Oxford Proms - Mami Shikimori (piano)

With its tragic emotional impact evoking comparison to 'King Lear', Beethoven’s 'Appassionata' Sonata is as devastating today as it was first performed over 200 years ago. Mami Shikimori returns to the Sheldonian to play some of the greatest works written for the piano, having wowed a packed house at a prom orchestral concert last August with a thrilling performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2.

Chopin’s preludes, containing some of his best known and most memorable melodies, are works full of expression, power, and poetry - qualities particularly suited to her dynamic performance style, plus Mozart's masterwork the Rondo in A minor K 511 and the dramatic and haunting 'En vers' by Akira Miyoshi from her native Japan.

Our Oxford Proms website has an exclusive special offer for reserved individual chairs at the front of the theatre with the best view of the piano keyboard.

Mami’s previous Oxford Proms recital was lauded by Oxford Times as “A major, multi-faceted experience”

“It is a pleasure to see old friends in new surroundings, and it is a pleasure as well to hear these moving works at a new vantage point through the forthright and loving hands of this fine artist.” (Fanfare)