Upcoming Performances
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Past Projects
September 2023- October 2024
Yoga & sound meditation workshop
Thursday, 21st of September 2023
4 - 5pm, Inner Parry Rooms @ Royal College of Music
Led by Judith Kleinman and Rieko Makita, this one-off workshop for yoga & sound meditation will introduce helpful tips for musicians to destress and refresh. You will be immersed in surround sound produced by Delyth Field & Rieko Makita, while you slowly flow through the yoga poses. The session will end with a 20 minutes sound meditation.
This is an internal event for RCM students. Yoga matts provided (BYO welcome).
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First come first serve.
Friday, 3rd November 2023
7.30pm @ Shoreditch Treehouse
You'll be welcomed into Shoreditch Treehouse (a hidden bohemian loft space in the heart of London, dazzling with thousands of fairy lights and a Steinway grand concert piano) and invited by DEBUT’s friendly team to grab a seat.
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Rieko Makita piano
Natasha Page soprano
Guillermo Ramasasa clarinet
Lizzie Holmes soprano & host
Sam Peña resident piano improviser
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Doors open at 7:30PM, before the music starts, pop your champagne (it's BYOB!), or head to the bar to buy delicious sushi or gyoza from Apothecary East’s pop up.
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It’s the perfect date night, way for lone rangers to meet new people, or excuse to bring together friends and family for a celebration.
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Tickets:
https://debut.org.uk/events/treehouse-nov-23
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Japanese Postcards
Concert
Tuesday, 28th of November 2023
6-7pm, Amaryllis Concert Hall @ Royal College of Music
This year marks the 170th year since the abolition of Japan’s 鎖国 (Sakoku, isolationism lasting from 1639 to 1853). Japan began to reconnect with the world after 1853 and Japanese art and music rapidly spread across the world, especially through events such as World Fairs in Paris, sparking a fascination towards Japan and Japonisme.
To celebrate Japanese composers and culture, this concert will feature works by Japanese composers alongside O Hototogisu! by British composer Oliver Knussen. The performance will conclude with the premiere of Sakamoto Ryuichi's 'Flower is not a flower' arrangement by Rieko Makita.
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This concert will feature soloist Rieko Makita and students of the Royal College of Music.
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Tickets:
https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=2803310
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Solo recital @
Highgate St Michaels
Tuesday, 5th December 2023
1.30pm @ Highgate St Michael's Church
South Grove, London N6 6BJ
Solo piano recital featuring Debussy, Ravel, Chopin and Takashi Yoshimatsu.
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Free entry, donation welcome.
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Solo recital @
St Mary Le Strand
Thursday 7th December, 2023
1pm @ St Mary Le Strand
Strand, London WC2R 1ES
Solo piano recital featuring Debussy, Ravel, Chopin and Takashi Yoshimatsu.
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Free entry, donations welcome.
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https://stmarylestrand.com/event/thursday-lunchtime-concert-pianist-rieko-makita/
Sea & Stars in Sydney
Friday, 29th of December 2023
4-5pm, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney NSW Australia
Maurice Ravel
‘Une Barque sur l’océan’ from Miroirs
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Claude Debussy
‘Clair de lune’ from Suite Bergamasque
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in B Major Op 62 No 1
Nocturne in E Minor Op 72 No 1
Ross Edwards
Sea Star Fantasy
I. Dreamy and Distant
II. Sprightly
Claude Debussy
- Estampes
I. Pagodes
II. La soirée dans Grenade
III. Jardins sous la pluie
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Sea & Stars in London
Sunday, 4th February 2024
10am-11am, Elgar Room @ Royal Albert Hall
Maurice Ravel
Une Barque sur l’océan from Miroirs
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Claude Debussy
Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque
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Maurice Ravel
Ondine from Gaspard de la nuit
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in B Major Op 62 No 1
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Ross Edwards
Sea Star Fantasy
I. Dreamy and Distant
II. Sprightly
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Claude Debussy
Estampes
I. Pagodes
II. La soirée dans Grenade
III. Jardins sous la pluie
Tickets: https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2024/classical-coffee-mornings-rieko-makita/
Triton Quintet: debut
Rieko Makita, Annissa Gybel, Joseph Lowe, Lily Dai, Sam Lee
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Sunday, 14th February 2024
Royal College of Music
Asher Joyce
New work for piano quintet
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Franz Schubert
'Trout' Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667
Pallant Proms
Friday 23rd February 2024
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
A solo piano recital featuring a selection of works inspired by literature & art
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https://pallant.org.uk/whats-on/special-event-pallant-proms/
May 9th 2024
7.00-9.30pm @ Brunel Museum
DEBUT are “a group of extremely talented classical musicians who play accessible, fun concerts in interesting and unusual spaces. Since 2015 they’ve put on hundreds of shows in places like lighthouses, ancient operating theatres and Victorian merchant ships, becoming magnets for effusively acclamatory reviews along the way.” ─ The Nudge (The Definitive Insiders’ Guide to London
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DEBUT’s monthly classical music experience south of the river at Brunel Museum’s historic Grade II* listed Thames Tunnel Shaft, in collaboration with Midnight Apothecary.
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MUSICIANS
Jorge Carlo Mariani tenor
Hannah Shilvock bass clarinet
Rieko Makita piano
Lizzie Holmes soprano & host
Sam Peña resident pianist & improviser
Solo Recital
May 19th 2024
6.00-7.00PM @ St Cyprian's Church NW1
A beautiful selection of piano works by Chopin, Rachmaninov & Ravel shared in a historic church in Central London
Solo Recital
May 29th 2024
12.30-1.30PM @ Westminster library
35 St Martin's St, London WC2H 7HP, UK
Rieko will perform best-loved works by Ravel, Liszt and Chopin, including a selection of Chopin’s Nocturnes, alongside some hidden gems inspired by the theme of night.
Artistic Diploma Recital
June 6 2024
11.30AM - 12.30PM @ Royal College of Music
Rieko Makita's final graduation recital at RCM, featuring works inspired by night, dreams and intrigue.
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John Field
Nocturne in G Major
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Samuel Barber
Nocturne (A Homage of John Field)
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in E Minor Op 72 No 1
Nocturne in B Major Op 62 No 1
Nocturne in E Major Op 62 No 1
Takashi Yoshimatsu
A selection of Pleiades Dances
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Etudes No 11 ‘Harmonies du soir’
Liebestraum No 3
Ravel
Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit
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Debussy
Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque
Solo Recital @ St Johns Smith Square
June 13 2024
1:00 - 2:00PM @ St Johns Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Multi-award-winning Japanese pianist, Rieko Makita, will be performing a selection of unexpected yet beautiful music of the night and dreams.
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Tickets available from: https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/rieko-makita
Junior Fellow Showcase:
'Night Vision'
July 2nd 2024
6:00 - 7:00PM
Tickets available from: https://www.rcm.ac.uk/events/details/?id=2983884
Mystery, dreams and intrigue. ‘Night’ has been a source of inspiration for composers all over the world.
This performance, inspired by night will combine solo piano and duo pieces with an immersive visual projection, featuring best-loved pieces; Chopin’s Nocturnes and Debussy’s Clair de Lune, alongside exciting new compositions with electronics and visuals by composers of RCM Delyth Field and Rieko Makita.
With the help of RCM Studios, this concert intends to showcase the innovative technological capabilities of the newly renovated Performance Studio; its ability to create an immersive concert experience which goes beyond the traditional classical music setting. With the use of surround sound of electronic sounds, manipulation of light and visual projection, the audience will become immersed in ‘the night’.
Programme:
Rieko Makita Nocturne for piano and electronics
Chopin Nocturne in E major op 62 no 2
Chopin Nocturne in E minor op 72 no 1
Barber Nocturne op 33
Yoshimatsu Pleiades Dances I op 27 nos 1, 2, 4 and 5
Debussy Suite bergamasque L75 no 3 Clair de Lune
Ravel Gaspard de la nuit M55 no 1 Ondine
Liszt Liebestraum no 3 in A flat major
Delyth Field Dreamwave for piano and electronics
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Solo Recital @
St James' Piccadilly
Saturday October 12, 2024
1:00PM @197 Piccadilly, St. James's, London W1J 9LL, UK