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Karin Kei Nagano Schubert - Messiaen Reincarnation REINCARNATION KARIN KEI NAGANO SCHUBERT - MESSIAEN REINCARNATION This album was conceived when I was 18 years the overwhelming joy of new life and birth. The old, at an important turning point in my life. Back two works are connected by the B-fl at major then, as a sophomore at Yale College and at chord, which both triumphantly marks the end of somewhat of a crossroads, I took my fi rst class in Schubert’s sonata and opens Messiaen’s piece, architecture and fell deeply in love with it. After this time notated with a piano dynamic and years of performing and mastering the art of the marked intérieur. keyboard, beginning something new from scratch Schubert’s constant wavering between the felt unsettling. But it was a process that, though narrative of the past and dreams of a new life frightening, felt right. – evoked through his rapid and oscillating tonal My fi rst mentor in architecture was Professor Kent changes – arguably conveys the struggle of Bloomer, generally considered one of the greatest detaching from the human world without a sense living American sculptors and designers. After of resolution. Yet the fi nale, composed before the hearing about my career in music, he generously fi rst movement, seems to end with a confi dent took me under his wing to begin a long-standing acceptance and embrace of death, a vigour that conversation about ornamentation in architecture parallels the outbursts of joy in Messiaen’s work. and in music. Discussions of how rhythm, melody, Although fundamentally a still, meditative and harmony translate to built structures naturally contemplation, Première communion de la Vierge brought together one chapter of my life with the explores the divine mystery of the birth of Jesus next in a way that felt almost cyclical. Out of this and of “the Word made fl esh” through climactic emerged a wellspring of inspiration and important episodes characterized by rhythmic and animated new perspectives – the results of which are repetitions of the same three chords, which refl ected in this recording. Messiaen said represent the “theme of God.” This The two pieces on this album, both part of larger theme underpins the entire piece, occasionally circular anthologies, convey the cyclical notion of interwoven with birdsong and fl ickering lights, end and of beginning: reincarnation. and forms the basis of a spiritual outlook on the phenomenon of birth and creation. While Schubert’s Sonata in B-fl at represents a bittersweet and painful negotiation with death Though the works are starkly different in style in a moment where his life is fading, Messiaen’s and time period, I felt that, together, they create Première communion de la Vierge celebrates a singular narrative of cycle and reconstruction, a 2 process deeply evocative of the human condition throughout history, including my own personal path. In bringing together Schubert and Messiaen, this album intends to bring to light those profound and fundamental human sentiments that I hope the listener can identify with, sentiments that we, as a society, can fi nd solace in. This album would not have been possible without the mentorship of great masters, Maestro Alfred Brendel, Melvin Chen, Rita Wagner, and Peter Frankl, whose exceptional artistry and wisdom have continuously inspired and fueled this work. I would also like to give a special thanks to my family, Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama and Kent Nagano, for opening the doors to the musical arts and for their unwavering support, love and guidance. Sincerely, Karin 3 REINCARNATION Cet album a été conçu à un moment clé de ma Tandis que la Sonate en si bémol de Schubert trajectoire alors que j’avais dix-huit ans. Encore représente une négociation douloureuse et amère étudiante en deuxième année à l’Université avec la mort, alors que le compositeur approchait de Yale, je venais de suivre mon premier la fi n de sa vie, la Première Communion de la cours d’architecture ; de là naquit une grande Vierge de Messiaen célèbre la joie glorieuse de et profonde passion. Après plusieurs années la naissance et de la vie nouvelle. Les œuvres d’études rigoureuses en musique, chercher à sont liées par l’accord en si bémol majeur qui maîtriser une forme d’art complètement différente marque la fi n triomphante de la sonate et qui me paraissait presque insurmontable, mais la ouvre également la Première Communion de la bonne voie à suivre. Vierge, cette fois-ci indiqué par la nuance piano et l’indication intérieur. Néanmoins, j’ai eu la grande chance d’être soutenue tout au long de mon parcours, À travers sa sonate remplie de changements notamment par mon grand mentor, le Professeur brusques et oscillatoires de tonalités, Schubert Kent Bloomer, considéré comme un des grands semble évoquer à la fois le souvenir du passé et sculpteurs et designers américains vivants. Dès l’illusion du futur, révélant ainsi sa lutte contre notre première rencontre, nous avons entamé une l’éventualité de quitter le monde humain sans longue discussion sur les liens entre l’architecture avoir atteint de résolution. Néanmoins, sa fi nale, et la musique, sur la manière dont les notions de composée avant son premier mouvement, laisse rythme, de mélodie et d’harmonie peuvent être percevoir une défaite glorieuse contre la mort, appliquées au sein d’une structure bâtie. Ces dotée d’une énergie également présente parmi réfl exions m’ont permis de passer d’un chapitre de les éclats de joie qui marquent la Première ma vie au prochain, sans avoir besoin de tourner Communion de la Vierge. la page, de façon presque cyclique. Elles m’ont Malgré sa nature méditative et contemplative, également ouvert de nouvelles perspectives – que la Première Communion de la Vierge explore j’ai tenté d’aborder dans cet album. le mystère divin de la naissance de Jésus et Les deux œuvres interprétées dans cet de la « Parole faite chair » à travers quelques enregistrement font partie d’un ensemble points culminants caractérisés par la répétition circulaire plus vaste ; elles évoquent la notion rythmique et accélérée de trois accords, qui cyclique de la fi n et du début : la réincarnation. représentent d’après Messiaen le « thème de 4 Dieu ». Ce « thème de Dieu » revient à plusieurs reprises, parfois entrelacé avec des chants d’oiseaux et des lumières stalactites ; il sert de fi l conducteur qui mène un regard spirituel sur le phénomène de la naissance et de la création. Malgré les contrastes stylistiques qui distinguent les deux œuvres, je souhaitais les associer sur cet album afi n d’évoquer les thèmes du cycle et de la reconstruction, qui ont depuis toujours caractérisé la nature humaine, ainsi que ma propre trajectoire. En mariant la musique de Schubert et de Messiaen, cet album cherche à communiquer ces sentiments profondément et fondamentalement humains qui, j’espère, vous toucheront et vous offriront réconfort et espoir en ces temps diffi ciles. Cet album n’aurait pu se réaliser sans le mentorat de grands maitres tels que Maestro Alfred Brendel, Melvin Chen, Rita Wagner et Peter Frankl, dont le talent artistique exceptionnel et la sagesse ont inspiré et nourri ce projet. Un merci tout spécial à ma famille, Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama et Kent Nagano, qui m’ont ouvert les portes sur l’art musical. Je suis très reconnaissante de leur soutien, leur accompagnement et leur amour indéfectible. Très sincèrement, Karin 5 6 KARIN KEI NAGANO PIANIST Born in Berkeley, California in 1998, pianist Karin the Moscow Virtuosi Ensemble, Tokyo City Kei Nagano began studying piano at age 3 and Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra, and has worked with the late Germaine Mounier and Japan Philharmonic performing a broad range of the renowned teachers Vera Gornostayeva, Igor concerto repertoire spanning the Baroque to the Lazko, Colette Zerah, Peter Frankl, Rita Wagner late Romantic. and Melvin Chen. Recent highlights include performances at Her fi rst highly acclaimed album, which featured Montréal’s La Virée Classique festival and at two early Mozart piano concertos (12 & 13), was San Francisco’s Forest Hill Musical Days with recorded with the Cecilia Quartet and released in Veronika Eberle, Matt Haimovitz, and Edicson 2014. Ruiz; recitals at the Bravo Niagara Festival, the Blaibach Recital Series, the Festival Harmonies In March 2017, Karin released her second d’Automne in Paris; a performance of Beethoven’s recording, featuring Bach’s Inventions and Triple Concerto in Augsburg; a concert with the Sinfonias, BWV 772–801, also to high praise. Asia America Orchestra in Los Angeles; and duo Karin began competing internationally in 2007, recitals with her mother, pianist Mari Kodama, at winning First Prize at the Paris International the Fête de la Musique in Québec. Scriabin Competition, First Prize and Best In addition to her music career, Karin, who is fl uent Interpretation Prize at the Berlin International in French, English, German and Japanese, enjoys Piano Competition, and First Prize at the Rubinstein writing, fi lm production, theatre, and surfi ng. International Piano Competition (2009–10). In 2020, Karin graduated cum laude from Since her professional debut in 2007 in a per- Yale University, majoring with distinction in formance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 8, architecture. K. 246 with the orchestra of Dr. Wachtang Korisheli, Karin has appeared with the Bayerische Staatsorchester, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, 7 KARIN KEI NAGANO PIANISTE Née en 1998, à Berkeley en Californie, la tels le Bayerische Staatsorchester, l’Orchestre pianiste Karin Kei Nagano a commencé le piano symphonique de Montréal, le Tafelmusik Baroque à l’âge de 3 ans et a étudié sous la direction de Orchestra, le Moscow Virtuosi Ensemble, le Tokyo professeurs renommés tels Germaine Mounier, City Philharmonic, le Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra et Vera Gornostaeva, Igor Lazko, Colette Zerah, Peter le Japan Philharmonic.
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