Without any perceivable effort, Takako Ono mastered the enormous technical difficulties. Her interpretations testify to a highly developed musical sense and intense study of the pieces she performed.

(Takako Ono) is the kind of pianist for whom pianistic brilliance is never artistry as its own end and purpose, but solely technical premise and fundament for artistic expression and meaningful musical interpretation. In her case, this is to fill notes with significance, to trace their dramatic structures and endow them with musical expression, to outline musical imagery with colours rich in contrast and subtle articulation. (...) Takako Ono is a name to be remembered.

...a ravishing concert (...) captivating in its gracefulness

Rich in empathy (...), technically brilliant and with a most subtle sense of sound.

...brilliant, colourful (...) subtle. On her first CD release, the appealing and dreamy but also powerful way of playing shows her as a persistent individualist.