Piano Sonata No.7 in D, Op. 10/3
Piano Sonata No.6 in F, Op. 10/2
Piano Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op. 10/1

P ianist Mari Kodama has established an international reputation for her musical sensitivity and outstanding virtuosity. In performances throughout Europe, USA and Japan she has consistantly proven the profound aesthetics of her very personal and unique style. R e c e n t c o n c e r t h i g h l i g h t s i n c l u d e , Beethoven concerto per formances wi th orchestras in Berlin, Montreal, Baden-Baden, Bad Kissingen, Singapore, Osnabrück, and in appearances at the Schleswig-Holstein and Bad Kissingen Festivals. Ms . Ko d ama ’s r e c e n t p e r f o rma n c e s of Mozart concerti with the Philharmonia Baroque San Fransciso, Detroit Symphony a n d G u l b e n k i a n O r ch e s t r a i n Po r t u g a l recently brought glowing reviews. She also has recently appeared with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony, on tour in the Netherlands with Radio Chamber Orchestra and with Jonathan Nott and the Bamberg Symphony,. In Japan, Ms. Kodama is a regular guest of major Japanese orchestras, most recently the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo.

A brilliantly well-received performance of the complete Beethoven Sonata cycle in Los Angeles launched Ms. Kodama’s United States of America reputation, and was followed by acclaimed recital appearances in New York, Paris, London, as well as throughout Japan, Spain and Germany, and much of the rest of the U.S.A. The Los Angeles Times pronounced her performances of the Prokofiev Third Piano Concerto “commanding and electrifying.”

Ms. Kodama is a founding artistic directo r o f the Mus ica l Days a t Fo res t H i l l , a festival of chamber music presented by Ms. Kodama and Kent Nagano near their home in San Francisco. Overwhelmingly enthusiastic responses prompted the evolution of the intitial single event into its current ongoing regular series. In recent seasons Ms. Kodama has invited friends and colleagues from the Vienna Phi lharmonic, the Ber l in Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris to participate in the Forest Hill festival, as well as prominent soloists from France, Austria and the United States. Included are established performers who reflect the generation of young international artist including baritone Dietrich Henschel and composer-pianist Ichiro Nodaira, composer Unsuk Chin, pianist Momo Kodama, and violinist Viviane Hagner.

Ms. Kodama has played with such orchest ras as the Be r l in Ph i lha rmon ic , London P h i l h a r m o n i c , P h i l h a r m o n i a O r ch e s t r a , Hallé Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony, t h e N D R S y m p h o n y O r ch e s t r a , V i e n n a Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Berkeley Symphony, the American Symphony Orchestra, and the NHK Orchestra in Japan. She made her New York reci tal debut at Carnegie’s Wei l l Reci tal Hal l in 1995. Her U.S. festival appearances include Mostly Mozart, Bard Music Festival, the Hollywood B o w l , C a l i f o r n i a ’s M i d s u m m e r M o z a r t Festival, Ravinia, and Aspen. In Europe she has appeared at festivals in Lockenhaus, M o n t p e l i e r, Sa l z b u r g , A i x- e n - P r ov e n c e , Aldeburgh, Verbier and Évian, among others

Born in Osaka, Ms. Kodama left Japan as a child and was raised in Germany, Switzerland, France, and England. At the Conservatoire National de Paris, she studied piano with Germaine Mounier and chamber music with Genevieve Joy-Dutilleux. Following conservatory she studied with Tatiana Nikolaeva at the Salzburg Mozarteum and became a private pupil of Alfred Brendel.