OehmsClassics Debut: Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting

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Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien op. 26
Liszt: Consolations Nr. 3 · Après une lecture du Dante – Fantasia quasi Sonata
Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting, piano



Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting was born in Yokohama, Japan, and completed her piano degree at the Academy of Music in Tokyo. She continued her studies in Germany at the Academy of Music in Detmold and the Robert-Schumann Academy in Dusseldorf. Her teachers included Roberto Szidon, Detlev Kraus, Naoyuki Taneda and Willem Brons. She has concertized in Germany, Holland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Japan.
This recital program shows fascinating links between works by Mendelssohn, Schumann and Liszt. It begins with Mendelssohn’s Variations sérieuses, followed by Schumann’s Faschingsschwank op. 26, which is clearly influenced by Mendelssohn’s piano compositions, namely, the Songs Without Words.
When he first wrote it, Liszt subtitled his Dante Sonata “Fantaisie symphonique”, indicating that its concept is close to Schumann’s fanciful-romantic piano works. The great dramatic gesture of the Dante Sonata contrasts with the Consolations No. 3 and its renunciation of all external virtuosity.