Rachel Kudo
United States | Age 30
A winner of the Gilmore Young Artist Award, Rachel Kudo gave her first performances with orchestra at age 16 in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and De Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She has since performed with the Warsaw Philharmonic in Poland and the RTE National Symphony Orchestra in Ireland, among others. She has appeared in recital at Chopin’s birthplace in Poland, Salle Cortot in Paris, Musikverein in Vienna, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Aspen Music Festival, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, and Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Carnegie Hall in New York. Born in Washington, D.C., to Japanese-Korean parents, Ms. Kudo began studying piano at age 4 with Emilio del Rosario and continued at The Juilliard School and the Mannes College of Music. Her past teachers include Richard Goode, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Gilbert Kalish, and she currently studies with Leon Fleisher. She enjoys yoga, cooking, and traveling.
COMPETITION REPERTOIRE
Preliminary Recital
BACH Overture in the French Style in B Minor, BWV 831
HAMELIN Toccata on “L’homme armé”
BARBER Sonata for Piano, op. 26
Quarterfinal Recital
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, op. 31, no. 3
SCHUMANN Carnaval, op. 9
Semifinal Recital
MOZART Sonata No. 18 in D Major, K. 576
CHOPIN Nocturne in D-flat Major, op. 27, no. 2
CHOPIN Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, op. 52
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111
Semifinal Concerto
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
Final Round Piano Quintet
DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81
Final Round Concerto
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, op. 15