Music

An introduction to the Bohm by Kaoru Iwamura as part of the concert ‘Waterloo’ taking place 15th of October during the 2015 Edition of the Fortepiano Festival in Amsterdam.

COMPLETE PROGRAM — 8 PIECES

Live recording: Concert on 6th March 2026, Heuvellaan Hilversum

1. Galuppi — Sonata II in D minor, Op. 1
   Duo · Harp & Fortepiano
   https://youtu.be/hKlFUSpvHzk
2. Dussek — Adagio espressivo from a Duet for Harp & Piano, Op. 36 (English Op. 38)
   Duo · Harp & Fortepiano
   https://youtu.be/C_zXvmqFUWs
3. Mozart — Fantasia in C minor, K. 396 (385f)
   Fortepiano solo
   https://youtu.be/JKoPv403S_s
4. Clementi — “Menuet” from Sonata for Two Fortepianos or Harpsichords, Op. 1a
   Duo · Harp & Fortepiano
   https://youtu.be/b_hlnpTn8v8
5. Mozart — Sonata in D major, K. 448, I. Allegro con spirito
   Duo · Harp & Fortepiano
   https://youtu.be/s9d3TGFDiSs
6. Mozart — Sonata in D major, K. 448, II. Andante
   Duo · Harp & Fortepiano · NOW PLAYING
   https://youtu.be/tiLJBfdNHTw
7. Mozart — Sonata in D major, K. 448, III. Molto Allegro
   Duo · Harp & Fortepiano
   https://youtu.be/uZBf4d4lDDY
8. Mozart — Rondo alla Turca (encore)
   Duo · Harp & Fortepiano
   https://youtu.be/XGnkQ6c_ZZI

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.

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.

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

– 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

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.

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

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.

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.

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