Tsunehito Nakai & Miwako Takeda Fantasy

Program

Schubert: Fantasy D.940
Chopin: Variations in D major for 4 hands
List: Great Chromatic Gallop
Liszt: Grand Concertostuck for two pianos on the theme of Mendelssohn's Song Without Words
Mendelssohn: "Scherzo" from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mendelssohn: "Wedding March" from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ravel: La Valse

Profile

Tsunehito Nakai & Miwako Takeda Piano Duo Pianoduo Miwako Takeda & Nobuhito Nakai

The only piano duo in Japan and extremely rare in the world, both solo and duo have won prizes in competitions affiliated with the World Federation of International Music Competitions WFIMC. After graduating from the Tokyo University of the Arts and the Graduate School of Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, the couple studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum Musikhochschule. Studied piano duo under A. Kontarski. Formed a duo in 1999, won a prize at the Murray Dranoff International Double Piano Competition (USA) in the same year, and started a full-fledged duo activity, starting with recitals in the United States for three consecutive days. In Japan, they have performed many piano duo recitals all over the country, and have received high praise, such as "A true duo that Japan is proud of and a musician of Eishun." In August of this year, the 5th duo CD "New World & Slavic Dance Collection" will be released, and following the CD "Fantasy" of the record art magazine special edition, it will be broadcast on the All Nippon Airways international audio program. Appeared on NHK-BS TV "Meikyoku Tantei Amadeus", "Pia no Pia", and FM "Meikyoku Recital". In recent years, he has performed at music festivals in France and has had a recital tour in Germany. This year, she will be invited to a recital in Germany and to the MusicAlp International Academy of Music in France. Received the 2014 Kurushima Takehiko Cultural Award. Both are Fukoku Seimei partner artists.
Website nakai-takeda.com