Maki Namekawa
Maki Namekawa 滑川 真希 | |
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 Namekawa in 2025 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) Tokyo, Japan |
| Instrument | Piano |
Spouse | Dennis Russell Davies |
| Website | www |
Maki Namekawa (born 1969) is a Japanese pianist known for her performances and interpretations of contemporary classical music compositions such as études.[1] She is also known for her collaborations with conductor Dennis Russell Davies and composer, Philip Glass.
Life
Namekawa was born in 1969 in Tokyo, Japan.[2] She studied Kunitachi College of Music, under the pianist Mikio Ikezawa, and at the Paris Conservatory under Henriette Puig-Roget. She won the Leonid Kreutzer Prize in 1994 and graduated as a soloist with special distinction in 1995.[3]
In 2003, she began regularly performing piano duos with American conductor and pianist, Dennis Russell Davies.[4][5] The two are married.[6]
In 2013, she performed the world premiere of Philip Glass's 20 Études for solo piano during the Perth International Arts Festival, in Perth, Australia.[7] She later performed the Études' US premiere at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, in San Francisco, California, in March, 2015.[8][9]
In July, 2019, she premiered Glass's Piano Sonata, which was specifically written for her to perform, in Essen, Germany.[10][11] On 13 May 2022, she led the US premiere of Joe Hisaishi's Toccata at Kresge Auditorium in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[12]
References
- ↑ "IMPRESSIONS: "Dancing with Glass: the Piano Etudes" at The Joyce Theater". www.dance-enthusiast.com. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "15 June Keith Jarrett The Köln Concert" (PDF). Retrieved 10 July 2026.
- ↑ "Maki Namekawa". LA Phil. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Dennis Russell Davies & Maki Namekawa | The Phillips Collection". www.phillipscollection.org. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ Composer, Melinda; Bargreen (10 April 2009). "Conductor Dennis Russell Davies returns to Seattle — and brings along a friend". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Dennis Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa". Time Out. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Heart of Glass at Perth Festival". PerthNow. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Glass Piano Etudes: A Performance of Epic Proportions". www.sfcv.org. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Philip Glass Etudes, Barbican, London — review".
- ↑ Woolfe, Zachary (20 November 2019). "Review: Philip Glass, at 82, Unveils His First Piano Sonata". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ Clairet, Jean-Luc (15 April 2021). "Maki Namekawa révèle la Sonate pour piano de Philip Glass". ResMusica (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Maki Namekawa Presents Philip Glass, Keith Jarrett, Joe Hisaishi, Evan Ziporyn". Arts at MIT. Retrieved 5 April 2026.