“In the cadence of the Andantino, he enters into a dialogue with his keyboard, in which his virtuosity is dazzling and almost diabolical. And what power! He shines with ease in the Scherzo, presenting a wide range of dynamics. In the Intermezzo, his glissandi were of masterful precision. His playing in the Allegro tempestoso is fiery, yet with intimate sweetness in the delicate 'Ravelian' theme. In the solo, he listens to himself and expresses a suffering in crescendo, while remaining in perfect control of the formidable technical difficulties!" [Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 2]
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"Keigo Mukawa, a whirlwind of hallucinatory poetry"
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Winner of the 3rd Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition (2021) in Brussels and the 2nd Prize at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition (2019) in Paris, Keigo Mukawa has given numerous concerts and recitals in Japan, China, Korea and throughout Europe. His double CD featuring the complete works for piano solo by Maurice Ravel was released by NOVA Record in November 2022.
He is known not only for his versatile tone quality, but also for his phenomenal interpretive abilities, thanks to which he is able to aptly express the stylistic aesthetic of virtually every period and composer. Apart from the modern piano, he also takes an avid interest in researching fortepiano technique, in relation to which he launched a fortepiano series in Tokyo last year.
He has performed as a soloist with various orchestras. In Europe, these include the National Orchestras of France, Lorraine, and Belgium as well as the Philharmonic Orchestras of both Brussels and Prague, and in Japan the Tokyo Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, Japan Philharmonic and Yomiuri Nippon Symphony orchestras.
Keigo Mukawa was born in Aichi, Japan. After studying at the Tokyo University of the Arts, he was awarded a master’s degree from the Paris Conservatoire in 2019. At present, he is continuing his studies in the fortepiano in Paris, where he currently resides.
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Rameau Gavotte et six doubles
Shostakovich Prelude & Fugue D flat major op. 87/15
Keigo Mukawa was born in Aichi, Japan in 1993. After studying at the Tokyo University of the Arts, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with unanimous top honours by the jury. He has since been awarded a master’s degree in 2019 and a Performing Artists’ Diploma in 2021. At present, he is continuing his studies in the fortepiano in Paris, where he currently resides. His principal teachers until now have been Frank Braley, Haruko Ueda, Théodore Paraskivesko, Yukio Yokoyama, Susumu Aoyagi, Patrick Cohen and Daria Fadeeva.
He has won numerous prizes at national and international competitions, the most prestigious of which are a 3rd Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium in 2021 and a 2nd Prize at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in France in 2019. Other achievements include a 1st Prize at the 81st Japan Music Concours in 2012, 2nd Prize at the 25th Concours International de Piano d’Épinal in France, 2nd prize at the 18th International Piano Competition of Ile-de-France in 2016 and a 1st prize at the Coop Music Awards Competition in Italy in 2017.
With a repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music, Keigo Mukawa is known not only for his versatile tone quality, but also for his phenomenal interpretive abilities, thanks to which he is able to aptly express the stylistic aesthetic of virtually every period and composer. Apart from the modern piano, he also takes an avid interest in researching fortepiano technique, in relation to which he launched a regularly recurring fortepiano series in Tokyo in July 2022.
Keigo Mukawa has given numerous concerts and recitals in Japan, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland, China and Korea (among others). The most noteworthy of these is a series of six recitals during the “Chanel Pygmalion Days 2017” in Tokyo, during which he presented the complete works for piano solo of Maurice Ravel. From these concerts, the idea was born for a double CD released by NOVA Record in November 2022.
He has performed as a soloist with various orchestras, including the Lorraine National Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, the Belgian National Orchestra, the Brussels Philharmonic, the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.
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Revealing Ravel: The diversity of his music and his environment
Chabrier
from ‘Dix Pièces Pittoresques’ I. ‘Paysage’
Ravel
À la manière d’Emmanuel Chabrier
Fauré
Nocturne No. 7 in D-flat minor, Op. 74
Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Akira Nichimura
Mirror of Stars (1977)
Ravel
Oiseaux tristes | Alborada del gracioso
De Falla
from ‘Four Spanish Pieces’ I. ‘Aragonesa’
Ravel
Jeux d’eau
Liszt
Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este
Ravel
Gaspard de la Nuit
An introspective concert: music as place of confession
Schumann
from ‘Album for the Youth’, Op. 68 No. 30 ‘Untitled’ | ‘Nachtstücke’, Op. 23
Debussy
from Préludes, Livre II: III. ‘La Puerta del Vino’ - V. ‘Bruyères - X. ‘Canope’ - XII. ‘Feux d’artifice’
Chopin
Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 | Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Humiwo Hayasaka
Piano Pieces for Chamber (1941): No. 12 Largo cantabile estompé, amabile - No. 14 Moderato intimissimo, religiosamente
Rachmaninov
Variations on a Theme by Corelli in D minor, Op. 42
Bach, the father of profundity and virtuosity
J.S. Bach
Overture in B minor BWV 831
Franck
Prelude, Chorale and Fugue in B minor
Reger
Prelude and Fugue, Op. 9 No. 2 in D major
J.S. Bach/Busoni
from ‘Ten Chorale Preludes’: IV. ‘Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g’mein’, in G major BWV 734a
J.S. Bach
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor BWV 903
J.S. Bach/Busoni
Chaconne in D minor Shostakovich: from ‘24 Preludes and Fugues’: No. 15 in D-flat major
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