Mari Kodama

Pianist Mari Kodama has flourishing careers as a performer and recording artist in both Japan and the West. She is especially noted as a Beethoven specialist. In addition to performing, Kodama has served as a festival administrator. Her substantial recording catalog includes collaborations with her husband, conductor Kent Nagano; one of those was Mozart & Poulenc: Double & Triple Concertos (2024). Kodama was born in 1967 in Osaka. Kodama's mother was a former concert pianist, and Kodama began piano lessons at age three (she wanted to start even earlier). Her sister, Momo Koda...