小菅優
小菅優
Genres: japan, piano
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About 小菅優
A Japanese pianist. 小菅優 (Yu Kosuge) Born in Tokyo in 1983, she has been giving recitals and performing with orchestras since the age of nine. In 1993, she moved to Europe to pursue studies with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hannover and Salzburg. With her superlative technique, sensitivity of touch (her pianissimo has been likened to ‘the moment when the tip of an angel's wing touches one's cheek’) and profound understanding of the music she plays, she has become one of the most noted young pianists in the world and is one of very few artists to establish a highly successful international career without winning a major competition. Yu Kosuge has already released eight CDs. Her disc featuring the Chopin Études, made when she was 16, was accorded a five-star rating by the leading German music criticism magazine. Known for her warm personality and humour, her first book Jõnetsu no Cadenza, recalling the path she took to a career in music as well as humorous incidents from her concert life, was published in Japan in September 2005. Amongst numerous awards, she has received the 13th Nippon Steel Music Award 2002, the Washington Award 2004 in the USA and the New Generation Prize of the German Radio, the 8th Hotel Okura Music Award 2006, and the 17th Idemitsu Music Award 2007. Official Website: http://www.yu-kosuge.com/
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