Aki Takahashi

Aki Takahashi
Aki Takahashi made her public debut shortly after graduating from the Tokyo University of Arts with a
masters degree in 1970. While acknowledged for her classical musicianship, her enthusiasm and acclaim as
a new music interpreter have attracted the attention of many composers. Cage, Feldman, Takemitsu, Yun,
Oliveros, Ruders, Satoh, Lucier and Garland, to name a few, have all created works for her.
Ms. Takahashis personal and musical connection to Morton Feldman goes back to 1972. She played his
works with wonderful delicacy and concentration. To commit these small musical acts one after the other
over long periods of time requires a virtuosity beyond scales and arpeggios. NYT
Takahashi has toured extensively throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia appearing in numerous recitals and
international festivals including the Berlin Festival Week, the Paris Autumn Festival, the Holland Festival,
New Music America, Berlins Meta Musik and the First New York Festival of the Arts.
Ms. Takahashi received the first Kenzo Nakajima prize in 1982, and was recipient of the first Kyoto Music
Award (1986). She directed the "New Ears" concert series in Yokohama (1983-97), was artist-in-residence at
SUNY Buffalo (1980-81) and guest professor at the California Institute of the Arts (1984).
Her landmark recording of 20 contemporary piano works, Aki Takahashi Piano Space, received the Merit
Prize at the Japan Art Festival (1973). Her series of Erik Satie concerts (1975-77) heralded a Satie boom in
Japan, resulting in her editing all of his piano works for Zen-On and recording them on Toshiba-EMI. She
created the Hyper-Beatles project with Toshiba, which invited 47 international composers to
arrange/recompose their favorite Beatles tunes.

Aki Takahashi
Piano Space
(CP2 records) - 3LP vinyl set
Tracklisting:
recorded at the Setagaya Community Hall, August
10, 1972
recorded at the Setagaya Community Hall, August
10, 1972
recorded at the Setagaya Community Hall, April 9,
1973.
recorded at the Setagaya Community Hall,
September 19, 1972.
recorded at the Setagaya Community Hall, August
9, 1972
recorded at the Setagaya Community Hall, August
9, 1972.
recorded at the Setagaya Community Hall, April 10,
1973
recorded at the Setagaya Community Hall, August
10, 1972.
recorded at Toshiba Studio #1, January 13, 1973

A1 Toru Takemitsu

Uninterrupted Rests (8:45)

A2 Toru Takemitsu

Piano Distance (5:38)

A3 Joji Yuasa

Cosmos Haptic (7:38)

A4 Joji Yuasa

On The Keyboard (7:39)

A5 Keijiro Satoh

Calligraphy For Piano (5:53)

A6 Yori-Aki Matsudaira

Allotropy For Pianist (8:24)

A7 Shuko Mizuno*

Tone For Piano (13:20)

B1

Toshi Ichiyanagi

Piano Media (6:13)

B2
B3

Maki Ishii
Shigeaki Saegusa

B4

Jo Kondo

B5

Yuji Takahashi

Aphorismen II Fr Einen Pianisten (8:35)

(Baire's Theorem) (18:57)
Air I For Amplified Piano With Trumpet
(5:14)
Maeander (22:58)

C1

Anton Webern

Variationen Fr Klavier (7:08)

C2

Pierre Boulez

Premire Sonate Pour Piano (9:55)

C3

Luciano Berio

Sequenza IV For Piano (10:48)

C4

Iannis Xenakis

Herma (6:42)

C5

Olivier Messiaen

Mode De Valeurs Et D'Intensits Pour

Piano (3:26)

recorded at the Setagaya Community Hall, March 6,

1973
recorded at the Kawaguchi Community Hall,
September 20, 1973.
recorded at the Omiya Community Hall, June 18,
1973.

C6

Karlheinz
Stockhausen

Klavierstck XI (7:05)

recorded at the Setagaya Community Hall,

September 18, 1972.

C7

Sylvano Bussotti

Piano Pieces For David Tudor #3 (7:35)

C8

John Cage

Winter Music (9:20)

recorded at Toshiba Studio #1, July 15, 17, 19, 1973.

recorded at Mori Studio, May 17, 1973
recorded at Toshiba Studio #1, July 9, 1973
recorded at the Setagaya Community Hall, March 5,
1973
recorded at Toshiba Studio #1, July 30, 1973.

recorded at the Kawaguchi Community Hall,

September 19, 1973.
recorded at the Setagaya Community Hall,
December 19, 1973

Label: CP2 Recordings Catalog#: CP2/ 3-5 Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP

Country:US Released:1976 Genre: Classical, Electronic Style: Abstract, Post-Modern, Experimental Credits:
Engineer - Satoru Moriwaki
Piano - Aki Takahaski*
Producer - Sengo Fukukawa
Trumpet - Hosei Soken