Naoko Christ-Kato
PIANIST
Gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTARTKULTUR
donated
Naoko Christ-Kato
PIANO RECITAL "Waldszenen"
Copyright Christiane Krömer
The forests are very important for the climate of the earth and for humans and animals.
Composers have always been inspired by the forest
and composed imaginative music on this topic.
In the music you can hear people's love for the forest.
With my concert I would like to take you on a journey into the wonderful world of the forest.
You can help keep our forests alive,
because a little tree is planted for every concert visitor!
Naoko Christ-Kato
Biography//
was born in Yokohama (Japan) and studied piano in Tokyo, Hannover, and Lübeck, where she graduated with the Artistic Concert Exam. She is the Preize Winner of the "Young Artist Piano Contest" and the "Best Players Contest" in Japan and also received the Education Association's award. In 2004 she premiered the piece "Invention & Etude" by the US composer Michael Tenzer (*1957), and in 2009 she recorded Tenzer's work "Let Others Name You". In 2015 she founded the Gernsheim Duo with the soprano Anna Gann. The duo is committed to the discovery and performance of works by forgotten Jewish composers. In 2019, the duo's first CD, "Verborgene Schätze" (Hidden Treasures), was released by GENUIN, Christ-Kato and Gann toured Japan twice, Their concerts received broad coverage in German newspapers and radio, as well as in Japanese newspapers and on the TV station NHK. She maintains a busy concert schedule as a soloist, as a duo partner in song recitals, as a chamber music partner in various formations, and as a participant in collaborative projects with artists from various disciplines. Naoko Christ-Kato is a scholarship recipient of the German Music Council.
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REPERTOIRE
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Waldszenen Op.82
Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907) Waldesstille Op.71-4 (Lyric Pieces)
Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957) Five Piano Pieces Op.75 ("Baumsuite")
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Trauernde Vögel (Miroirs)
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Quelques aspects de "Nous nírons plus au bois"
parce qu´il fait un temps insupportable
Albert Roussel (1869 - 1937) Rustiques Op.5
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Cloches à travers les Feuilles (Images II)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957) Was der Wald erzählt (Drei Klavierstücke)
Gideon Klein (1919 -1945) Landscape
Daniël Belinfante (1893 - 1945) Avond Landschap
Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996) Rain Tree Sketch for Piano
Rain Tree Sketch II -In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen-
Stanley Grill* Waldminiaturen 15 miniatures for solo piano
CONCERTS
17 May 2025 20:00 Gemeindehaus Reichelsheim(Odenwald)
17 November 2024 17:00 NeuStadtHalle am Schloss Neustadt ad Aisch
25. August 2024 Kirche Bargteheide Bargthheide
24. September 2023 18:00 Kulturkirche St.Marien Dorsten
23. July 2023 18:00 Área cultural Oriol Barcelona
22. January 2023 16:00 Maria-Magdalena-Kirche Hamburg
21. January 2023 16:00 Matthias-Claudius-Kirche Hamburg
24. July 2022 17:00 Ohtsukaheian Kirche Ayase, Japan
03. July 2022 17:00 Stendal Domstift (Am Dom 18a) Stendal
NEWS
25.08.2024 I premiered 15 "Forest Miniatures" for solo piano by the American composer Stanley Grill in the Bargtheheide church. I am very grateful for the beautiful music!
September 26, 2023 The American composerStanley Grill has composed 15 “Forest Miniatures” for solo piano and dedicated them to me. I am very grateful and excited about the beautiful music!
September 26th, 2023 Through two piano recitals in the Darmstadt City Church and in the St. Marien Dorsten Cultural Church, 126 trees were donated to the “Bulindi Chimpanzee and Community Project (BCCP)” (Uganda).
September 19, 2023 Through a piano recital in Hamburg at the Torhaus Kluturkreis, 30 trees were donated to the “Bulindi Chimpanzee and Community Project (BCCP)” (Uganda).
25.01.2023 Through two piano recitals in Hamburg, in the Matthias Claudius Church and in the Maria Magdalena Church, 153 trees were donated to the "Tree planting for biodiversity conservation" project (Tanzania).
29.08.2022 Through the concert at Ohtsukaheian Church (Japan), 50 saplings were donated to the "Tree planting for biodiversity conservation" project (Tanzania).
05.07.2022 48 trees were donated for the Kijabe forest (Kenya) through the concert in Stendal Cathedral.
09.05.2022 As a result of the concert in the main church "St. Marien" in Suhl, 147 trees were donated in Yucatán (Mexico).
AUDIO&VIDEOS
Konzertmitschnitt 2018 in Tokyo / Sonorium
Konzertmitschnitt in Lübeck / Musikhochschule
GALLERY
