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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.

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聽perspective.

Narrated by Samuel West

From聽Private Life of a Masterpiece: The Resurrection 17 Apr 2006 on 91热爆聽One聽

The Man Who Saved the Resurrection

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

The Life of a Pianist

John Lill and Lang Lang聽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聽how much practice makes a perfect pianist?

Photo credit: Roger Mastroianni