Hideki Nagano (born 1968) is a Japanese classical pianist. He has been a member of the

Ensemble intercontemporain The Ensemble intercontemporain (EIC) is a French music ensemble, based in Paris, that is dedicated to contemporary music. Pierre Boulez founded the EIC in 1976 for this purpose, the first permanent organization of its type in the world. Organi ...

since 1995 and lives in France.

Biography

Nagano was born in

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

. He studied at the

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

Le parcours de Nagano
au fil d'une entrevue avec Bruno Serrou publiée sur le site de l'Ensemble intercontemporain in particular with

Henriette Puig-Roget Henriette Marie Eulalie Puig-Roget (9 January 1910 – 24 November 1992) was a French pianist, organist and music educator. Biography Born in Bastia, she began her musical studies at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1919. She won 6 first prizes ...

. He arrived Paris in 1988 without speaking much French, and prepared for the entrance exam to the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

. He studied piano with

Jean-Claude Pennetier Jean-Claude Pennetier (born 16 May 1942) is a French classical pianist. Biography Born in Châtellerault, Pennetier began studying the piano at the age of three and later entered the Conservatoire de Paris in piano and chamber music classes. A ...

and vocal

accompaniment Accompaniment is the musical part which provides the rhythmic and/or harmonic support for the melody or main themes of a song or instrumental piece. There are many different styles and types of accompaniment in different genres and styles ...

with Anne Grappotte then with Jean Kœrner.

Recordings

* Hideki Nagano plays Boulez — Messiaen — Murail — Dutilleux, Fontec, 1997 * Hideki Nagano plays Prokofiev — Messiaen — Murail,

Nippon Columbia , often pronounced ''Korombia'', operating internationally as , is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK C ...

, 1998 *

George Antheil George Johann Carl Antheil (; July 8, 1900 – February 12, 1959) was an American avant-garde composer, pianist, author, and inventor whose modernist musical compositions explored the modern sounds – musical, industrial, and mechanical – of t ...

, ''La Femme 100 têtes — Sonatina — Jazz sonata '', Pianovox, October 1998 *

Tōru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu was admired for the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. He is known for combining elements of oriental and occidental phil ...

: ''Chamber music'',

BIS Records BIS Records is a record label founded in 1973 by Robert von Bahr. It is located in Åkersberga, Sweden. BIS focuses on classical music, both contemporary and early, especially works that are not already well represented by existing recordings. ...

, November 1998 *

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

, ''Piano works'',

, 2001 *

Bechara El-Khoury Bechara El Khoury ( ar, بشارة خليل الخوري; 10 August 1890 – 11 January 1964) was a Lebanese politician who served as the 1st president of Lebanon, holding office from 21 September 1943 to 18 September 1952, apart from an 11-day ...

, ''Waves'', Op. 60, on the ''New York, Tears and Hope / The Rivers Engulfed'' records,

Naxos Records Naxos comprises numerous companies, divisions, imprints, and labels specializing in classical music but also audiobooks and other genres. The premier label is Naxos Records which focuses on classical music. Naxos Musical Group encompasses about 1 ...

, September 2006 * Jonathan Harvey: ''Bird concerto with pianosong'', recorded at the Warsaw Autumn Festival on 19 September 2009,

NMC Recordings NMC Recordings is a British recording label and a charity which specialises in recording works by living composers from the British Isles. History The composer Colin Matthews founded NMC in 1989, with financial assistance from the Holst Found ...

, October 2011 *

Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music. Born in Mont ...

, ''Une page d'éphéméride'', in ''Complete Works'',

Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...

, 2013

With the Modulations Trio

Bruno Mantovani Bruno Mantovani (born 8 October 1974) is a French composer. He has been awarded first prizes from the Conservatoire de Paris which he joined in 1993. His work has been commissioned by the French government as well as other organizations. In Septe ...

, ''Da Roma'', on the ''Art d'écho'' record, Sismal records, 2007

With the Ensemble intercontemporain

Philippe Manoury Philippe Manoury (born 19 June 1952) is a French composer. Biography Manoury was born in Tulle and began composition studies at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with Gérard Condé and Max Deutsch. He continued his studies from 1974 to 197 ...

, ''La Partition du ciel et de l'enfer'', Adès, 1997 * Pierre Boulez, ''Sur'' Incises,

, 2000 * Pierre Boulez, ''Pli selon pli'', Deutsche Grammophon, 2002 * Bruno Mantovani, ''Éclair de Lune'', Kairos, 2008 * Pierre Jodlowski, ''Drones — Barbarismes'', Kairos, 2011 * Yann Robin, ''Art of metal II'', Kairos, 2012

References

External links

Nagano à propos du concerto pour piano
de Ligeti on the site of the

review of his interpretation of
the first piano sonata and the ''Une page d'éphéméride'' by

Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music. Born in Mon ...

on ''Seen and heard international'' (

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, January 2009).
review of his interpretation of
the ''Harrison’s Clocks'' by Birtwistle on the site ''Seen and heard international'' (

Aldeburgh Festival The Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music. It takes place each June in the Aldeburgh area of Suffolk, centred on Snape Maltings Concert Hall. History of the Aldeburgh Festival Th ...

, June 2009). {{DEFAULTSORT:Nagano, Hideki 1968 births 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century Japanese male musicians Conservatoire de Paris alumni Japanese classical pianists Japanese male classical pianists Living people Musicians from Nagoya