Music

87 bars of a short piece by Wofgang Amadeus Mozart. It is said that he composed it when he was 11 years old in 1767.
Dutch premiere by Kaoru on the 5th July in 2012. At Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, Amsterdam.
On squarepiano dated 1787, Buntebart & Sievers from London

during Erato Festival (2021) in the Netherlands
fortepiano – replika Stein model

guitar: Dario Macaluso
fortepiano: Kaoru Iwamura
From cd ‘La Corde Vibrante’ ℗ 2013
Released on: 2013-10-26
Instruments played on this cd:
George Lewis Panormo, London 1859
Joseph Böhm from Vienna c. 1820

during Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival (2013)
Written for Makiko Goto
Kaoru Iwamura and a squarepiano.
Composer Miranda used her inspiration from the form of Haiku for this piece.
She created her original musical temperament using for this music.

Fortepianist Kaoru Iwamura plays on the Lyrapiano during the restoration proces. The piano is part of the Sweelinck Collection, a unique collection of fortepianos in Amsterdam. The restoration is an initiative of the Geelvinck Hinloopen Museum.

Songs and duets of Haydn and Mendelssohn
Soprano: Kitty Lai
Tenor: Edmond Chu
Squarepiano: Kaoru Iwamura
Director: Daan Vree

Kaoru Iwamura celebrates 260 years of Mozart by playing his legendary music on the traditional instrument of his time: the fortepiano. An interview with Kaoru.

BEETHOVEN – Six Variations on in D major, Op.76 (“Turkisch Marsch” )
fortepiano with janissary pedals

Piano played by Kaoru Iwamura

The Sweelinck Collection of historical keyboard instruments (including over 40 table pianos) was established in the second half of the 20th century by Rien Hasselaar. At the time, interest in the authentic performance of 18th and 19th century music was on the rise, partly as a result of the desire for greater authenticity and a return to origins that had been stirring society since the 1960s.

– Diaspora as music and pianist –
Corona has caused physical distance between many of us. Between you and your family, friends and even your hometown. There are many people living abroad who miss their home country. Many composers from the 19th centuries were Bohemian. They left their own country and never returned.
I am also a diaspora pianist who lives far from my home country. I would like to take this opportunity to share some beautiful music of these diaspora composers.
This is a film of 5 minutes livestreamed concerts via Facebook from the beautiful Castle Loenersloot in the Netherlands. Maybe their nostalgia and lonesomeness will touch you as well.
september, 2020

Written for Kaoru / premiere – Kaoru Iwamura
Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival (2016)
The composer Jasna spoke about a mythology ‘Sisyphean labor’ as an inspiration for this song.