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born 1972 is a Japanese classical pianist. She was born in Osaka but grew up in Europe, attending the Conservatoire de Paris with older sister Mari Kodama. She made her debut in 1991 with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and was the youngest winner of the International Piano Competition in Munich at age 19. Since then she has performed with various symphonic orchestras and at cultural festivals in Europe and Latin America and has released a number of recordings.
She has collaborated with violinists Christian Tetzlaff, Renaud Capuçon, Augustin Dumay; cellists Mario Brunello, Steven Isserlis and Christian-Pierre La Marca, her sister, pianist Mari Kodama; and the clarinettist Jörg Widmann.
Kodama has also appeared in various cultural festivals such as the Marlboro in the United States, Verbier Festival in Switzerland; Festival de La Roque-d'Anthéron and Festival d’Automne in France, Festival Enesco in Romania, Festival Tivoli in Denmark, Settembre Music in Italy, and Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. She performed at the Festival Beethoven in Colombia in 2013, and with sister Mari at the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico in 2014.
Her first major award was first place at the 1987 Concours International d’Epinal. Kodomo was the youngest winner at the International Piano Competition in Munich at age 19. She later won the 1999 International Terence Judd Award in England, and the 2011 Saji Keizo Prize from the Suntory Foundation.
Her playing has been described as "crystalline" with Philip Kennicott stating: "She's a natty player fastidious when it comes to textures and transparency. Her occasional re-discovery of quietness was refreshing, and she bought out those rare moments when Tchaikovsky says two things at once rather than one thing very insistently. There seems to be intelligence at work."Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, December 11, 2000
Artistry
Her repertoire is mostly French and Japanese, specializing in more modern compositions (20th century and contemporary) . Composers include Toru Takemitsu, Ichiro Nodaira, Toshio Hosokawa, Olivier Messiaen and Jörg Widmann.
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