My recital at Salle Gaveau Paris on March 31th

Here are some photos from my recital at Salle Gaveau Paris on March 31st.

Ice Legends photos & videos

I performed in the ice show "Ice Legends" in Geneva on December 18th.

What an incredible experience it was!! You can see the photos of the show, taken by professional photographers in the links below:

http://www.bydoms.com/-/galleries/events/ice-legends-2014
photos: Dominique Schreckling

http://www.absoluteskating.com/index.php…
photos: Anna Bertoloni

And here is my personal album on facebook with some descriptions that could give you more ideas...

Ice Legends KF personal album 

And here are the videos of highlights, presentation, made by Imajack Prod 

Ice Legends I

Ice Legends II

Ice Legends III

Ice Legends IV

And here are two of the numbers I played in the show!

Gershwin Preludes with Stéphane Lambiel, Denis Ten and Nobunari Oda

Mussorgsky : Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpts)

 

I hope you enjoyed watching them!

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

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!

Release of my Debussy Album

I am pleased to announce that my Debussy album will be officially released from the Éditions Hortus in France on November 18th and distributed in the whole Europe and some other countries.

J'ai le plaisir de vous annoncer la sortie de mon album Debussy aux Éditions Hortus, qui sera distribué à partir du 19 novembre dans toute l'Europe et quelques autres pays.



Official page of the album release

À cette occasion, vous pourrez m'entendre dans quelques interviews sur les radios françaises :

Lundi 11 Novembre à 12h30
- France Musique dans le Magazine de Lionel Esparza

Mercredi 13 Novembre à 13 h
- Radio Classique avec Laure Mézan dans "le journal du classique"

Samedi 16 Novembre entre 11 h et 12 h
- Radio Autoroute Vinci 107.7 avec Charlotte Latour, présentation du concert de Kotaro Fukuma le 17 Novembre au Festival "L'Esprit" du piano à Bordeaux

Mardi 19 Novembre à 22h30
- France Musique dans l'émission "un mardi idéal "présenté par Arièle Butaux
Au programme en plus de l'interview : Debussy - Refletts dans l'eau ; Brahms - 3ème sonate 1er mvt.
(enregistrement en public le jour même à 19h30 à la Maison de la Radio à Paris)

Sur Radio Shalom 94.8, date de diffusion non précisée (je mettrai à jour l'information quand je le saurai)

J'espère que vous aurez du plaisir à écouter cet album !
I hope you will enjoy listening to the album !