Sep
07
Pierre Boulez Centennial - Complete Solo Piano Works
Sun September 7th, 2025
7:00PM
Main Space
Minimum Age: All Ages
Doors Open: 6:00PM
Show Time: 7:00PM
Event Ticket: $20-$25
Day of Show: $25-$30
Internationally acclaimed pianist Taka Kigawa returns to (Le) Poisson Rouge for a solo recital marking the 100th anniversary of Pierre Boulez’s birth. The program features Boulez’s complete solo piano works, including Twelve Notations, First Sonata, Second Sonata, Third Sonata (with the recently published Formant 1: Antiphonie), Incises, and Une page d’éphéméride.
Renowned for his authoritative interpretations of Boulez’s challenging scores, Kigawa has performed this repertoire to critical acclaim worldwide. The New York Times lauded his ability to bring “exhilarating energy and myriad colorings” to these fiercely difficult works, while Boulez himself praised his playing as “precise, and at the same time inventive.”
A Juilliard graduate, Kigawa has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Cité de la Musique (Paris), Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona), Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), and more, collaborating with leading conductors and composers including Boulez, Unsuk Chin, Myung-Whun Chung, Jonathan Nott, and Yusef Lateef. This concert is a must for fans of contemporary and 20th-century piano music.
Ticketing Policy
This show includes both Standing and Seated tickets. By purchasing a Seated ticket you agree to also purchase a minimum of two food and/or beverage items per person. Table seating is first come, first seated. Please arrive early for the best choice of available seats. Seating begins when doors open. Tables are communal so you may be seated with other patrons.
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Taka Kigawa
The critically acclaimed pianist TAKA KIGAWA has earned outstanding international recognition as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber music artist, performing extensively in New York City, Boston, Cleveland, Washington, DC, Barcelona, Milan, Paris and Buenos Aires, in Ireland, as well as throughout his native Japan, including the cities of Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagano and Osaka. He has also been a featured artist on television and radio networks in the United States, Europe and Asia. Taka’s current season includes his 23rd performance at New York City’s legendary (Le) Poisson Rouge, this time presenting the complete solo piano works of Pierre Boulez in commemoration of the centennial of the composer’s birth.
Taka Kigawa was awarded First Prize from the prestigious 1990 Japan Music Foundation Piano Competition in Tokyo and the Diploma Prize from Spain’s 1998 Concurs Internacional de Música Maria Canals Barcelona. His 2010 New York City recital was chosen by The New York Times as one of the best concerts of the year, while a subsequent 2011 recital was selected as one of the most notable concerts of the season by Musical America. His 2014 recital in Buenos Aires was named one of the best concerts of the year by Argentina’s leading newspaper, La Nación.
Possessing an extremely large and varied repertoire, ranging from the Baroque to the avant-garde, Taka Kigawa has collaborated closely with Pierre Boulez, Myung-Whun Chung and Jonathan Nott. He premiered the last solo piano work of jazz legend Yusef Lateef in New York City in 2013.
Taka Kigawa grew up in Nagano, Japan, where he began piano studies at the age of three, and won his first competition at the age of seven. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Shinsyu University and his Master of Arts degree from Tokyo Gakugei (Liberal Arts) University, graduating with honors in Piano Performance. During both his undergraduate and graduate years, Mr. Kigawa also studied composition and conducting, receiving high honors in both disciplines. He furthered his studies in the United States at The Juilliard School in New York City, where he was awarded a Master of Music degree.
Taka Kigawa is a Steinway Artist and resides in New York City.