Uchida, Mitsuko

talented Japanese pianist; b. Tokyo, Dec. 20, 1948. Uchida began training in childhood in her native city, and at the age of 12 became a pupil of Richard Hauser at the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1968 she won the Beethoven Competition and in 1970 received second prize at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw.

In 1982 she won particular notice in London and Tokyo for her performances of the complete piano sonatas of WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, and during the 1985-86 season she appeared as soloist-conductor in all the piano concertos of Mozart with the English Chamber Orchestra in London. In 1987 she made her N.Y. recital debut, and in 1989 she was soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto, K.271, in Salzburg.

Uchida's repertoire also includes works by CLAUDE DEBUSSY, ARNOLD SCHOENBERG, and BÉ LA BARTÓK.