High praise from Gramophone Magazine for Danjulo Ishizaka's recent recording with the Pavel Haas Quartet:

what’s striking here is their fearless risk-taking, their fervency and the absolute confidence with which they propel you through these two masterpieces. In the…

Kimiko performed the first 12 Preludes and Fugues of J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Volume 1, at the Manifold Recording Studio in Pittsboro, North Carolina. Guests were invited to attend the performance as a modern day musical Salon. The piano is…

During her recent visit to the Bösendorfer factory in Austria, Kimiko was invited to test the yet unfinished "Opus 50 000", the fifty-thousandth piano that the company has created in their 185 year history. Here is the video.

The Beethovenfest in Bonn is now taking reservations for the free concert in the Post Tower, featuring Kimiko Ishizaka and Bach. This is the first concert of the "Twelve Tones of Bach" tour, and getting a reservation now…

Observe. Hack. Make. is the premier maker and hacker festival in Europe, and it took place in Northern Holland from July 31 to August 4, 2013. Kimiko Ishizaka performed Bach and Chopin for an audience of nearly 2,000 extremely enthusiastic…

Anybody can love the Goldberg Variations. They're an excellent way to make Bach's music accessible to people who might not otherwise listen to a lot of Bach or Classical music. Here's some anecdotal proof. Here's a tweet that reveals Kimiko…

Kimiko Ishizaka is an experienced soloist with orchestra, even if her focus in recent times has been on the solo piano repertoire. Here are reviews from performances of Mozart and Beethoven piano concerti from some years ago. Kimiko's concerto repertoire…

Kimiko Ishizaka's premiere performance of the Chopin Etudes op. 10 (#1-8) was well received by music critic Guido Krawinkel writing for the Bonner General-Anzeiger. The concert took place on April 14, 2013, in Haus Bachem, Königswinter, and featured 10 of…

With Kimiko's final performance of the Well-Tempered Clavier in the 1901 Arts Club on January 30, 2013, the world tour has finished. The reviews of the London performance were all very positive, here are some excerpts:

Robert Hugill wrote…

On the eve of the final concert in the Well-Tempered Clavier world tour, the CrossEyedPiano blog has posted an interview with Kimiko Ishizaka exploring her early influences and the connection between sports and music.

The inspiration to play piano…

Chopin's 24 Preludes, op. 28, are said to be inspired by Bach's own cycles through all of the major and minor keys. Audiences in Germany will have the chance to enjoy both works on the same program, three times…

Kimiko Ishizaka's Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1, was reviewed in both Köln, Germany, and New York City. 

The reviewer in Köln, Fritz Herzog writing for the General Anzeiger, called Kimiko the "exegete of Bach" (an expounder or interpreter…