Mitsuko Uchida - W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat Major K. 271 "Jeunehomme"

W.A. Mozart
Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat Major K. 271
"Jeunehomme"
Mitsuko Uchida - Piano
Jeffrey Tate - Conductor
Dame Mitsuko Uchida DBE (内田光子), born December 20, 1948, is a Japanese naturalized-British classical pianist generally regarded as one of the finest of her era. She has appeared with most of the world's foremost orchestras, recorded a wide repertory with major labels, won numerous awards and honors (including Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2009), and serves as co-director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival. In recent years, she has also conducted major orchestras.
Born in Atami, a seaside town close to Tokyo, Japan, Uchida moved to Vienna, Austria, with her diplomat parents when she was 12 years old, after her father was named the Japanese ambassador to Austria. She enrolled at the Vienna Academy of Music to study with Richard Hauser, and later Wilhelm Kempff and Stefan Askenase, and remained in Vienna to study when her father was transferred back to Japan after five years. She gave her first Viennese recital at the age of 14 at the Vienna Musikverein. She also studied with Maria Curcio, the last and favourite pupil of Artur Schnabel.
In 1969 she won the first prize in the Beethoven Competition in Vienna and in 1970 the second prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition. In 1975, she won second prize in the Leeds Piano Competition.
In 1998 Uchida was the Music Director of the Ojai Music Festival in conjunction with conductor and violinist, David Zinman.
She is an acclaimed interpreter of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy and Schoenberg. She has recorded all of Mozart's piano sonatas (a project that won the Gramophone Award), and concerti, the latter with the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey Tate. Her recording of the Schoenberg Piano Concerto with Pierre Boulez won another Gramophone Award. She is further noted for her recordings of Beethoven's complete piano concerti with Kurt Sanderling conducting, Beethoven's late piano sonatas, and a Schubert piano cycle. She is distinguished as an interpreter of the works of the Second Viennese School. Her 2009 recording of the Mozart Piano Concertos nos. 23 and 24, in which she conducted the Cleveland Orchestra as well as playing the solo part, won the Grammy Award.
From 2002 to 2007 she served as artist-in-residence for the Cleveland Orchestra, where she led performances of all of Mozart's solo piano concertos. She has also conducted the English Chamber Orchestra, among others, from the keyboard. In 2010, she was artist-in-residence for the Berlin Philharmonic. She is one two Artistic Directors of the Marlboro Music School and Festival, along with fellow pianist Richard Goode. She is also a trustee of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, an organization established to help young artists develop and sustain international careers.[5] In May 2012, the Royal Philharmonic Society announced that she would be honored with their Gold Medal (she received the society's annual Music Award in 2003); previous recipients have included Johannes Brahms (1877), Frederick Delius and Sir Edward Elgar (1925), Richard Strauss (1936), Igor Stravinsky (1954), Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein (1987).
Uchida currently resides in London. Her long-standing partner, Sir Robert Cooper, currently works for the European Union in Brussels.

[@trentikaa]

Mitsuko Uchida no doubt is the best Mozart performer. She talks to him all the time!

[@soniajl6039]

+Roman A That is right, some people have gift to share.

[@dragmio]

+Roman A Exactly. And you can hear it in every phrase. It's meant to be played like that.

[@georgefelty6357]

I am a pianist and organist and have played some of the concertos and will always hold a deep respect fro Mitusko Uchida. She brings out he best of Mozart's music.

[@SelanikliSuleyman]

Nice clean image and sound. Fact is when it comes to Mozart's piano works nobody but nobody can touch Mitsuko Uchida. Incredibly beautiful performance.

[@JTK52537]

Absolutely! I believe she IS Mozart

[@jessicacalder9877]

She is such a masterful pianist. Such a delicate yet strong style. Mozart must be proud & honored by her.

[@ylee3255]

Jessica Calder Absolutely agree with u

[@2002trigger]

every-time my soul feels hollow I come back to the restorative power of mozart. He has the ken of what makes the human feel whole. Thank you amadeus.

[@Shkenctarja002]

She is amazing, the way she plays the piano in outstanding, I wish I had her talent i that way I would never take my hands of a piano ever.................she is one of the best Mozart performer ever

[@aspibillimoria3382]

Dame Utchida is superb. I had the good fortune to hear her and Tate in Mozart's 19th concerto at the Barbican. It was a performance to remember.

[@ravinw8]

i just love Mitsuko. Her birdlike figure hovering in rapture over the keyboard...

[@jackfkntwist7716]

Again, when she plays everything is so distinct......it's wonderful.

[@SuperMusicizmylife]

Fantastisch! This is how Mozart would have performed it himself. Imagine the concertos Mozart would have written for Mitsuko Uchida to perform had he known her. Her brilliance is incomperable. Mozart! Der Meister aller Musik! :)

[@gnistregn2380]

she is very emotional when she plays...she puts her heart and soul into every note she's playing! very touching.

[@tcstlp200490]

She plays every piece totally by heart and with such emotion! She's absolutely superb!

[@Shkenctarja002]

when I start listening to her play I can't stop all day long it is addictive how great she performs Mozart

[@AhmedGs964]

Mozart's music compositions are the divine melodies taught by angels.

[@mdonstad]

This is supposed to be Mozarts first real masterpiece. It's amazing how much he evolved from this to his 27th concerto. Incredible development in a short span.

[@nicolabordus4752]

Her soul is really dancing.

[@shcakouros]

The playing is so pure. She knows the music so well and loves it so much she can devote herself to interpreting as she thinks it should be interpreted. She is masterful because she is free of the burden of can I do this, because the music is a part of her.

[@kenw.simpson1007]

A virtuoso performance by Mitsuko Uchida in the Mozart Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat Major K.271. The rondo was phenomenal.

[@serbangubovici5862]

UCHIDA is a special kind of WOMAN -a super human -sensibil and a very sensible and good interpret !!!!!! thaks for performing to all listeners!!!!!

[@PiningGersha]

She is not a woman. She is a transgender Japanese man.

[@noelperez1679]

PiningGersha Hey , Forget about her sexual preference and listsen to the beauty of the performance BUEYYYY !!

[@JoEbY-X]

Noel Perez For the record, regarding her "sexual preference," she is a woman whose partner is a man. Imagine that.

[@breadandcircus1]

How do you know Uchida is "super human"? Do you know her personally ? Or just on KZbin? Lol

[@juanluiscastillocastillo3877]

Mitsuko uchida,the best pianist and solist.in the past,present and future.

[@ralphberney7768]

She demonstrates- far from alone-that Mozart is more than a musical prodigy from whom perfectly made music pours forth like pure water from a spring- true that that may seem to be in many ways. Mitsuko Uchida shows that Mozart is a deeply feeling human being, that this humanity is as much at the core of his work as creative, technical genius.

[@ccc61371]

I agree with your every word. Mozart was an amazing human being who made the most utterly divine music.

[@ralphberney7768]

Thank you Corinne, your words mean a lot to me.

[@drsick2727]

I like it best when she conducts and plays.

[@mirceadragoman9817]

If we could believe in reincarnation, we could think that now Mozart is Mitsuko Uchida because the huge passions of Wolfgang Amadeus are transmitted to us in an unparallel way. And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. “Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known” Psalm 77:19.

[@MrNickLBC]

Uchida has more soul than Hollywood's music industry. Thank you for the inspiring renditions of one of the classical greats. Truly inspiring :) Thanks for posting

[@bw2082]

This is the definitive recording of this concerto. No one plays it better.

[@cellofingers]

Her talent pours all over the keyboard and into our souls.

[@2002trigger]

sorry cant talk as I have gone to heaven...words are so redundant when the sublime enters my room...

[@CarmeloBonifacioMalandrino]

E come tutte le donne ,donna,ma attraversata,Uchida,da mille e mille ali di suoni che Mozart le dona a custodia della sua presenza sempre viva nella gioia che inventa per tutti,per sempre.

[@tomdatta3514]

I am very impressed by mr Tate, since he has exactly the same ailment as myself: spina biphida and kyphosis! I am glad that he manages to work as conductor. I have never achieved the goal of being a conductur.. I am 'merely' a classical pianist (by profession). Uchida is, herself, very pleasant to listen to; how she interprets the Mozart works so marvellously! :)

[@jakubstruzynski8124]

I. Allegro 0:39 (Cadenza 9:17) II. Andantino 11:10 (Cadenza 19:47) III. Rondo. Presto 22:34 (Cadenza 24:27) - Menuetto. Cantabile 26:07 - Presto 29:37

[@bumby4190]

0:39 Allegro 11:09 Andantino 22:33 Rondeau, Presto

[@EduCatalinas]

Thanks! Maybe I need to listen to the second movement several times.

[@corner559]

Wow, she just really lives and breathes the music. It becomes a part of her in every way. Beautiful performance.

[@jasonedwards6870]

mitsuko always gives everything in her performances! excellent!

[@musikfreund5483]

Großartig, ein Genuss ... Danke Frau Mozartova !

[@rickysmithe9443]

The sublime #9 played by an equally sublime interpreter.

[@seduciosantini9289]

Questo e' la musica di Mozart;questo e'' Signora/Signorina Uchida>>>accogliente e assorbente! Dio, molto grazie per Signora/Signorina Uchida!

[@maruchy59]

a JOY to listen and watch ..... thank you !!!!!!

[@bedenerexhepaj293]

She's a great pianist!!! Wonderful!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@whyfallen1607]

Her face says it all, it looks like Mozart is standing right next to them with God, listening to their performance. Those are some divine sounds right at 11:55 moment, this was just a masterpiece!

[@solangebenichou1000]

mitsuko est sublime dans tout ce qu'elle touche

[@elrafa9670]

Hoy es 30 de Septiembre 2014, HAY ALGO QUE NO ENTIENDO; Es Mitsuko Uchida, una de las mejores pianistas del planeta, interpretando a un genio de la música, uno de los mas grandes en la historia de la humanidad, nada menos que Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ¿PORQUE 32 MANITAS ABAJO? ¿Serán reguetoneros?

[@elrafa9670]

Tienes razon, puede ser cualquier cosa. pero sigo sin entender.

[@jomapedi]

Todo se debe a la carencia educacional y desde luego a una falta de sensibilidad. Es la obra de arte de un genio e interpretada por una exquisita mujer con una técnica y sentimiento increíbles. Chapeau! Lo que no entiendo que hacen escuchando estos detractores este concierto para piano, una vez que caes en sus redes te adormece y flotas dejándote solo ante la oscuridad, con los ojos cerrados, incapaz de abrirlos para volver a la realidad.

[@josemanuelmaciasromero5393]

El Rafa hay que entender que algunos oídos padezcan cierto grado de atrofia. Si observas un poco, verás que esto sucede siempre, por muy perfecta que sea una interpretación, con solventes músicos al frente, siempre hay algunos que disienten por razones diversas, puede que por llevarnos la contraria al resto. Saludos amigo Uchidiano!

[@flobo23fb]

There is always a certain percentage of naysayers and morons in the population

[@cannonmartha]

The beautiful Mozart`s music and Mitsuko `s interpretation makes me feel how much I`m small

[@benjamincuevaseninde]

-- Magnifique concerto, l'andantino est sublime, quant à Mitsuko Uchida, la musique coule au travers d'elle, c'est aussi beau à entendre qu'à la regarder jouer. --

[@honggangma]

Beautiful rendition! Nothing could be better than this.

[@robtyman4281]

I think this is a marvellous performance by Uchida - she always delivers in my opinion. I realise she may not be to some peoples' taste but one thing you can never say about Uchida is that she doesn't put her 'all' in to each performance. I've heard other top pianists play this and it comes across as being somwehat 'wooden'. Uchida's performance is dynamic and full of life without being over the top. She doesn't make those 'jerky' head movements on purpose or to annoy anyone - that's just her being her. Yes, she's abit eccentric but she's an amazing pianist, and one of the best living pianists when it comes to playing Mozart.

[@grai]

I met her a couple of weeks ago at the Wigmore Hall she was very very nice

[@SANDRAESTPOV]

Divina Mitsuko nesta interpretação de Mozart..

[@ealvarezguerra]

Since I listened the Piano's Concerts of Mozart performed by Mitzuko Uchida, I cannot listen another performance.

[@jeromeweingart5596]

Eduardo Rafael Alvarez-Guerra Sánchez While I love her Mozart performances, there are other pianists who delight me as much as she. These include Murray Perahia and Alfred Brendel. Performances by Leonard Bernstein in the 1970s with the Vienna Phil were exquisite. Cast your net widely and you will find many wonderful gems.

[@JustMatty80]

Eduardo Rafael Alvarez-Guerra Sánchez Dayum! How many notes are in this piece of music? Truly is a show of mastery to sound that good having commit everything to memory. The music has taken life within her.

[@Gump-tion]

+Jerome Weingart I don't know any of these folks you mention, but well said!

[@slowpainful]

+ivydude13 Perahia and Brendel are great pianists - Brendel in particular is considered one of the greatest of the 20th cent. - they are celebrated for their interpretations of the classical repertoire and are of the generation of musicians that came to prominence in the 1960's. Our friend is absolutely right to recommend them. Don't get me wrong - I adore Uchida and this performance, but what joy to revisit this piece and hear other interpretations as well.

[@Vidyograf]

cheers from Turkey !

[@DavidS-wz7fx]

Wow... Mozart is simultaneously mainstream and hidden. People know he's good, but they have no idea..

[@Artomya]

isnt she marvelous as always !!!

[@ricardonascimento6020]

Uchida simplesmente imbatível! Fluido o toque, impecavelmente desenhado. Jeffrey Tate acertou no tempo e a orquestra arrebentou. Melhor gravação do KZbin. PARABÉNS!!!!!!!! BRAVO!!!

[@kn9ioutom]

GREAT MOZART PIECE !!!

[@humanyou7233]

good,good,good,Thank you so much, Mitsuko chida.

[@uylenspyghelclassics5021]

Perfect Pianist, we love her...Toi toi toi

[@normadeligeorgi1513]

Exraordinaire!!

[@jawedz]

ああああああああ、なんとすばらしい。

[@StarsAndCatzau]

Great stuff guys. Simply adore it.

[@tsaoish]

Most beautiful music!!!!!

[@jakeweston8616]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT !

[@slowpainful]

A superb performance all round of this ground-breaking piece - which foreshadows Beethoven 4th and 5th with its opening statement-and-response of orchestra and soloist. The unexpected appearance of a heavenly minuet during the breakneck finale is like being witness to a miracle. Mozart pulled out all the stops for this one... I adore Uchida's muscular, taut playing - and not a note out of place.

[@urbinamdm]

"breakneck finale" totally agree on that...

[@javierferraris]

sublime, una diosa, todos los Mozart concert!! me emociona profundamente, es un deleite y un éxtasis!!

[@edcoelhovieira]

this is sooooooooo much fun ..... love it ..... last mov sounds like a fun horse race

[@ydraki]

Thank you! What a treat!

[@ivanmorochop]

Excelente música de Mozart y que talento de este compositor inigualable....

[@terezaduarte8500]

Beatiful!.

[@gabbib55]

God`s Music...Thank you!

[@friedrichbaumgarten8886]

ellegant,.. brilliant

[@niuniuquan]

the best for Mozart

[@TheWeberGer]

Brillante!!!. Uchida es fantastica.. Thanks for share it

[@snowcarriagechengcheng-hun3454]

Thanks for uploading!

[@germanalduncin7614]

Verdadera virtuosa del piano.

[@CarmeloBonifacioMalandrino]

Ma cosa c'è da inventare più nell'anima dell'uomo e della donna dopo l'oceano d'armonie del miracolo Mozart?E però ha rivelato dove tutti possono accedere a scoprire le meraviglie che siamo senza accorgecene.

[@ndansome]

Sublime - thanks for posting this!

[@johnlin5550]

Whoa.

[@ravinw8]

Marvellous! Thank you for sharing this.

[@khallyphah1]

Merci pour ce partage, contes de fée de New York. C'est un pur bonheur !

[@jaimeboetsch]

fairlytaleofnewyork Gracias por tus excelentes aportes sobre M. Uchida. Es una intérprete extraordinaria Y, el tercer movimiento del concierto Nº 9, me fascina.

[@Wahid68150]

Großartig für alle Zeiten.

[@Carlos19391]

Very interesting! Good concert

[@sinajahanbakhsh762]

Thank you Mozart!

[@sagitario1163]

increíble lo que el ser humano puede realizar , interpretar a un genio , debe ser muy difícil pero a ella se le hace demasiado fácil, sencillamente maravillosa, grande MOZART

[@leabeatrizperillo5778]

Excepcional interpretación.

[@jacintomesazanon]

Cuanto hace trabajar Mozart al personal!.....es que es genial.

[@klauswestfalen5009]

Great Video thank you for publication

[@JTK52537]

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord! Done and well done!

[@takeshitedada4595]

Bravo, Miss Uchida Mitsuko. I love her performance. The 2nd mvm of this master piece seems precursor of No.20 cencerto, and the 3rd mvm Prague symphony. The cadenzae of 2nd mvm and slow part of the 3rd mvm are remarkable.

[@henriettebotvay8127]

Beauty.

[@dick12235]

Brain enjoyed this one. Thanks.

[@tsaoish]

優美的音樂!天才Mozart!!

[@popurrit47]

La Japonesa Mitsuko Uchida, parece es, internacionalmente la pianista que mejor interpreta a Mozart

[@locrianfy]

El Andantino es ¡Bellisimo!

[@robertsantoni5600]

Nice!

[@koichigotogoemon]

Ausgezeichnetes Aufnahme !

[@darknarga2000]

*Ausgezeichnete Aufnahme ;).....auf die Rechtschreibung sollte man achten ^^

[@francaisemode]

she makes me happy and understandable

[@tetsuokuroiwa]

Thank you very much! I share.

[@bobby78151]

内田光子弹得真够熟，真够韵味啊！ 天賦和努力的结果啊！

[@VladimirKhom]

Спасибо

[@remixuereb]

Avec cet interprète comme Mitsuko Ushida , nos réticences envers le génie écrasant qu'est Mozart sont irrésistiblement levées . Espièglerie , vivacité d'esprit , jeu intime et espace cosmique s'opposent , s'interpénètrent et chaque ornement soutient le cours du temps éclairé par ce ruissellement de notes en velours puis en cascades ou en perles fines . L'andantino s'amorce dans un instant pathétique , et comment va se sortir le petit oiseau de ce chaos ? Par le calme , la transparence et la beauté et c'est la pensée de Mozart qui fait exprimer le piano par une grave légèreté résistante à la tristesse menaçante et au désespoir qui pointe ses nuages obscurs. Le Rondo final exprime avec le piano la libération des entraves par l'effervescence de la jeunesse qui sait garder en réserve des moments plus calmes d'introspection pour remonter au créneau jusqu'à l'explosivité de l'énergie déployée et ainsi nous sommes véritablement au coeur d'une musique qui engage à l'action .

[@peaceharmony4115]

Mais quelles réticences, voyons? Inconcevable pour moi de ne pas adorer Mozart... :)

[@anihiliste]

Bravo de pouvoir intellectualiser avec maestria ce concerto .Je n'aurai jamais réussi à mettre autant de mots sur ce morceau choisi. Bien vu et au plaisir de pouvoir vous lire à nouveau.

[@remixuereb]

+Peace Harmony Peut être oui , mais on adore que Dieu . Personnellement , j'estime vraiment la majorité du répertoire de W.A.Mozart pour musique de chambre , des duos aux formations réduites , j'apprécie beaucoup ses concertos pour piano, violon , pour harpe et flute etc , par contre , malgrès la totale réussite de ses opéras je dédaigne tout à fait ce genre artistique , car je le considère tout à fait mondain et je classe beaucoup moins dans mon échelle de valeurs certaines de ses symphonies qui sont brillantes , voire géniales , mais qui ne font pas du tout vibrer , car je les trouves vides de message , sauf peut être les deux dernières dont la Jupiter contient du pathétique , et là , je me sens d'avantage en résonance avec l'oeuvre ...

[@peaceharmony4115]

remi xuereb Je ne connais pas vraiment ses opéras, mais en effet j'aime beaucoup ses concertos que j'ai eu le plaisir d'entendre.

[@cannonmartha]

The Mozart `s operas has a innovation for his time many critics telling this is his the best work! He has many good Operas composition for me the best is The Marriage di Figaro

[@WJE37FCSM]

My favorite of all the Mozart Piano Concertos... Uchida and Tate with the ECO, recorded for Philips Feb 1990 and was publish on a CD - (Philips 432 086-2) in 1992. This Video is apparently redo of that performance. The CD photos show a younger Uchida and Tate than this video though I have a hard time detecting any aging of the performance. It would be nice to know when this video was made and Thank you to those responsible.

[@WJE37FCSM]

Sorry, went back to the screen credits... The Orchestra is the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg not the English Chamber Orchestra of her Mozart Piano Concerto cycle.