Maki namekawa biography sample

Maki Namekawa, a leading pianist dedicated to exploring new works by composers on a global scale, cames to MIT's Kresge Auditorium to perform.

In late-June Glass discussed his First Piano Sonataand talked about his relationship to the piece and to Maki Namekawa as the soloist.

Philip Glass is writing his first piano sonata ever for Maki Namekawa who is going to premier the piece at Klavier-Festival Ruhr on July, 4th in Essen.

Maki Namekawa was the first pianist to perform Glass's études on a single program.

Pianographique is a series of collaborations of real time visual artist Cori O'Lan and Maki Namekawa.

Philip Glass is writing his first piano sonata ever for Maki Namekawa who is going to premier the piece at Klavier-Festival Ruhr on July, 4th in Essen.!

Credit: Andreas H. Bitesnich

Maki Namekawa is a leading figure among today’s pianists, bringing to audiences’ attention contemporary music by international composers.

As a soloist and a chamber musician equally at home in classical and repertoire of our time, she performs regularly at international venues such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center New York, Musikverein Vienna, Barbican Center and Cadogan Hall London, Citè de la musique Paris, Philharmonie de Paris, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, BOZAR Bruxelles, Suntory Hall and Sumida Toriphony Hall Tokyo, Salzburg Festival, Ars Electronica Festival, Musik-Biennale Berlin, Rheingau Musik Festival and Piano-Festival Ruhr.

Maki Namekawa records and performs frequently for major radio networks in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France and USA.

Orchestra engagements include Royal Concertgebouw Orkest Amsterdam, Münchner Philharmoniker, Bamberger Symphoniker, Dresdner Philharmonie, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Sinfonieorchester