Being able to see the recurring presence of Mitsuko Uchida in Gulbenkian Music programming provides the rare privilege of creating an artistic intimacy with one of the greatest interpreters of the present time. As the pianist explained to Time Out magazine, everything she plays is imprinted on her body – the music responds to her life, her senses, the way she hears harmonies, her way of thinking: “I wouldn’t play as I do if I hadn’t left for Vienna as a child.” And she adds: “The language that Schubert spoke is in my blood.”

Mitsuko Uchida Piano

Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in C minor, D. 958
Piano Sonata in A major, D. 664
Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894