Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden

TAKA KIGAWA

Acclaimed Piano Virtuoso Returns to the Hammond 

 

Mr. Kigawa has been praised by The New York Times as “Phenomenon, there’s no denying that he is something special. A pianist with a thoroughly contemporary sensibility,” and his program for this recital showcases his specialty: significant modern and contemporary compositions that succeed in challenging and expanding the piano’s boundaries.

 

Hailed by The New Yorker as “a pianist admired for his command of the most formidable contemporary scores.” http://www.takakigawa.com/
 

The Hammond Museum is proud to host

TAKA KIGAWA  for  a Fundraising Concert

Sunday,November 1st, 2015 at 1:00 pm

 

The Program

 

Claude Debussy: Images, Books I and II

György Ligeti: Three Etudes

 

— intermission — 

 

Frederic Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28

 

Admission:

Museum Members $40  /  Non Members $45

Includes selections of hors d'oeuvres and appetizers.

Refreshments, Beer and Wine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taka Kigawa has steadily built his reputation as one of today’s most compelling young artists, renowned as much for his superb musicianship as for his courageous programming.

 

Since winning First Prize in the 1990 Japan Music Foundation Competition in Tokyo, and the 1998 Diploma Prize at Concurs Internacional Maria Canals De Barcelona in Spain, he has performed extensively both as a recitalist and soloist with orchestra in many prestigious venues all over the world, including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Kosciuszko Foundation, Severance Hall in Cleveland, Cité de la Musique and Salle Gaveau in Paris, and Plau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona.

 

For more information call 914-669-5033