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Hiroaki Takenouchi is set to enthrall Darlington audiences on December 10th with a diverse programme featuring Mozart, Schubert, Rachmaninov, and Chopin, hosted by the Darlington Piano Society.

Hiroaki Takenouchi‘s disc of Medtner, Dupré and Grieg was featured prominently by Radio France on Monday 15th May.

On Sunday evening (30th April) at 9pm, BBC Four will be airing “The Prince and the Composer”, in which the then Prince of Wales explores the life and music of Hubert Parry. Amongst the performances featured in this fascinating film, created by the renowned director John Bridcut in 2011, are some by a young Hiroaki Takenouchi, himself a long-time admirer of Parry’s music. You can look out for Hiro playing Bogies and Sprites and Father Playmate, from ‘Shulbrede Tunes’, and also a piece from ‘Hands Across the Centuries’: Quasi Sarabande 

Pianist Hiroaki Takenouchi will feature on BBC Radio 3’s ‘Composer of the Week’ for the second month in a row, with a recording of music by Elizaveta Kashperova airing on Friday 16th December.