Mitsuko Uchida
Mitsuko Uchida chooses The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca
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Classical Pianist |
World renowned and Grammy award-winning soloist. Co-director of the Malboro Music School and Festival. Promoted to DBE in 2009 and awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal in 2012.
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The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca (c. 1460)
Mitsuko Uchida chooses The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca, thought to have been painted between 1463-65 and housed in the Museo Civico, Sansepolcro.


Image courtesy of Museo Civico di Sansepolcro
From the Archive
Watch: New Ways of Seeing

Art historian Martin Kemp on Piero della Francesca's revolutionary study in pictorial perspective.
Narrated by Samuel West
From Private Life of a Masterpiece: The Resurrection 17 Apr 2006 on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½Â OneÂ
The Man Who Saved the Resurrection

Tim Butcher tells the story of the British Army officer who saved The Resurrection in Sansepolcro during WWll.
The Life of a Pianist

John Lill and Lang Lang on the life and work of a professional pianist.
From Front Row: Pianist Special 26 Dec 2001 on Radio 4
Mitsuko Uchida

Mark Lawson asks how much practice makes a perfect pianist?
Photo credit: Roger Mastroianni

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