Momo Kodama

is a Japanese classical pianist. She was born in Osaka but grew up in Europe, attending the Conservatoire de Paris with older sister Mari. She made her debut in 1991 with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and was the youngest winner of the International Piano Competition in Munich at age 19. Since then she has performed with various symphonic orchestras and at cultural festivals in Europe and Latin America and has released a number of recordings.

Background and education Kodama was born in Osaka, Japan, but spent her early years in Europe, with her family moving there in 1973 and attending school in Germany. She began playing piano at age three and like older sister Mari, did her professional studies at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris with Momo entering at age 13.

Career Kodama made her debut in 1991 at the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra,

She has collaborated with violinists Christian Tetzlaff, Renaud Capuçon, Augustin Dumay; cellists Mario Brunello, Steven Isserlis and Christian-Pierre La Marca, her sister, pianist Mari Kodama; and the clarinettist Jörg Widmann. and with sister Mari at the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico in 2014. She later won the 1999 International Terence Judd Award in England, specializing in more modern compositions (20th century and contemporary) .

Recordings Martinu - Double Concertos. Lawrence Foster, Mari Kodama, Sarah Nemtanu, Deborah Nemtanu, Magali Demesse, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille. PENTATONE PTC 5186658 (2018) Tchaikovsky - Ballet Suites for Piano Duo. Mari Kodama, Momo Kodama. PENTATONE PTC 5186579 (2016). La Vallée des Cloches (2012) Catalogue d'oiseaux (2009) A Night of Rhythm and Dance: Live from the Waldbühne, Berlin (2006) with Susan Graham, Mari Kodama, Eitetsu Hayashi, Kent Nagano (conducting Berlin Philharmonic) Vingt Regards Sur L’enfant-Jesus (2005) Chopin Piano Works (2003) Debussy Impressions (2002)