After coming second in the 1975 Leeds International Piano Competition, Uchida made her reputation as a Mozartian when her recording of the piano sonatas won a Gramophone Award in 1989. She won a second Award in 2001 for her recording of Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto with Pierre Boulez.

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Mozart Piano Concertos – Nos 23 and 24 

Cleveland Orchestra / Mitsuko Uchida pf

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