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☆KF announced the line-up of the RPM season 2025-26!

☆Music sheets of KF’s arrangement of “Turkish March” by Beethoven for 2 Pianos 8 Hands has released from Muse Press!

☆Music sheets of KF’s arrangement of “Turkish March” by Beethoven for 3 Pianos 12 Hands + Triangle & Snare Drum has released from Muse Press!

☆KF is on the cover photo of the Chopin Magazine in the October issue.

☆KF released a new album “Souvenirs de Chopin”!

☆ KF’s new album “FANTASY – Scriabin & Rachmaninoff” has got 5 Diapasons and has been nominated for the International Classical Music Award 2024!

☆Music sheets of KF’s French Chanson transcription has released from Muse Press!

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Global Recognition

„we must hope for many further discs from an artist of such rare musical enterprise and quality."

„il en est peu qui comblent l’auditeur de la première à la dernière note d’un récital comme y parvient ici Kotaro Fukuma.“

„Grossartige Nuacierungskunst“

„A fabulous artist“

„C'est l'un des jeunes pianistes les plus imaginatifs du circuit, avec des programmes inventifs et une sonorité raffinée“

„Un brillante pianista... las obras de Debussy fueron interpretadas por Fukuma con un gusto exquisito, espléndidas en texturas y planos sonoros.“

„Exceptional pianist offers dash and nuance“

„Kotaro Fukuma ist ein Virtuose mit sensationeller Technik, vor allem aber ist er ein Musiker, dessen Spiel tief berühren kann.“

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Kotaro Fukuma - Musical Journey

Austria Baden bei Wien, Kühtai, St. Pölten, Vienna, Wiener Neustadt

Belgium Antwerpen, Brussels, Gent, Malmedy

Bulgaria Sofia, Plovdiv

Czech Republic Litomyšl

Denmark Esbjerg, Svendborg

England London, Oxford, Sally Laye, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Seilh, Sorde-l'Abbaye, Sully-sur-Mer, Toulouse, Uchaux, Vannes, Verneuil-sur-Avre, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Villennes-sur-Seine

Finland Helsinki, Turku

France Aix-en-Provence, Angers, Anglet, Angoulême, Annecy, Arcangues, Arnouville, Aubergenville, Auvers-sur-Oise, Barèges, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Bougival, Bourges, Cambo-les-Bains, Cannes, Cenon, Chamonix, Claix, Cluses, Colombes, Croissy, Doucy-en-Bauges, Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue, Erbalunga, Eybens, Garches, Grenoble, Guebwiller, Hem, Jurignac, La Chaise-Dieu, La Meije, La Rochelle, La Roque d' Anthéron, Lagord, Laon, Lavaux, Lille, Limoges, Lodève, Ludon-Médoc, Lyon, Menton, Méré, Mérignac, Montpellier, Mulhouse, Nantes, Nohant, Paris, Pessac, Redon, Rennes, Richelieu, Roquefort-les-Pins, Rouen, Saint Denis, Saint-Germain en

Germany Aachen, Amorbach, Augsburg, Bendestorf, Berlin, Bochum, Bonn, Borken, Bremen, Coswig, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Eltville am Rhein, Essen, Fellbach, Frankfurt am Main, Gehrden, Grevenbroich, Güdderath, Gunzenhausen, Hamburg, Heinfeld, Husum, Ingolstadt, Kempen, Knittlingen, Köln, Krefeld, Kürn, Lahr, Leipzig, Lünen, Malgarten, Meerbusch, München, Nauen, Neuruppin, Nürnberg, Offenburg, Oldenburg, Planegg, Reinbek, Rellingen, Reutlingen, Rysum, Schwalmtal, Schwarzheide, Stadtallendorf, Straelen, Stuttgart, Trier, Tübingen, Wiepersdorf, Wilhelmshaven

Italy Como, Milano, Monte Argentario

Lithuania Vilnius

Luxembourg Luxembourg

Malta Attard, Valetta

Poland Duszniki

Russia Yekaterinburg

Spain Aviles, Gijón, León, Lugo, Madrid, Málaga, Oviedo, Peñaranda de Bracamonte, Pontevedra, Santander, Sevilla, Vitoria

Switzerland Bern, Cran Montana, Geneva, Lausanne, Liddes, Zurich

The Netherlands Leiden, Tilburg

Wales Cardiff

China Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan

Japan Tokyo (Suntory Hall), Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo Featured Prefectures (North to South): Hokkaido / Iwate / Miyagi / Akita / Yamagata / Fukushima / Ibaraki / Tochigi / Gunma / Saitama / Chiba / Tokyo / Kanagawa / Niigata / Toyama / Ishikawa / Yamanashi / Nagano / Gifu / Shizuoka / Aichi / Mie / Shiga / Kyoto / Osaka / Hyogo / Wakayama / Hiroshima / Yamaguchi / Fukuoka / Saga / Nagasaki / Kumamoto / Oita / Okinawa

Kazakhstan Almaty, Astana

Kirgystan Bishkek

Malaysia Johor Bahru

Singapore Singapore

South Korea Daegu, Gimhae, Pohang, Seoul

Taiwan Taipei

Uzbekistan Samarkand, Tashkent

Argentina Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Corrientes, HokkaiParaná, La Paz, Villa María

Brazil Manaus, Rio De Janeiro, São Paulo

Chile Santiago, Temuco

Dominican Republic Santo Domingo

Mexico Zacatecas

Puerto Rico San Juan

United States Ann Arbor (MI), Aspen (CO), Bend (OR), Blue Bell (PA), Boston (MA), Caldwell (ID), Canton (OH), Charleston (SC), Chiago (IL), Cleveland (OH), Corvallis (OR), Dayton (OH), Erie (PA), Fort Meyers (FL), Glens Falls (NY), Green Lake(WI), Hunter (NY), Hyram (OH), Idaho Falls (ID), James Town (NY), Kent (OH), Lima (OH), Lincoln (NE), Los Angeles, Louisville (KY), Mascatine (IA), McHenry (MD), Miami (FL), Natick (MA), New York City (NY), Oberlin (OH), Rexburg (ID), Rochester (MI), Salt Lake City (UT), Sandpoint (ID), Sanibel (FL), Sarasota (FL), Sunriver (OR), Teton (WY), West Ford (MA)

South Africa Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Grahamstown, Hilton, Johannesburg, Knysna, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Stellenbosch

Polynesia Papeete, Tahiti

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New Release

THE ART OF PIANO TRANSCRIPTION

Bach–Gounod-Vleminckx: Ave Maria Schumann–Liszt: Widmung, Frühlingsnacht Mozart-Fukuma: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 Ponchielli-Vleminckx: Danza delle Ore Wagner-Fukuma: “Tristan und Isolde” Prelude Wagner–Liszt: Isolde’s Liebestod Debussy-Borwick: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Tchaikovsky-Taneyev: Waltz of the Flowers Howard: Reminiscences of “Turandot” Fukuma: Chanson Medley
Recorded @ Fuchu no Mori Arts Theater, Vienna Hall in January 21–23, 2026
Program Notes in English, 日本語, français (online), deutsch (online),
Label : Naxos Japan　

Reviews

“Eine unglaublich hochkarätige CD eines der großen Pianisten unserer
Zeit”

🇩🇪 Bremen Zwei

”「音を書き足した」その音楽は、原曲の魅力を保ちつつ、福間ならではの感性が発揮され、ふくよかな響きと艶やかな音の色彩が示されている。”

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