Rieko Makita is a multi-award winning Japanese-Australian pianist. She currently is the Constant/Kit Lambert Fellow & ArtDip student at the Royal College of Music (RCM). She studies with Sofya Gulyak and Dina Parakhina.

 

Rieko recently graduated from Master of Performance with Distinction at RCM. Her studies in London have been generously supported by The Musicians' Company, Help Musicians, Noswad Charity Award, Bliss Trust Award and the RCM Scholar Award. Rieko was the piano fellow for the Philharmonia MMSF Instrumental Fellowship Programme 2021/2022

 

Rieko is an active performer in various countries including Australia, Japan, Italy and Austria. Most notably, she collaborated with the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra in Germany, playing Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor by Frédéric Chopin in 2019. She performed in the grand Ridotto of Teatro Comunale in Italy as part of the 2016 Ferrara International Piano Festival, and in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall and the City Recital Hall in Angel Place Sydney.

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Rieko has received masterclasses with world-leading musicians including Angela Hewitt, Benedetto Lupo, Akiko Ebi, Jacques Rouvier and Maxim Vengerov.

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As a versatile collaborative musician, she has performed as part of Sydney-based modern music ensemble, Ensemble Muse, which was broadcasted on Fine Music FM 102.5. Rieko is also passionate about sharing music with the community; holding the position of in-house pianist for the Queens Club Ltd, The Sydney Sofitel Wentworth Hotel and The Grace Hotel in Sydney, as well as performing for the Wyvern Music Club. Rieko has collaborated with members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as well as the Southbank Sinfonia in London.

 

This year, she will be performing solo and chamber music in concerts throughout the UK, working closely with the DEBUT Horizon Project & students from the Royal College of Music, London.

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