Makiko Hirabayashi
Makiko Hirabayashi ( Japanese 平林 牧 子 , Hirabayashi Makiko ; born September 17, 1966 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese pianist and composer specializing in jazz and world music .
Born in Tokyo, Makiko Hirabayashi played the piano from the age of four and the violin from the age of nine. In her youth she attended an English school in Hong Kong . She studied music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and the Rytmisk Music Conservatory in Copenhagen . She has lived in the Danish capital since 1990. In 2001 she founded her own jazz trio with Klavs Hovman (double bass) and Marilyn Mazur (drums). Her second album Hide and Seek received a Jazz Audio Disk Award for best instrumental album in 2009 and the Jazz Melody Award for the title track from Japanese Jazz Critique Magazine that same year . She recorded other albums with the flautist Mariane Bitran and with the trumpeter Flemming Agerskov. She is also involved in Ingrid Hagel's album Tharapita .
Discography
- Makiko ( Enja 2006)
- Mariane Bitran & Makiko Hirabayashi 5tet Gray 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)
- Where the Sea Breaks (Yellowbird / Enja 2017, with Klaus Hovman, Marilyn Mazur and Jakob Buchanan )
Web links
- Website of the artist
- Interview at Kulturfalter.de
- Meeting Surely
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirabayashi, Makiko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 平林 牧 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz and world music pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th September 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo Prefecture , Japan |