an infant...