Mitsuko Uchida

Diabelli Variations review | Erica Jeal's classical album of the week

The pianist’s clarity and dexterity brings humour and insights to Beethoven’s contradictory colossus of a work

Erica Jeal

07, Apr, 2022 @2:00 PM

Mark Padmore/Mitsuko Uchida review – Wigmore recital series ends on compelling and sombre note

Padmore and Uchida’s punctilious and austere reading of Schubert’s Winterreise gave this final recital depth and clarity

Martin Kettle

26, Jun, 2020 @4:04 PM

Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Uchida review – quiet artistry and joyful music-making

A programme of Mozart and Jörg Widmann was perfectly pitched. This orchestra has wind players you want to listen to all night

Erica Jeal

03, Feb, 2020 @3:08 PM

Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Uchida review – immaculate yet routine

The pedigree pairing of orchestra and pianist brought beautiful moments to these Mozart concertos, but felt uninvolving

Andrew Clements

08, Feb, 2019 @12:24 PM

Mitsuko Uchida; From the House of the Dead; Eugene Onegin – review

Mitsuko Uchida all but disappears inside Schubert’s mysterious piano sonatas. Plus, WNO’s blazing Janáček and Tchaikovsky with quite a lot taken out

Fiona Maddocks

03, Dec, 2017 @7:30 AM

Mitsuko Uchida review – quiet elegance and finely etched details

The pianist eschewed grandstanding and foregrounded Schumann’s intimacies and introspection in a programme that also included Liszt, Mozart and Kurtág

Andrew Clements

01, Feb, 2017 @2:21 PM

Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Uchida review – outstanding, crystalline Mozart

Conducting from the piano, Uchida’s alert phrasing and integration with the other instruments was totally absorbing, allowing the Mahler’s players to shine

Martin Kettle

30, Nov, 2016 @1:33 PM

Riccardo Chailly: ‘I want to do things differently, to put life on hold’

Conductor Riccardo Chailly is at the height of his powers, so why is he determined to slow down? He tells Fiona Maddocks about leaving Leipzig’s Gewandhaus and his return to La Scala, Milan

Fiona Maddocks

09, Oct, 2015 @11:00 AM

Magdalena Kožená/ Mitsuko Uchida review – mixed blessings

Schoenberg’s cabaret songs showed singer and pianist at their best, but in the main, the recital left one wanting a little more from both musicians

Erica Jeal

06, Oct, 2015 @12:24 PM

SCO/Ticciati review – exhilarating Haydn and otherwordly Uchida

Robin Ticciati’s fastidious and brilliant Clock symphony was hors d’oeuvre to an evening of French music, with Mitsuko Uchida stunning in Ravel’s concerto, writes Kate Molleson

Kate Molleson

08, Feb, 2015 @4:41 PM