Chopin: Preludes & Piano Works Aimi Kobayashi

• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): 24 Preludes, Op. 28:
• 1 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 1 in C Major 00:38
• 2 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor 02:35
• 3 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major 00:57
• 4 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor 02:25
• 5 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 5 in D Major 00:36
• 6 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor 02:02
• 7 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major 00:45
• 8 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor 01:50
• 9 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major 01:31
• 10 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor 00:30
• 11 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major 00:42
• 12 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor 01:10
• 13 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major 03:29
• 14 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor 00:35
• 15 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No.15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop" 06:20
• 16 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor 01:05
• 17 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 17 in A-Flat Major 03:08
• 18 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 18 in F Minor 00:54
• 19 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 19 in E-Flat Major 01:23
• 20 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor "Funeral March" 01:56
• 21 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 21 in B-Flat Major 01:39
• 22 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 22 in G Minor 00:41
• 23 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major 00:59
• 24 Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor 02:51
• Frédéric Chopin:
• 25 Chopin: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45 05:03
• 26 Chopin: Prelude No. 26 in A-Flat Major, Op. Posth 00:53
• 27 Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 14:01
• 28 Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66 05:12
• Total Runtime 01:05:50

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"Chopin ist ein Komponist, der mich begleitet hat, seit ich ich als Kind mit dem Klavierspielen begonnen habe. In Japan, wo ich aufgewachsen aufgewachsen bin, ist es unmöglich, Chopins Musik zu vermeiden! Er ist ist einer der beliebtesten Komponisten für alle, und alle Pianisten beginnen schon in jungen Jahren, seine Musik zu spielen und kennenzulernen. einem sehr jungen Alter. Daher wird er ganz natürlich ein wesentlicher Teil des eigenen Lebens. Ich wollte schon lange die die gesamten Präludien aufnehmen. Es ist immer sehr interessant, sich solchen Werken zu nähern, die als Ganzes konzipiert die als Ganzes konzipiert sind - wie die 24 Präludien und Fugen von Bach oder die Debussy-Präludien. Jedes Präludium ist individuell, und und jedes steht in einer anderen Tonalität, so dass die Farbe und der Charakter und Charaktere völlig unterschiedlich sind, und da die Struktur jedes einzelnen Präludien relativ offen ist, gibt es viel Freiraum für Interpretationen." (Aimi Kobayashi)

Aimi Kobayashi, Klavier

Aimi Kobayashi
Fourth Prize winner of the 18th Chopin Piano Competition, Aimi Kobayashi, garnered international acclaim for her exceptional talent.

She is considered one of the most sought-after pianists in Japan of her generation.

Aimi was born in 1995 in Ube, Japan. She started playing piano at age three, made her concerto debut at age eight, and started her international career at age nine.

She studied with Meng-Chieh Liu at the Curtis Institute of Music.

In 2009, she won the junior section prize of the Asia-Pacific International Chopin Piano Competition in Korea. Then in 2011, she was the gold medalist at the Asia International Chopin Competition for her performance in the concerto section, and in the same year, she won the Yasuko Fukuda prize. In 2012, she won third prize at the Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Piano Competition.

She gave her first recital at Carnegie Hall for the Japan NYC Festival – of which Seiji Ozawa was the musical director – before giving a recital at the Tokyo Opera City the following month.

She has already performed with several major orchestras, both in Japan and overseas, including the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century under Frans Bruggen and the Moscow Virtuosi under Vladimir Spivakov.

In Japan she regularly performs with Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and New Japan Philharmonic. She has recorded pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt for Warner Classics. In 2015, she became one of ten finalists at the 17th Chopin Piano Competition of 452 entrants from 45 countries. In July 2019, she played Mozart’s Piano concerto No.20 in D minor K.466 with Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège under Christian Arming. In March 2020, she played Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major with Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under Kristiina Poska.

In October 2024, she played Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra under Krzysztof Urbański. In November 2024, she played Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op.43 with Tugan Sokhiev conducts Münchner Philharmoniker.

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