Makiko Hirabayashi
Makiko Hirabayashi (born 1966) is a Japanese jazz pianist based in Denmark.[1] She learned to play piano at the age of four, and subsequently violin at nine. As a teenager, she became interested in jazz and won a fellowship at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After graduation, she moved to Denmark.[2]
She says that her compositions were influenced by classical, oriental, and Scandinavian music. However, she is not involved with Japanese jazz music which she defines as mainstream-oriented.[3]
Discography
- Makiko (Enja 2006)
- Mariane Bitran & Makiko Hirabayashi 5tet Grey to Blue (Stunt 2008, with Bob Rockwell, Erik Olevik, Morten Lund)
- Hide and Seek (Enja 2009)
- Makiko Hirabayashi & Flemming Agerskov: Binocular (Stunt 2010)
- Surely (Enja 2013)[1]
References
- ^ a b Kopman, Budd (30 October 2014). "Makiko Hirabayashi: Surely (2013)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Tanz zwischen den Genres". Badische Zeitung (in German). 12 December 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Ich freue mich schon auf Halle" (in German). Kulturfalter. January 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
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