Shenson Spotlight Series
Mao Fujita Piano Recital
February 25, 2026
Overview
Today’s Stars, Tomorrow’s Legends: Catch ascendant soloists in their Davies Symphony Hall recital debuts.Concert Extras
Lobby Exhibit: Requiem Reflections. Head to Davies Symphony Hall’s First Tier lobby for an exhibit connecting Mozart’s Requiem with the universal questions it stirs. On display through March 4.
Artists
Piano
Program
Ludwig van
Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 1, Opus 2, no.1
Richard
Wagner
Ein Albumblatt
Alban
Berg
Twelve Variations on an Original Theme
Johannes
Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 1, Opus 1
Richard
Wagner
(trans. Franz Liszt)
Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Mao Fujita
Piano
Born in Tokyo, Mao Fujita was still studying at the Tokyo College of Music in 2017 when he took First Prize at Concours International de Piano Clara Haskil in Switzerland, along with the Audience Award, Prix Modern Times, and the Prix Coup de Coeur. He was also the Silver Medalist at the 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition.
This season, Fujita embarks on North American, European, and Asian recital tours, and debuts with the Boston Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, and Danish National Symphony, among others. He returns to the Czech Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, and Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin. In previous seasons, he debuted with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, NHK Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony. As a chamber musician, he has worked with Renaud Capuçon, Leonidas Kavakos, Emanuel Ax, Kirill Gerstein, Antoine Tamestit, Kian Soltani, and the Hagen Quartet.
After starting piano lessons at the age of three, Fujita won his first international prize in 2010 at the World Classic in Taiwan, and became a laureate of the Rosario Marciano International Piano Competition, Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians, and Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Piano Competition. Fujita is an exclusive Sony Classical International artist and makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with this Shenson Spotlight Recital.
This season, Fujita embarks on North American, European, and Asian recital tours, and debuts with the Boston Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, and Danish National Symphony, among others. He returns to the Czech Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, and Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin. In previous seasons, he debuted with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, NHK Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony. As a chamber musician, he has worked with Renaud Capuçon, Leonidas Kavakos, Emanuel Ax, Kirill Gerstein, Antoine Tamestit, Kian Soltani, and the Hagen Quartet.
After starting piano lessons at the age of three, Fujita won his first international prize in 2010 at the World Classic in Taiwan, and became a laureate of the Rosario Marciano International Piano Competition, Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians, and Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Piano Competition. Fujita is an exclusive Sony Classical International artist and makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with this Shenson Spotlight Recital.
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