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Aki Takahashi, Piano The Institute for the Arts, Rice University, with the Shepherd School of Music, presents, in a recital devoted to contemporary composers, Aki Takahashi, piano HAMMAN HALL, RICE UNIVERSITY, HOUSTON FRIDAY MAY 6, 1983 8 PM Gen. Admission: $5 For ticket information, call 522-0886, Rice Museum. PROGRAM AT HAMMAN HALL, RICE UNIVERSITY, MAY 6, 1983 John Cage, Dream (1948); Toru Takemitsu, Rain Tree Sketch (1982); Toshi Ichiyanagi, Piano Media (1972); Frederic Rzewski, Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (1979); Intermission; Morton Feldman, Piano (1977); lannis Xenakis, Herma (1961). AKI TAKAHASHI: REVIEW EXCERPTS "She is in full command of that tension of precise rhythmic phrasing and of that relaxation of masterful control which makes her interpretation also into a kind of spiritual exercise." -Jurg Bachman, Basler Zeitung "Aki Takahashi confronts all the technical difficulties amassed by the composers of today, but beyond that she has a natural calm, a freshness, a spontaneity that humanizes and gives warmth to all that she touches." -Maurice Fleuret, Diapason "The first impression is of a beautiful, clear touch .... highly individual:' -Hidekazu Yoshida, Asahi Shinbun "It was extraordinary to find how seriously Aki Takahashi is committed to the work of the new Japanese composers. She is really a fabulous pianist." -Wolfgang Schultze, Berliner Morgenpost "The small, seemingly demure artist with her shy smile and reticent manner is one of the truly daunting pianists of her time. She has all kinds of stamina, reserves of power and a genuinely big technique, but overridingly a capacious and sensitive musical mind." -John Dwyer, Buffalo Evening News -- RICE MUSEUM, RICE UNIVERSITY Non-Profit Org. P.O. BOX 1892 HOUSTON, TX. 77251 U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 7549 Houston, Texas ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED .; INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS, RICE UNIVERSITY PO. BOX 1892, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77001 TELEPHONE (713) 522-0886 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: PAULA WEBB March 28, 1983 522 0886 INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED JAPANESE PIANIST TO PERFORM AT RICE UNIVERSITY Aki Takahashi, considered by many critics as one of the world's foremost interpreters of modern music, will perform on Friday, May 6, in Hamman Hall, Rice University. Sponsored by the Institute for the Arts with the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, the concert will begin at 8:00 pm. General admission tickets are $5.00 each, available at the Rice Museum, and at the door. Takahashi's recitals at the Berlin Festival and the Paris Autumn Festival in 1972 won her many admirers in Europe, and her subsequent annual recitals throughout Europe have continued to spread her fame in the world of contemQ.Q..ra~ music. She recently took part in a John Cage Festival in New York City. Her extensive repertoire includes classical music as well. Her recitals at the Bonn Beethoven Festival in 1977 and her ten-concert Erik Satie series in Toyko received cr~tical praise £or her virtuoso performances. Reviews from all over the world praise her musicianship, her energy, and her imagination. Born in Kamakura, Japan, Aki Takahashi now makes her home in Toyko. She began to study the piano at the age of five with mother, and then later entered the Tokyo University of Arts, where she studied with Yutakan Ito and George Vaserheliji, and received her M.A. degree. Since her student days she has been very active in the field of new music; in her first public recital in 1970 she presented music by Messiaen, Boulez, Xenakis, Toru Takemitsu, her brother Yuji Takahashi, and others. She has continued to include new works in her recitals, encouraging a wider exposure for established composers and the nurturing of new ones, such as Takemitsu, Ichiyanagi, Ishii,Matsudora, and Yuasa, all of whom have composed works for her. continued / TELEPHONE (713) 522-0886 .f INSTITUTE FOR THE ART~, RICE UNIVERSITY PO. BOX 1892, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Paula Webb March 28, 1983 522 0886 AKI TAKAHASHI Recital Page 2 The program she will present at Hamman Hall, Rice University, on Friday, May 6, 8:00 pm, is as follows: P:01 ~f'.IS­ (1) John Cage: Dream (1948) f :oo f!~re, -f;11 <iJ Toru Takemi tsu: Rain Tree Sketch ( 198 2) '!?: 00 (f) Toshi Ichiyanagi: Piano Media (1972) ~~"1 (}) t~flc-8:U> eJ) Frederic Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (1979)ito0 c!) g..)7-g~3r.o Intermissio,t1 --- C9 tf:5J-f ,1 ~ Morton Feldman: Piano (1977) ~.!OD @1::;-0-112! (J) Iannis Xenalti..s_; Herma (1961) £3WB/J~ Most of Ms. Takahashi's recordings have been produced by Toshiba-EMI, including "Aki Takahashi Piano Space" (contemporary piano works), which received the grand prize at the Japanese Art Festival in 1973 . ~- Hamman Hall is located on the Rice University campus, Rice Boulevard, Entrance 9. For ticket information, contact the Rice Museum (University Boulevard at Stockton Street-Entrance 7) during regular museum hours: Tuesday-S~turday, 10-5; Sunday, noon-6, at 522-0886. AKI TAKAHASHI, piano recital Friday, May 6 Hamman Hall, Rice University 8:00 pm $5.00 General Admission End .
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