"Kigawa’s playing was unexpectedly lyrical despite the fast tempos. The short, percussive phrases were finely shaped and defined..."

"Mr. Kigawa used it as the basis of a warm, shapely account that put its structural logic and occasional playfulness in the spotlight. Every phrase was carefully defined, and Webern’s silences were embraced as part of the music’s fabric."

"Mr. Kigawa was firmly in control. And when Xenakis shifts suddenly from a heavy, repetitive whirlwind passage to a moment of delicate tracery at the top of the keyboard, Mr. Kigawa negotiated the change deftly."

In Ms. Yamane’s piece, Mr. Kigawa played busy chords that evoked the bumbling steps of an infant...

"Mr. Kigawa brought all the precision and finesse you could want to John Zorn's 'Carny.'"