Otaki has been critically acclaimed throughout the U.S. and abroad for her performances of Mozart's music, both with orchestras and in chamber music, and has recorded four piano concerti by Mozart. The G minor piano quartet is one of Mozart's most dramatic and expressive mature works; the composer often used the key of g minor for his most intensely personal and emotional compositions.

The Gideon String Trio is named for the composer Gideon Klein (1919-1945), a Czech Jew who was one of the most active and talented artists imprisoned at the Terezín concentration camp; he was killed at another camp in F�rstengrube just a few weeks before the liberation of the camps. Klein's 1944 String Trio, his last composition, was released on the Trio's recent CD recording on the Gnosis Brno label, which also features works of Haydn, Schubert, and the contemporary Czech composer Jiri Matys.

Members of the Trio are violinist Pavel Wallinger, violist Karel Plocek, and cellist Jan Skrdlík. About the upcoming Spivey Hall concert, Skrdlík said, "I have had many possibilities of working with Michiko when she played Mozart. Most recently last summer at the Moravian Janácek Festival. Her music is a breath of fresh air, an uplifting experience uplifting the listener. I find it a privilege to work with her once again on Apr. 6."

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