Sachie Matsushita
Sachie Matsushita ( Japanese 松下 幸 恵 , Matsushita Sachie ; * 1976 in Kagoshima Prefecture ; Japan ) is a Japanese pianist and composer . She lives in Mannheim .
education
She received classical piano training from early childhood, initially at the Yamaha Music School and later at the Togo Music Academy in Kagoshima, and has won several prizes at various competitions. Between the ages of 16 and 23, she stopped playing the piano.
From 1995 to 1999 she studied pharmacy at Kumamoto University , Japan. She then worked for six years as a pharmacist, researcher, lecturer in Japan, Korea and Germany in the fields of pharmacy and medicine.
When she was 23 she heard live jazz for the first time and discovered her passion for this music. She took lessons from the jazz pianist Ryoichi Tashima and began to compose. She found her access to musical life mainly in Germany, where she drew a line in 2004 under her previous professional career. She decided to stay in Germany and from 2006 to 2008 studied jazz and popular music at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main .
Fields of activity
With the "Japan meets Germany" duo, trio and quartet line-up, she has made numerous appearances at jazz festivals, jazz clubs and also at benefit concerts as well as classical piano recitals in Germany and Japan. She maintains close collaboration with the following musicians: guitarist Markus Krämer, cellist Isabel Eichenlaub, cellist Stefan Knust, saxophonist Nicolai Pfisterer, saxophonist Matthias Dörsam , bassist Vitold Rek , bassist Maurice Kühn, drummer Erwin Ditzner and drummer Philipp Schaeper.
In the context of the performing arts she cooperates with the painter Anna Leibach and the sculptor Motz Tietze. In addition to her artistic activities, Sachie Matsushita works as a teacher at the city music school in Schwetzingen .
Compositions in alphabetical order
- Aquarium (Aug 12, 2011)
- Autumn Colors (Oct 1, 2008)
- B.B's Bounce (2010)
- Beautiful Mountain (2010)
- Blue Eyes (June 30, 2008)
- Bobby Baby Blue (Aug 22, 2008)
- Bouquet (Aug 3, 2008)
- Captain Wolfgang (December 18, 2008)
- Cats (2003)
- Circadian Rhythm (Aug 1, 2007)
- Comets (May 16, 2008)
- Dedicated to Paul Gerhardt Church (March 8, 2010)
- Diamond Snake (Sep 10, 2007)
- Dollface (March 18, 2009)
- Empty Dream (July 28, 2007)
- Sweet Chestnut (Sep 9, 2007)
- F-Phrygian (Nov. 2, 2011)
- Fantasia (Oct 1, 2008)
- For Hartmut (Feb. 26, 2012)
- For Papa (Jan 29, 2010)
- German Hot Dog, A (Feb 13, 2007)
- Go Home (April 20, 2012)
- Grieg's Mood (March 9, 2010)
- Gypsy (2010)
- Happy- Go- Lucky (26 Sep 2008)
- Hesitation (Feb. 11, 2010)
- Hip Hop Bunny (March 5, 2009)
- Holzhausenschlosschen (July 10, 2007)
- How Far Is It To You? (July 28, 2007)
- I Care About You (16 Aug 2008)
- Impressionism (2010)
- JF (Aug 5, 2008)
- Jumbo (Feb. 20, 2010)
- Ambulance Song (2004)
- Kurpfalzwaltz (June 30, 2011)
- Late Summer Song (Aug 26, 2008)
- Little Bird Waltz, A (Nov 21, 2008)
- Little Prince, The (2010)
- Loreley (July 30, 2008)
- Luna Leaf (Feb 19, 2012)
- Made In Japan (13 Aug 2008; comp.Krämer / Matsushita)
- Magma (March 15, 2011)
- Maria & Anna (June 20, 2009)
- Mars Sonata (July 2, 2008)
- May In Berlin (Jan. 30, 2009)
- Mendelssohnian (March 11, 2010)
- Midnight In the Botanic Garden (17 Aug 2007)
- Mr. Riverside (March 1, 2008)
- Night Cafe (Oct 8, 2005)
- Night Piece (Nov. 9, 2008)
- No money! (Nov. 15, 2008)
- Noah's Ark (Feb. 4, 2009) *
- October Sunflower (Oct 1, 2007)
- Old Main Bridge (Oct 8, 2005)
- Poor Man, A (Feb 22, 2007)
- Pray (Aug 15, 2011)
- Square Town (Dec. 8, 2008)
- Queen Bee (July 28, 2007)
- Raclette (Jan. 1, 2009)
- Rainbow Dance (Nov 4, 2008)
- Ravine (17 Aug 2007)
- Romantic Street (March 25, 2007)
- Sad G (Oct 12, 2008)
- Satiely Sachie (Feb 27, 2010)
- Black Forest (Sep. 27, 2010)
- Sea Life (December 2, 2008 comp. Matsushita / Krämer)
- Skyline (Aug 14, 2008)
- Sleepless (Oct 16, 2011)
- Snow (Nov. 27, 2011)
- So-La-Wed (March 1, 2008)
- Sorrow Morrow (June 30, 2008 comp.Matsushita / Krämer)
- Spiral Waltz (Sep. 28, 2008 comp.Matsushita / Krämer)
- Stepmother (March 17, 2009)
- Stop Stomping (Nov. 19, 2008)
- Summer Palm's Groove (July 9, 2008)
- Summer Vacation (Aug 28, 2011)
- Sunshine (Aug 2010)
- Swan Song, A (Aug 2010)
- Tulip (Nov 8, 2008)
- Umi-Kaze (June 17, 2009)
- Venus (Aug 15, 2008)
- Vineyard (Sep 10, 2007)
- Virtuoso (Oct 10, 2008)
- Waltz For Annie (Feb 12, 2007)
- Weeping Cherries (July 31, 2007)
- Winter evening (Jan. 5, 2009)
- With Best Wishes (Aug. 24, 2008 comp.Krämer / Matsushita)
- Wonderland (Aug 9, 2008)
- You And I (May 17, 2012)
- Yui Blue (Jan 24, 2011)
Discography
- Sachie Matsushita Trio - “Umi-Kaze - JMG Vol.1” (2010) FUMIYA Music
- Sachie Matsushita - Solo Piano - “Tribute” (2011) FUMIYA Music
- Sachie Matsushita & Markus Krämer– “Suite - JMG Vol. 2” (2011) FUMIYA Music
- Sachie Matsushita Quartet - “Birds - JMG Vol. 3” (2014) FUMIYA Music
- Matsushita-Rek-Ditzner - “Free” (2016) fixcel records
Web links
- Sachie Matsushita website. jazznetz.de; Retrieved July 25, 2017
- YouTube videos with Sachie Matsushita
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matsushita, Sachie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 松下 幸 恵 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kagoshima Prefecture |