Kotaro Fukuma, Piano: Flagship Series
Oct 27 2026, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$30 – $45
Community School of Music and Arts – Tateuchi Hall
230 San Antonio Circle
Mountain View,
CA
94040
United States
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Arts from Japan presents “Shimmering Water,” a recital by acclaimed pianist Kotaro Fukuma at the Community School of Music and Art in Mountain View. On October 27, 2026, at 7pm, Fukuma traces water’s shimmer and surge across two centuries of piano repertoire, from Mendelssohn’s Gondellied and Debussy’s Cathédrale engloutie to his own transcriptions of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde and Smetana’s The Moldau. The program also features Toru Takemitsu’s meditative Rain Tree Sketches. A First Prize winner at the Cleveland International Piano Competition, Fukuma brings virtuosity and depth to this rare Bay Area appearance.
Date and Time: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Venue: Community School of Music and Arts, Tateuchi Hall | 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View, CA. 94040
Tickets:
Non-members $45
Members $30*
*A discount code has been shared with members via email. If you’d like to become a member, click here. If you’re not sure you’re a member, contact jsnc@usajapan.org.
Program:
Mendelssohn: Gondellied (Gondolier’s Song) in A major, MWV U 136
Bizet: Chants du Rhin (Songs of the Rhine)
1. L’Aurore (Dawn)
2. Le Départ (The Departure)
3. Les Rêves (Dreams)
4. La Bohémienne (The Bohemian Girl)
5. Les Confidences (Confidences)
6. Le Retour (The Return)
Debussy:
1. La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)
2. Clair de lune (Moonlight)
3. L’Isle joyeuse (The Island of Joy)
— Intermission —
Wagner: from Tristan und Isolde
1. Vorspiel (Prelude) (Transcription by Fukuma)
2. Isoldes Liebestod (Isolde’s Love-Death) (Transcription by Liszt)
Tôru Takemitsu (1930 – 1996):
1. Rain Tree Sketch (1982)
2. Rain Tree Sketch II — In Memory of Olivier Messiaen (1992)
Smetana: The Moldau (Transcription by Fukuma)
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