Browse: Mari Kodama (piano)

The Sugar Plum Fairy sounds as delicate on piano as for the celesta or the original orchestration, and the delicious Pas de deux loses nothing in translation...An enjoyable way to encounter these... — The Observer, 8th January 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Right from the very quick and energetic start of Sleeping Beauty’s Introduction, you know that the Kodamas’ performance will be very special. As the music unfolds, you hear their great attention... — Fanfare, Mar/Apr 2024 More…

he Saint-Saens Allegretto (from Op. 59 No. 1) comes over with a light and velvet touch and not a trace of mannerism…Most successful are Musorgsky’s deft arrangements of movements from the F major... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

...her Emperor has a controlled resplendence. But it is in the fillers that Kodama shines, offering a magical Concerto No 0 (with improvised cadenza in consultation with Martin Galling). Her... — International Piano, January 2020 More…

In his excellent liner note, Matt Haimovitz singles out structure and joie de vivre as two salient characteristics of French music, and his playing fully endorses this judgment. His tone (on... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Kodama has long been fascinated by the love, friendship and music of this creative trio, and explores it here from Brahms’s point of view, opening with an energetic account of the Piano Sonata... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…