Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Kotaro Fukuma at Wigmore Hall : An excellent review of Kotaro's recital by Robert Matthew-Walker@Classical source !

" Fukuma may appear to be just one of a number of very gifted pianists from south-east Asia, but even amongst such a plethora of excellence as can be claimed for many of them, his comprehensively superb artistry places him in the exceptional class."

http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=12478

Sunday, September 21, 2014

New album 《 Dumka 》

I'm pleased to announce that my new album 《 Dumka 》 has been released by Éditions Hortus in France!
It features some great Russian repertoire, contrasting each work, and I recorded them in February in Cognac while the Sochi Olympics games.

Programme:
Moussorgski Tableaux d'une exposition
Glinka : L'Alouette
Balakirev : Islamey
Tchaikovski : Dumka
Stravinski : L'oiseau de feu (transcription by G.Agosti)

More details:  Hortus page

Along with the release of the album, we made a couple of PR videos.
1. CD trailer (in French with English subtitles), filmed in Bordeaux
This is my first PR video for which I was involved with editing as well (so much FUN!).



2. Interview video (in English), filmed in Berlin.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5cySK153Ij0

I would like to thank all the people who supported this project!

Un grand merci à l'équipe des Éditions Hortus,  Gilles Bruneau (manager de production), Anne de Fornel (direction artistique), Gérard Fauvin (accordeur), Roger Lenoir (ingénieur du son), Stéphane Delavoye (photographe et producteur de cette vidéo), Hélène Segré (attachée de presse) et tous ceux qui ont soutenu ce projet!