"Adams’ work takes its time, and thrives in an extremely slow build to a grand peak. At the first climax of Four Thousand Holes, there was a palpable relief in the audience as the musical tension finally broke..."

"Three Études were more playful..."

"Sensitive and deeply considered, with its individual lines painted in subtle gradations of color and weight..."

"Plenty of other pianists have played Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas in one sitting, but Kigawa will play his last five, an expansion that means the evening will also include the massive “Hammerklavier.” I wouldn’t miss it." - David Allen, The New York Times

"Shimmering “Erdenklavier” provided the encore."

"It opens with a B-flat, powerfully struck and sustained by Mr. Kigawa, as if in declaration..."

"The formidable Taka Kigawa performed it: with extreme precision and smoothness"

"Mr. Kigawa recast the sonata as an essay in how to apply suppleness to virtuosity, and the result was an energetic but also characterful account."

"Seldom has it sounded more focused than in Kigawa's version."

"Taka Kigawa played the whole thing from memory, eliciting astonishment." "Mr. Kigawa's feat deserves the highest praise, especially since it was combined with such alacrity and sensitivity to the musical material."

"Kigawa, whose rhythmic sensibility is truly astonishing"

Taka Kigawa in the video, Pierre Boulez on 12 Notations - Universal Edition

"Mr. Kigawa’s sharp-edged, exquisitely transparent rendering of the Boulez canon (which won whistles and shouts) was offered."

"A sizzling, virtuosic performance"

"Kigawa’s touch and complete control of dynamics had the sonorities turning and twisting beautifully in the air."

"'Night Fantasies,' which concluded the recital, was the evening's clear triumph."

"Mr. Kigawa did full justice to those attributes"

Kigawa did not hide the multiple layers of each piece under a compact appearance; on the contrary, he exposed them and on doing so, he forced the listener to work almost as much as himself.

"performed with clarity and grace by Taka Kigawa"

"He plunged into Chopin's Opus 10 études with opening phrases of taut authority and conviction"