Fumiko Shiraga
Fumiko Shiraga has carved out her own niche as a pianist, producing a series of recordings featuring famous piano concertos with the orchestra part reduced to just a handful of musicians.
Shiraga began playing piano as a small child in her native Japan. However, she considers herself German, since her family moved there when she was six years old and it remains her home. She studied with Detlef Kraus in Essen, Friedrich Wilhelm Schnurr in Detmold, and Vladimir Krainev in Hannover. She earned several prizes and scholarships, some of which allowed further study, particularly in the area of chamber music, which has become her focus.
Her first recording was released in 1997 by BIS and featured Chopin's two piano concertos arranged for piano and string quintet. The success of this album not only led to her recording similarly arranged concertos by Beethoven and Mozart, but to other musicians performing and recording these works as well. In 2006, she completed a series of recordings of seven Mozart concertos in chamber versions, plus his Symphony No. 40. She has also recorded solo piano music by Bruckner (2001).
Shiraga's concerts have primarily been in Europe, although she has appeared in Japan, the U.S., Costa Rica, and Lebanon, and not all of her performances are chamber music. She still performs concertos with full orchestras, and for many years, has performed programs of music and poetry with actor Ezard Haußmann.
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Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Op. 25 & Op. 40 - Six Songs Without Words: Chamber Arrangements
Fumiko Shiraga, Nathan Quartett, Bernd Konzett
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Claves Records am 15.09.2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 - Symphony No. 40 (arr. J. Hummel for chamber ensemble)
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 01.11.2006
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
P. Juon: Viol Chamber Music (Fumiko Shiraga)
Roswitha Killian, Rupert Wachter, Fumiko Shiraga
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Musicaphon am 29.10.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 22 and 25 (arr. J. Hummel for chamber ensemble)
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 01.11.2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Piano Works
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 01.01.2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Chamber Version)
Fumiko Shiraga, Bremen String Soloists
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei BIS am 31.12.2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: 7 Piano Concertos - Symphony No. 40 arranged by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Henrik Wiese, Peter Clemente, Tibor Benyi, Fumiko Shiraga
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei BIS am 23.04.2013
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Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Chamber Version
Fumiko Shiraga, Jan Inge Haukas, Yggdrasil Quartet
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 28.02.1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 25 (arr. Hummel for chamber ensemble)
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 30.11.2003
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 10 and 24 (arr. Hummel for Chamber Ensemble)
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 01.11.2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo