BIOGRAPHY
In 1993 she continued her studies with Prof. Peter Eicher at the State University of Music in Karlsruhe. She completed her studies with honours in 1995, finishing her concert exam in 1998.
Chisako Okano participated in master classes with Vladimir Feltsmann, Irina Edelstein, Carlos Marques and Gerhard Oppitz.
Since then she has embarked on a productive concert career, working both as a soloist and with orchestras. Invitations have been extended by the Chopin Academy in Warsaw, the Mozart Society and other renowned organizations.
Chisako Okano’s particular gifts include a wide range of timbres and the ability to await the precise, right moment for the next note.
The Pianist lives and works in Karlsruhe, Germany.
CONCERT EXAMPLES
Piano music at the turn of the 20th century from France and Russia
Alexander Scriabin
Erik Satie
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Three worlds
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 17 D minor “The Tempest”
Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
From the west to the east
Johannes Brahms
Frédéric Chopin
Sergei Prokofiev
Emotions
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
An evening with Erik Satie
MEDIA
Audio samples
The Well-Tempered Clavier Part 2 No. 8 Prelude
in D sharp minor, from the album “Klavier-Recital”
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 2nd movement
concert recording
Erik Satie
Gymnopédie No. 1
from the album “Erik Satie Piano music”
Erik Satie
The son of the stars : First act Prelude – The calling
from the album “Erik Satie Piano music”
Alexander Scriabin
Prelude for the left hand in C sharp minor, Op. 9 No. 1
concert recording
Federico Mompou
Prelude No. 5
from the album “Klavier-Recital”
Videos
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Chisako Okano at 16:16
CONCERT REVIEWS
“Flawless technique and astonishing musical expression: Chisako Okano focuses on contrast–when pastose harmony shifts to clear melody, or the silence that concludes one motif, before the following begins; savoring atmospheric transition, where melody lines diverge and then rejoin, moving from one tonality and coloration to another almost indiscernibly and yet at a stunning pace, giving each note a quality of its own while sustaining the wider context.
Extremely sensitive to the nature intrinsic to the pieces, but with the courage to interpret them her way, Okano gave new radiance to these difficult works in piano music. It was a wonderfully musical pleasure, much appreciated by her audience.”
Monika Rieger
J. S. Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier
“Chisako Okano’s Bach interpretation was impressionistic: expressive, personal, and ponderous, but not heavy. In other words: Bach with a clear profile. It was the quadrature of the circle, a pre-Christmas wonder.
Yet in both dynamic and tempo she avoided twisting the original intention or wandering off into extremes, presenting instead a rich and astonishing repertoire of immanently sophisticated expressive and technical skill. Denying simplicity all artificial portentousness, she presented it instead with frank dignity.”
Uwe Burkert
W. A. Mozart, Fantasy in C minor
Badisches Tagblatt
L. van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major
Ingrid Mueller-Waege
J. Brahms, Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
Badisches Tagblatt
DISCOGRAPHY
“This is a really very beautiful Satie recording!”
Dr. Wolfgang Scherer, Südwestrundfunk, Redaktion SWR2
Album details
01 Gnossienne No. 1
02 Gnossienne No. 2
03 Gnossienne No. 3
04 Gnossienne No. 4
05 Gnossienne No. 5
06 Gnossienne No. 6
07 Le fils des étoiles – Prélude du premier acte
08 Le fils des étoiles – Prélude du deuxième acte
09 Gymnopédie No. 1
10 Gymnopédie No. 2
11 Gymnopédie No. 3
12 Caresse
13 Sarabande No. 1
14 Sarabande No. 2
15 Sarabande No. 3
16 Prélude de la porte héroïque du ciel
17 Nocturne No. 1
18 Pièces froides – Airs à faire fuir – I
19 Pièces froides – Airs à faire fuir – II
20 Pièces froides – Airs à faire fuir – III
21 Pièces froides – Danses de travers – I
22 Pièces froides – Danses de travers – II
23 Pièces froides – Danses de travers – III
24 Rêverie du pauvre
Erik Satie – Piano music
Order number: BM312453
Album details
Federico Mompou
01 Prélude Nr. 5
02 Prélude Nr. 7
03 Prélude Nr. 9
Franz Liszt
04 Ballade Nr. 2 h-moll
Johann Sebastian Bach
Aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier, Band 2
05 Präludium VIII dis-moll
06 Fuge VIII dis-moll
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
07 Fantasie c-moll KV 475
Franz Liszt
08 „Années de Pèlerinage“: Vallée d’Obermann
Klavier-Recital
Order number: BM312393
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