2011
News
May 29
Kotaro was awarded two prizes (6th, the prize for the best performer of the Israeli composition) at the 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv!
Apr 2
A wonderful article about Kotaro and his performance appeared in a South African online paper, the Daily Maverick!
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Mar 5
Kotaro got favorable reviews for his recital in London in the Musical Opinion and the International Piano!
Mar 2
Kotaro was selected by the New York Concert Artists & Associates to perform in the Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital) this December!
Feb 14
Kotaro got the 5 stars review for his recital in Zaragoza in the Heraldo de Aragon!
Jan 15
Kotaro got the 5 stars review for his recital in Wigmore Hall (London) in the Independent!
2010
News
Nov 1
Kotaro's new album has been released in Japan!
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Oct 31
Kotaro won the 2nd Prize at the BNDES International Piano Competition in Rio De Janeiro!
Jul 9
Kotaro's second recital at the Wigmore Hall (London) has been confirmed! He will perform the following programme on Tuesday 11th of January, 2011.
Jan 23
The Japanese radio station NHK broadcasts Kotaro's playing (Albeniz,
Balakirev) and interview in the program "Meikyoku Recital" today from 7:20p.m. to 9p.m.(in Japanese time).
Jan 20
Kotaro's solo recital at the Saitama Arts Theater was selected as one of the classical concerts top 10 in the year 2009 in the Japanese music magazine "ONGAKU NO TOMO".
2009
News
Dec 11
On December 17th at 4p.m., the France Musique will broadcast the concert at the Radio France on November 29th in memory of the 100th death anniversary of Isaac Albeniz. "Iberia" will be performed by Aldo Ciccolini, Kotaro Fukuma, Hervé Billaut, Miguel Ituarte “ Live streaming here:
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Oct 20
Kotaro appeared in two of the Japanese monthly musical magazines "Chopin" and "Bravo".
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Sep 01
The French radio station France Musique broadcasts the concert of the Festival d’Auvers-Sur-Oise today from 4p.m. to 5:40p.m. (in French time), where Kotaro played the Bartok’s second piano concerto with the Orchestre national d’Ile de France and Mr.Dmitry Yablonsky. You can hear the broadcast through live-streaming at
http://players.tv-radio.com/radiofrance/playerfrancemusique.php
http://players.tv-radio.com/radiofrance/playerfrancemusique.php
Aug 24
The South African radio station Fine Music Radio will broadcast some of the piano pieces from Kotaro’s Takemitsu recording today from 8p.m. to 10p.m.(in local time) in the program “Composer of the Week”, presented by Mr. Peter Klatzow. You can hear the broadcast through live-streaming at
• http://www.fmr.co.za
• http://www.fmr.co.za
Jul 20
The Japanese monthly music magazine Ongakutomo has a special issue on the 300th anniversary of the piano instrument. This includes an interview with Kotaro along with 67 other pianists. Here is a link to the article in Japanese:
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Jul 07
The American radio station WKCR will feature Kotaro’s Takemitsu recording and his interview during the Morning Classical program on Monday 13th July from 9:30a.m. to 12p.m. (NY time). You can hear the broadcast through live-streaming at
• wkcr.org
• wkcr.org
Jul 06
Ulugbek Palvanov and Kotaro were highly acclaimed at the new Piano Salon Christophori with Rachmaninov’s Piano Concertos No.1 and 2 in two pianos version. Now they're planning to play his rest of piano concertos in December!
Jun 10
Kotaro had a great success in Auvers-Sur-Oise, playing the Bartok’s 2nd Piano Concerto, and 2 encores!
May 25
Kotaro had a standing ovation in his recital in honor of the 100th birth anniversary of Isaac Albeniz at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, organized by Fundacion Albeniz!
May 15
Kotaro's website has been renewed!
Apr 30
Kotaro's live performance at the Chicago Cultural Center was broadcast by WFMT.