Taka Kigawa

Celebrated by The New York Times as a “Phenomenon” and “the extraordinary pianist,” and praised by The New Yorker as “an artist of stature,” Taka Kigawa’s playing sparkles with both clarity and intensity. Buenos Aires’ La Nación called him “a stupendous virtuoso.”

Mr. Kigawa has performed across the United States, Europe, South America and Japan—at venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Library of Congress, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Known for a repertoire that spans the Baroque to the avant-garde, he is equally at home in the classics and in adventurous, contemporary music.

Taka Kigawa has collaborated with legendary musicians, including Pierre Boulez, Myung-Whun Chung and Jonathan Nott, and premiered the final solo piano work of jazz icon Yusef Lateef.

Born in Nagano, Japan, Mr. Kigawa now calls New York City home. He is a Steinway Artist.