Credits:

Kikuko Ogura, Miho Haga

Description:

＜After graduating from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, she completed her postgraduate studies in piano at the same university. She graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory with special honors and first prize in the piano section of the 3rd Japan Mozart Music Competition. She won the first prize in the piano section of the 3rd Japan Mozart Music Competition, and the first prize in the ensemble section of the 1993 Bruges International Old Music Competition. In 1995, he won the first prize in the fortepiano section and the audience prize at the same competition. He has performed solo, chamber music, and concertos in a wide range of repertoire from Baroque to modern and contemporary music. His recordings of many collection series organized by the Hamamatsu City Museum of Musical Instruments and his performances at lecture concerts have also received high acclaim. He has released more than 40 CDs to date. His CD "English Sonatas" won the Grand Prize in the Recording Division of the 2012 Japan Arts Festival. He is the author of the color illustrated book "History of Piano (with CD)" (Kawade Shobo Shinsha). Revised score "Giustini: 12 Sonatas Volumes 1 and 2" (Kawai Publishing Co., Ltd.). Co-author of "Understanding Pianist's Breathing Method" (Yamaha Music Media). Piano Music History Volume 1 and 2" (Yamaha Music Media, Inc.).She was a lecturer on "Musicians Mozart met" on NHK Radio 2 《Artistic Charm》(July-September 2014). She is currently presenting a well-received series of concerts "Kikuko Ogura's Room with Mozart's Clavier". She is also a part-time lecturer at the Department of Ancient Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. ＜Miho Haga (upright piano) was born in Nagoya. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Instrumental Music, majoring in piano. Completed the Master's Course in Forte Piano in the Department of Ancient Music at the Graduate School of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. Studied piano under Junko Asai, the late Takako Horie, Emiko Harimoto, and Shun Sato, composition under Makoto Teranishi, chamber music under Nobuko Yamazaki, and fortepiano under Takuko Ogura. She has performed her own compositions on the TV Asahi program "Original Concert: The Music We Created" and in numerous concerts overseas, including those in Taiwan and France. In his master's program, he studied the style of piano works by composers who are rarely discussed in general, in order to recreate their performances at the time of composition, and he conducted performance research using original instruments and replicas of those instruments that were probably used at the time of composition.In 2011, he won the second prize at the Krems Egg Castle International Forte Piano Competition, and in 2013, the third prize in the fortepiano category at the Bruges International Music Competition for Ancient Music. As an accompaniment pianist, he won the Excellent Co-performer Award at the 21st Sogakudo Japanese Song Competition, and as of 2015, in addition to his activities as an ancient instrument fortepiano player, he also performs with numerous performers as an accompaniment pianist for instrumental and vocal music. Cosima Recording