Pianist Kimiko Ishizaka to Embark on European & U.S. Tour, Begin. 9/24

The remarkable pianist Kimiko Ishizaka will perform Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier in a twelve-concert tour. The first concert will take place at the Beethovenfest Bonn in Germany (Sep 24th), from there Ms. Ishizaka will go on to perform in Prague, Czech Republic (Sep 25th & 26th), Munich (Sep 30th), Vienna, Austria (Oct 2nd), Hamburg, Germany (Oct 12th) and again in Bonn (Oct 18th), and Ruiselede, Belgium (Oct 20th). Ms. Ishizaka's North American dates will take her to Ann Arbor, MI (Oct 23rd); the Pianoforte Foundation in Chicago, IL (Oct 26th), Pittsboro, NC (Nov 3rd), and the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (Nov 6th).

When Ms. Ishizaka performed Book One of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier in New York at the WMP Concert Hall, the New York Times's long-time classical music editor James R. Oestreich characterized her as "a gifted and obviously devoted Bachian" (September 25, 2012).

Highlights of the tour will be Ms. Ishizaka's piano selection in front of a live audience at Vienna's Bösendorfer Factory for her upcoming recording of the Well-Tempered Clavier in Berlin's Teldex Studios in spring 2014, a concert and panel about open source music publishing at the GRIN Verlag in Munich, Germany, and a performance at the Manifold Recording Studios in Pittsboro, NC in front of a small selected audience in a salon- like setting inspired by the 19th century salons of Europe.

After the successful crowd-funding of her previous recording project, the Open Goldberg Variations, via Kickstarter, Ms. Ishizaka is now raising funds for her "Twelve Tones Tour." The fundraising project will run until August 25th online at http://kck.st/12tones. Each of the twelve concerts in Ms. Ishizaka's tour will also be recorded and broadcasted live over Google Hangouts at http://kck.st/12hangouts.

"Twelve Tones Tour" Tour Dates

1. Beethovenfest, Bonn
Where: Bonn, Post Tower
September 24, 2013
Program: Goldberg Variations + Selections of the Well-Tempered Clavier

2. Prague Conservatory
September 25, 2013
Program: Well-Tempered Clavier (selections)

3. DrupalCon - Prague Convention Center
September 26, 2013
Program: Well-Tempered Clavier (selections)

4. Munich, GRIN Verlag
September 30, 2013
Program: Well-Tempered Clavier (selections)
Lecture: Presenting GRIN Verlag as the publisher of the Open Goldberg Variations and Well-Tempered Clavier

5. Wiener-Neustadt, Bösendorfer Factory
October 2, 2013
Program: Kimiko Ishizaka chooses the Bösendorfer for her recording session

6. Hamburg, Comm-Press
October 12, 2013
Program: Well-Tempered Clavier (selections)
Lecture: Comm-Press' Ralf Hendel explains his relationship to piano and music from the point of view of an open source development company owner.

7. Bonn, Trinitatis Church
October 18, 2013
Program: Well-Tempered Clavier (selections); Chopin Etudes Op. 10

8. Piano Manne, Ruiselede, Belgium
October 20, 2013
Program: Well-Tempered Clavier (selections)
Lecture: MuseScore CEO Thomas Bonte speaks about the topic of Open Source Music

9. Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan School of Music, STAMPS Auditorium October 23, 2013
Program: Well-Tempered Clavier (selections)
Lecture: Music Entrepreneurship and Promotion

10. Chicago, IL Pianoforte Foundation
October 26, 2013
Pre-concert lecture: 7:00 pm
Concert: 7:30 pm
Program: Well-Tempered Clavier (selections); Chopin Etudes Op. 10

11. Pittsboro, NC, Manifold Recording Studio
November 3, 2013
Program: Well-Tempered Clavier (selections)
Lecture: Open Source Music, featuring Manifold owner and RedHat VP of Open Source Affairs, Michael Tiemann

12. University of South Carolina
November 6, 2013
Program: Well-Tempered Clavier (selections) Lecture: Music Entrepreneurship and Promotion