Port Island Classic Yuka Fukuda Piano Concert

The autumn season of the arts is finally approaching.
We are pleased to announce the Port Island Classic vol. 44 Yuka Fukuda Piano Concert.
Ms. Fukuda is one of the best pianists in the Kansai region, a finalist in the 12th Kobe Piano Competition in 2023 and winner of the Jury Prize.
The piece she will be performing is Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 4. The music is bright and rhythmic from beginning to end. It reminds me of a scene of a child or a puppy innocently running in a meadow. It is sure to bring joy to the heart of anyone who listens to it.
Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 9 "Black Mass". This piece requires superb technique. The melody is somewhat habit-forming while making it difficult to follow the melody by ear.
Chopin's Ballade No. 1 begins with a stately melody that heightens the uplifting feeling, the first half is rather soothing, but the second half is more intense, and you can enjoy each change within a single piece.


Yuka Fukuda
Born in Kyoto City.
She has won many prizes, including the first prize in the high school division of the All Japan Student Music Competition in Osaka, the second prize in the Takarazuka Vega Music Competition, a semi-finalist in the Pitina Special Class, and the second prize in the International Piano Competition in Paris. She graduated at the top of her class from Kyoto Horikawa Music High School in Kyoto, Japan, and went on to study instrumental music at Tokyo University of the Arts before completing a master's degree at the same university.
He then skipped a grade at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Musique in Paris, where he completed the highest level of his studies with unanimous approval of the jury.
He is a registered artist for the third term at Kyoto Concert Hall.


Program
Mozart: Piano Sonata No.4 K.282 Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.9 Op.68 "Black Mass
Chopin: Ballade No.1, Op.23