Schönberg series. Midnight Songs. Eriko Takahashi (piano)
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Estonian, Finnish and Japanese piano music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Works by Arvo Pärt, Urmas Sisask, Helena Tulve, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Akira Kobayashi, Somei Sato, Kai Nieminen, Selim Palmgren and Ari Romppanen.
Eriko Takahashi (piano, Japan)
The concert will be followed by a discussion.
Tickets 20/10/5
PROGRAMME
Urmas Sisask (1960 to 2022)
Aquarius (dream) from “Starry Sky Cycle op. 10” (1980 to 1987)
Helena Tulve (*1972)
Three Songs (2008)
- Night Song
- It was a River in the Mountains, I guess
- It is Evening, the Light
Kai Nieminen (*1953)
Nightingale... Midnight Song... and Morning Rain... (2024)
Ari Romppanen (*1974)
Himawari (2023)
Arvo Pärt (*1935)
Partita op. 2 (1959)
Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933 to 2022)
Cloud Atlas VIII “Cloud in the Distance” (1989)
Akira Kobayashi (*1960)
Glass Swan (2000)
Somei Sato (*1947)
Pieta (2024)
Ari Romppanen (*1974)
Erakis (2016 to 2017)
Urmas Sisask (1960 to 2022)
Lyre (happiness) from “Starry Sky Cycle op. 10” (1980 to 1987)
Eriko Takahashi (piano)
“Midnight Songs”, Estonian, Finnish and Japanese piano music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Works by Arvo Pärt, Urmas Sisask, Helena Tulve, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Akira Kobayashi, Somei Sato, Kai Nieminen, Selim Palmgren and Ari Romppanen.
Born in Yokohama, Japan, the pianist Eriko Takahashi has a strong interest in lesser-known or forgotten works and in contemporary music. She has worked with a number of composers, given first performances of their works, and has had works dedicated to her.
At the age of 11 she performed with Roland Bader and Capella Cracoviensis in a concert in Tokyo. In 2013 she appeared in the Benjamin Britten anniversary concert at the Brucknerhaus in Linz, Austria. In 2023 and 2024 she performed at the Joensuu Music Festival in Finland. She has released two CDs: “Musique Variée” (2019) and “Nordic Visions, Finnish Piano Music” (2025, ALM Records).
Since 2020 she has been a member of the Japan Finland Contemporary Music Society in Tokyo. Since 2024 she has taught piano at Japan Women’s University in Tokyo.
After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, Takahashi studied piano and chamber music at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz. She also studied contemporary music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. She has won prizes at piano competitions such as “Cittá di Barletta” in Italy, “Premio Accademia Giovani” in Rome and the Julian Cochran Piano Competition in Warsaw. In 2015 she was awarded a scholarship by the Rotary Club Wels in Austria.
She was a member of the jury at the international piano competitions “Clavis St. Petersburg 2017” and “Japan Classical Music Competition 2023”.
In cooperation with
Estonian Arnold Schönberg Society
Estonian Centre of Contemporary Music (ECCM)
EELC St Elizabeth’s Congregation, Pärnu
EELC Tartu University and St John’s Congregation
Pärnu Opera
Autorfest
Supported by
City of Pärnu
City of Tartu
City of Tallinn
Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Ministry of Culture