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Concerto Repertoire

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Rika Zayasu – Biography

Japanese-born pianist Rika Zayasu has performed to critical acclaim throughout Europe, America, and Japan. Active educator and researcher, she is also the founder and artistic director of Tudeley Festival of Chamber Music and Voice, held on the first weekend of July every year in a picturesque countryside village of Tudeley, Kent, UK. She has exclusively recorded for Claudio Records for many years, its unique Q-Lab lifelike sound is praised both nationally and internationally and her debut Debussy album was received with immediate acclaim by the British press including several five-star plus reviews. Next recording projects with Claudio include the recordings of complete Scriabin piano sonatas and various works for violin and piano in collaboration with violinist Dima Tkachenko. Next season highlights will include a series of concerto appearances in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada (including Bach keyboard concertos in D and G minor and Beethoven 3rd and 4th piano concertos), a series of chamber music concerts in France, Italy, Austria and Japan and a world premiere performance of British composer Christian Mason's new work at St John's Smith Square, London. Having spent her formative years in France, Rika Zayasu studied under Michel Béroff and Denis Pascal in Paris before moving to London to work with Maria Curcio, the legendary pupil of Artur Schnabel. She also obtained Postgraduate Diploma and Master’s Degree from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under the supervision of Prof. Joan Havill. She currently lives in Kent, UK.

Rika Zayasu – CD Reviews

CD review Debussy-Takemitsu =EXX*****Claudio CR 6003-2 (CD); CR 6003-6 (DVD-A) [62’20”] Purchase from Claudio Records

"An impressive record, with some of the finest piano tone on disc I have heard. The playing of this gifted artist is of high quality throughout, the Claudio Q-Lab Sound being stunningly lifelike. All in all, here is an exceptional disc; the repertoire selected is equally intelligent and compelling. [MM] " – Musical Opinion "She drew Debussy’s internal landscape with great ease by using both glittering tones and colours in soft pastels...The iridescent radiance of Poissons d’or was beautifully expressed.[Taro Araki]" – Music Today

Rika Zayasu – Reviews

"Zayasu's masterful performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major..., was an emotional and dramatic work that left concertgoers stunned by the explosion of sound. Zayasu's grace and power was recognized and rewarded as the audience gave a standing ovation that brought her out no less than three times. Brava!" – The Chieftain "She drew Debussy’s internal landscape with great ease by using both glittering tones and colours in soft pastels...The iridescent radiance of Poissons d’or was beautifully expressed." – Taro Araki, Ongaku Gendai "An impressive record...The playing of this gifted artist is of high quality throughout, the Claudio Q-Lab Sound being stunningly lifelike..." – Martin Morris, Musical Opinion Magazine "Rika Zayasu is a fine and sensitive musician. I had pleasure teaching her, and wish her the best for the future." – Michel Béroff

Rika Zayasu – Concerto Repertoire

Beethoven:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58 Fantasy in C minor for piano, chorus & orchestra “Choral Fantasy”, op. 80

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, op. 15 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, op. 11 Franck: Variations symphoniques Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major Mozart:

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488

Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major Concerto pour la main gauche Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 54 Strauss, R.: Burleske in D minor for piano & orchestra Takemitsu:

Riverrun for piano and orchestra Quotation of Dream for 2 pianos and orchestra

Rika Zayasu – Solo Repertoire

Bach: French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, No. 5 in G Major Beethoven: Sonatas Op. 10-3, 13, 27-1, 81a, 101 Berio: 5 Variazioni Brahms:

Sonatas Op. 2, Op. 5 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 6 Stücke, Op. 118 4 Stücke, Op. 119

Chopin: 4 Ballades Scherzos Polonaise-fantaisie, Op. 61 Berceuse, Op. 59 Barcarolle, Op. 60

Debussy: Images book I, II oubliées L’îsle joyeuse Préludes book I, II Etudes

Ian Dickson: Solo for piano No. 1, 2, Findings Franck: Prélude, choral et fugue Liszt:

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 Rhapsodie espagnole, Mephisto Waltz Sonetto 47, 104 123 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage, 2e année) Sonata in B Minor

Christian Mason: …Just as the Sun is always… On Love And Death

Messiaen: Préludes Vingt regards sur l’Enfant Jésus (excerpts) Cantéyodjaya Le merle bleu

Rika Zayasu – Solo Repertoire

Mozart: Sonatas K. 284, K. 310, K. 457, K. 570 Rachmaninoff:

Moments Musicaux Sonata No. 2

Ravel: Jeux d’eaux Miroirs Gaspard de la nuit Le tombeau de Couperin

Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9 Kinderscenen, Op. 15 Kleisleriana, Op. 16 Arabeske, Op. 18

Scriabin: 10 Sonatas Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 Peter Sculthorpe: Night Pieces Stravinsky: 3 mouvements de Pétrouchka Takemitsu:

Les yeux clos, Les yeux clos II Rain tree sketch Rain tree sketch II Requiem for string orchestra (piano arrangement/R. Zayasu)

Rika Zayasu – YouTube Video Links

Bach: French Suite in D minor, BWV 812, Allemande

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVDJCwPTISw

Bach: French Suite in D minor, BWV 812, Courante

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOBsFiF4ups

Beethoven: Pt 1-7; Piano Sonata No.28 in A major, Op. 101, 1st mvt - Allegretto

ma non troppo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP6RXHo2-kE

Debussy: Images, Book I – 1. Reflets dans l’eau

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcUmYc2CdtA

Debussy: Images, Book I – 2. Hommage a Rameau

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjGSEproiR4

Debussy: Images oubliees – 1. Lent – Melancolique et doux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDandtmJbaU

Christian Mason: On Love And Death (2009) – 1. In An Halcyon Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9YZUIoN9Uk

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit – Ondine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUf3knvPixE

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit – Scarbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FREKtXhuUe4

Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit – Le Gibet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mokY5Vs8t58

Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7i5VFz7eZE

Takemitsu: Les yeux clos II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ByJSVKz2s

Rika Zayasu – Photo Gallery