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Mitsuko Uchida

Dame Mitsuko Uchida, DBE (内田光子, [ɯtɕida miꜜtsɯ̥ko]; born 20 December 1948) is a Japanese-English classical pianist and conductor. Born in Japan and naturalised in England, she is particularly notable for her interpretations of Mozart and Schubert.

Dame
Mitsuko Uchida
DBE

(1948-12-20) 20 December 1948

Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
  • Japan
  • United Kingdom

Classical pianist, conductor

1972–present

Co-Artistic Director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival (with Jonathan Biss)

Robert Cooper

www.mitsukouchida.com

She has appeared with many notable orchestras, recorded a wide repertory with several labels, won numerous awards and honours (including Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2009) and is the Co-Artistic Director, with Jonathan Biss, of the Marlboro Music School and Festival.[1] She has also conducted several major orchestras.

1986: [18]

Suntory Music Award

1989: for Best Instrumental Recording, for her set of the complete Piano Sonatas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[19]

Gramophone Award

2001: Appointed Honorary (CBE) in the 2001 New Year Honours. At the time, the award was honorary because she was not yet a citizen of the United Kingdom.[20]

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

2001: for Best Concerto Recording, for her recording of the piano concerto of Arnold Schoenberg (with Pierre Boulez conducting)[19]

Gramophone Award

2003: Uchida was elected an international member of the [21]

American Philosophical Society

2008: In April, presented her its awards for Instrumentalist of the Year, and Disc of the Year (Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata).[22]

BBC Music Magazine

2009: She was promoted to (DBE) in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours.[23] On this occasion, the award was substantive,[24] as she had become a British citizen.

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

2009: In June, she was awarded an honorary (DMus) degree by the University of Oxford during Encaenia 2009.[25]

Doctor of Music

2011: for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) for her recording of Mozart's Piano Concerti No. 23 K. 488 and No. 24 K. 491 with the Cleveland Orchestra, which she conducted from the keyboard.

Grammy award

2012: in May, Uchida was awarded the Gold Medal, one of the highest honours in classical music.[26]

Royal Philharmonic Society

2015: in January, Uchida was awarded the of the Foundation (Stiftung) of the Mozarteum University of Salzburg[27]

Gold Medal

2015: , awarded by the imperial family of Japan[28]

Praemium Imperiale

2017: for the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album (as accompanist) with Dorothea Röschmann[29]

Grammy Award

2022: - Piano Category (Beethoven Diabelli Variations)[30]

Gramophone Classical Music Awards

Official website

Borletti-Buitoni Trust

on YouTube, WNCN-FM, 1 December 1985

David Dubal interview with Mitsuko Uchida

on YouTube

Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (Mitsuko Uchida, piano, Proms 2013)

Erica Jeal, (profile of Mitsuko Uchida), The Guardian, 25 February 2006. Accessed 1 February 2008.

'Musical moments'

Allan Kozinn, , New York Times, 29 April 2005. Accessed 1 February 2008.

'A Keyboard Alchemist Exploring the Haze'

The Music Show, ABC (Australia), 1 July 2006. Accessed 1 February 2008.

Transcript: 'Mitsuko Uchida'

Andrew Lindemann Malone, , The Washington Post, 17 November 2005, Page C02. Accessed 1 February 2008.

'From Pianist Uchida, Daring, Intense Mozart'