Arts in the Afternoon: Holiday Piano Concert with Kiyoshi Tamagawa

Join us for a delightful Sunday Concert on December 11, 2022 from 4-5pm when we feature the talented pianist Kiyoshi Tamagawa. In addition to classic composers, there may be some fun holiday favorites in this performance’s repertoire! Concert Program W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata in B-flat major, K. 333 Francis Poulenc: Suite française d’après Claude Gervais Carl Reinecke: Christmas Sonatina, Op. 251, no. 3 Frédéric Chopin: Fantasia in F minor, Op. 4 About Kiyoshi Tamagawa Kiyoshi Tamagawa, Professor of Music and Associate Dean for the Sarofim School of Fine Arts from 2014 to 2017, has performed as a soloist and collaborative pianist throughout North America, as well as Europe and Asia. His collaboration with the late violinist Eugene Fodor resulted in over thirty recitals and a CD of violin and piano music, “Witches’ Brew.” He has appeared with the Temple Symphony Orchestra as soloist in concertos by Mozart and Rachmaninoff, and also performed with orchestras in New England and Colorado. Recent orchestra appearances have been with the Austin Symphony Orchestra in performances of the Piano Concerto in C major, K. 503 by Mozart, and with the Oahu Civic Orchestra, Honolulu, HI. In 2015 he completed a tour of Asia and a CD recording with Southwestern University faculty cellist Hai Zheng. He has presented sessions at national conferences of the American String Teachers’ Association, College Music Society, and the Music Teachers’ National Association, as well as state and regional conferences, including the Texas Music Educators’ Association, Texas Music Teachers’ Association, and the College Music Society, South Central Chapter. His writings on musical topics have been published in American Music Teacher, American String Teacher, American Suzuki Journal and Keyboard (now Clavier) Companion. He is the 2013 recipient of the Collegiate Teaching Award of the Texas Music Teachers’ Association, and the 2016 Third Prize Winner of the American Prize Lorin Hollander Piano Concerto Award competition. He received his D.M.A. in 1988 from The University of Texas at Austin, his M. Mus. in 1983 from Yale University School of Music, and his B. Mus. in 1980 from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.