Pianist Miki Aoki performs works by Georg Friedrich Handel, Francis Poulenc, Johann Sebastian Bach and Cécile Chaminade, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Praised for “genuinely memorable performance” by BBC Music Magazine, pianist Miki Aoki is widely recognized for her diverse abilities as a pianist and collaborative artist.
Equally celebrated as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborative artist, Miki Aoki brings exceptional versatility and depth to her performances, which have captivated audiences across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. She currently serves as Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano at Arizona State University.
Dr. Aoki records exclusively for German Label Hänssler Profil. Her debut album, comprised of the piano works of Zoltan Kodaly, was released in the fall of 2011 and won critical acclaim. Her second CD, ‘The Belyayev Project’, features fascinating compositions varying from solo piano works by Liadow, Glazunov and Blumenfeld to the expressive and rhapsodic piano Trio by Rimsky-Korsakov. It was released in 2013. The Fanfare Magazine praised ‘The Belyayev Project’ as a “graceful, expressive and transparent performance”, and The Ensemble Magazine (Germany) wrote, “…pianist Miki Aoki interprets magically.” Her third CD, ‘Mélancolie’, was released in May 2016 and was awarded a special prize by the Japanese music magazine “Record Geijutsu”. ‘Tokyo Story’, was released in 2018. This recording is a world-premiere, featuring music from the films of Yasujiro Ozu in their original piano manuscript versions and has enjoyed an especially enthusiastic reception from the Japanese media.
