Noriko Ogawa, one of our audience’s best-loved performers, will return to Parbold to close the 2022/23 season on Saturday 10 June 2023. Her recital will include works by Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven and Debussy.
Since her success in the 1987 Leeds International Piano Competition, Noriko has achieved considerable renown in Europe, America and in her native Japan where she is a national celebrity. She is a celebrated soloist, educator, recording artist and judge of international competitions, and a champion of many charitable organisations around the world.
Mozart: Rondo in A Minor, K.511
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57.’Apassionata’
Debussy: Images Book 1
Chopin: Nocturne in C Sharp Minor (No.20)
Chopin: Grand Valse Brilliante in E Flat, Op.18
Chopin: Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op.22
“Ravishingly poetic playing”
The Telegraph