Noriko Ogawa

Noriko Ogawa has achieved considerable renown throughout the world since her success at the Leeds International Piano Competition. Her ‘ravishingly poetic play - ing’ (The Telegraph) sets her apart and has earned her recognition as a fine Debussy specialist: Images Books I and II from her survey of the composer’s piano music were chosen as the top recommendation on BBC Radio 3 CD Review in 2014. She appears with the major European, Japanese and US orchestras and in 2013 made her BBC Proms début, returning the following year. Noriko Ogawa is also renowned as a chamber musician, and has collaborated with musicians such as Steven Isserlis, Isabelle van Keulen, Martin Roscoe, Michael Collins, Peter Donohoe and the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble. With her piano duo partner Kathryn Stott she has appeared at the BBC Proms, has toured in Japan and premièred Graham Fitkin’s double piano concerto Circuit. An advocate of new music, she has been involved in numerous premières including works by Take - mitsu, Dai Fujikura and, most recently, a ground-breaking series of pieces from Yoshi hiro Kanno, featuring the piano alongside different traditional Japanese instruments.