"Ravel's Influence is unmitakable in the graceful shimmer and sparkling textures"

"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..."

" A gentle, atmospheric meditation..."

"Mr. Kigawa deftly illuminating both the work’s lyrical lines and turbulent pianistic flourishes."

"Poetic and considerate."

"Invigorating and engagint"

"He offered an elegant performance of this enigmatic piece"

"He offered an elegant performance of this enigmatic piece"

"Mr. Kigawa was a diligent, compelling advocate"

"The soloist, Taka Kigawa, occasionally paused the clotted flow of notes, took up a mallet, and struck a gong or a bell."

"Mr. Kigawa vividly conveyed the kaleidoscopic sonic effects, punctuated throughout by long silences"

“'Traiettoria ... Deviata' (1982) sometimes adds to, and sometimes supplants, natural reverberations with echoing, otherworldly electronic sounds."

"...ideal for Kigawa’s touch and complete command."

"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..."

"Kigawa’s playing was unexpectedly lyrical despite the fast tempos. The short, percussive phrases were finely shaped and defined..."

"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."

"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."

In Ms. Yamane’s piece, Mr. Kigawa played busy chords that evoked the bumbling steps of an infant...