“Hiroka’s performance of this music (Schoenberg Piano Music and his 17 Fragments) is bold and thoughtful. Her interest in the composer’s use of timbre and sonority is easily apparent in her playing. There is careful attention to nuance, to articulation, and a wonderful range of sonorous effects in the music.”
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC LIBRARIES REVIEW

“This recording (Schoenberg Piano Music and his 17 Fragments), by the Japanese-Canadian pianist Yoko Hirota, . . .precise and keenly projective performances.”
WHOLENOTE MAGAZINE, Toronto

“In Joy (23 musicians and tape) of 1990, Magnus Lindberg gave prominence to piano and celesta, played distinctively by Yoko Hirota.”
THE GAZETTE, Montreal

“The last of Arnold Schoenberg’s Fragments for Piano is a pensive, expressive miniature that does its work in scarcely a minute.”
THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Toronto [Essential Tracks]

“Wonderful composers all, their spirits must have felt delight in Saturday’s well structured recital performed by Canadian pianist Yoko Hirota.”
DAILY PRESS, Timmins

ARGUS OBSERVER, Oregon
“Her interpretation of Beethoven and Mendelssohn was sensitive and exhibited the highest level of proficiency.”

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