Lunchtime Concert Series
Rieko Makita
Piano
Takashi Yoshimatsu
Pleides Dances (a selection)
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in B Major Op 62 No. 1
Frédéric Chopin
Nocture in E Minor Op 72 No 1
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Études No 11, ‘Harmonies du soir’
Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la Nuit, I. Ondine
Sergei Rachmaninoff/Earl Wild
In the Silent Night, Op. 4 No. 3
Sergei Rachmaninoff/Earl Wild
Dreams, Op. 38 No. 5

Mystery, dreams, and intrigue. ‘Night’ has been a source of inspiration for composers all over the world.

Multi-award-winning Japanese pianist, Rieko Makita, will be performing a selection of unexpected yet beautiful music of the night and dreams. Rieko is an international artist, having performed in prestigious venues across Australia, Japan, throughout Europe and the UK, including the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall and Royal Albert Hall in London. She is currently the Constant & Kit Lambert Junior Fellow at the Royal College of Music, supported by the Help Musicians Postgraduate Award and The Musicians’ Company.  She currently studies with Dina Parakhina and Sofya Gulyak. She was selected as the 2021 piano fellow for the Philharmonia MMSF Instrumental Fellowship Programme, and she is currently a DEBUT Classical Artist.

Rieko will perform best-loved works by Ravel, Liszt and Chopin, including a selection of Chopin’s Nocturnes, alongside some hidden gems; Earl Wild’s transcriptions of Rachmaninoff’s songs, In the Silent Night, Op. 4 No. 3 and Dreams, Op. 38 No. 5, and Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu’s Pleiades Dances.