300.000 streams on Apple Music
A few days before the official release the pre-released track from “MISHIMA” has already 300.000 on Apple music. We are looking forward to the MISHIMA premiere on September 10th at the Ars Electronica Music Monday.
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100.000 streams on Apple Music
August 21, 2018 – Maki released a promo track from her upcoming album MISHIMA on Apple Music. By today it was streamed more than 100.000 times.
MISHIMA Worldwide CD Release on September 7th
On September 7th, 2018 Maki will release her new album MISHIMA. MISHIMA is the piano version of the 1985 film score by Philip Glass (his first Hollywood score) to Paul Schrader’s film “MISHIMA – A Life in Four Chapters”. After the 2014 release of Philip Glass “The Complete Piano Etudes” which charted No. 1 on …
Review – New York Times – Philip Glass, Easy to Mimic but Hard to Match
“ On Saturday, at Roulette in Brooklyn, the pianists Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies reveled in a program of Mr. Glass’s piano music, about half of which had been adapted from the composer’s operas. There wasn’t a single dud in this sparkling concert. A suite from “Les Enfants Terribles” showed how much expressive range …
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Von Himmel und Erde, von Schubert bis Philip Glass
Liederabend: Martin Achrainer und Maki Namekawa begeisterten das Publikum in der Linzer Ursulinenkirche. Liederabend: Martin Achrainer und Maki Namekawa begeisterten das Publikum in der Linzer Ursulinenkirche. Am Sonntag gab Martin Achrainer gemeinsam mit Maki Namekawa einen “Musica sacra”-Liederabend, dessen Texte auf der Grenzlinie zwischen Himmel und Erde, zwischen Diesseits und Jenseits, ja zwischen Bewusstsein und …
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Concert – PHILIP GLASS – MUSIC FOR PIANO – Sunday, 22/23 october – Melkweg Amsterdam (Rabozaal)
Philip Glass, der 80-jährige Pionier kehrt zum Melkweg nach Amsterdam zurück. Am Sonntag, den 22. Oktober, spielt er drei seiner Klavierwerke. Gespielt von Maki Namekawa und Dennis Russell Davies wird “Mad Rush” (1980), “Four Movements For Two Pianos” (2008) und “The Suite from Les Enfants Terribles” (1996). Darüber hinaus präsentiert das Amstel Saxophon Quartett & …
Interview – As if in a Trance: Maki Namekawa and “20 Etudes for 20 Etudes”
An Austrian premiere concludes the Festival on Monday, September 11, 2017. Maki Namekawa will perform all 20 of Philip Glass’ piano etudes accompanied by artist Cori Olan’s real-time visualizations. The duo will also present a daily demonstration of their virtuosity in Deep Space 8K. Maki Namekawa tells us more in this interview. The setting: The …
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BBC Music Magazine
The works making up the two books of Etudes began to emerge piecemeal in the 1990s. Six studies from book one were composed in 1994 for the 50th birthday of pianist and conductor Dennis Russell Davies, whose association with Glass goes back some four decades. As further compositions emerged the second set began to build …
Philip Glass about his Etudes
The Etudes were begun in the mid-90s and new music is still being added to this collection as I write these notes in 2003. Their purpose was two-fold. First, to provide new music for my solo piano concerts. And second, for me to expand my piano technique with music that would enhance and challenge my …
GLASS NOTES: PHILIP GLASS: DISCUSSES HIS ETUDES, PART 1
I had the chance to sit down with Philip Glass two weeks ago to discuss the upcoming release of his Complete Piano Etudes on album as well as printed sheet music on November 25th Richard Guérin: When did you begin to play piano? Philip Glass: Oh, probably around 6 or 7 years old. But I …
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