BIOGRAPHY
Pianist MAKIKO HIRATA's professional activities have extended throughout North and South America, her native Japan, and Europe. At seventeen, she toured with the National Symphony Orchestra of Bolivia. In December, 1998, her debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall was received with a standing ovation. She performed rare masterpieces by Debussy, Tovey, Lalo, Godard and others as a regular guest soloist with the Jupiter Symphony Orchestra in NYC. She has toured the United States and Europe as the featured soloist with Pecs Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Polish Philharmonic Resovia, and Arad State Philharmonia from Romania. Seeking diverse and creative ways to share music, she collaborates with composers, visual artists, dancers and writers in various projects, and regularly writes and gives lectures about music.
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