Japanese virtuoso pianist Maki Sekiya has had a successful international career based in Russia and in Japan, after graduating from the Moscow Conservatoire. She recently returned to live in the United Kingdom, where she had studied during her teenage years at the Purcell school. Since then she has made sensational appearances around UK and received some outstanding reviews for her playing.
Maki's very wide repertoire ranges from the Baroque to the most recently written works of the 21st century. She regularly collaborates with well established composers and gives world premier performances, including pieces which were written especially for Maki and dedicated to her. She is equally at home performing concertos, solo recitals, or chamber music.
On Friday 15 September, Maki will present a recital at the Pushkin House that juxtaposes two Shostakovich piano sonatas with Russian contemporary pieces. ‘Yarilo’ by Moscow-trained composer, Nikolay Korndorf, is one of the great classics of Russian contemporary keyboard music. Maki will be joined for the pieces by Yusopova and Popoff, …
On Friday 12 May 2017, Maki gave a spectacular recital alongside Lydia Kavina as part of the JdP Music Building’s Piano Weekend 2. The concert included works by Shostakovich alongside other less known contemporary Russian composers. You can now watch her outstanding performance via this link: https://jdp.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/livestream/maki-sekiya-shostakovich-piano-sonata-no-1-contemporary-russia
In March, Maki Sekiya was appointed as the first Musician in Residence at Green Templeton College, after a marvellous performance last November. Maki’s one-year appointment, to be funded by donations from benefactors including several Fellows of the College, will cover three events comprising recitals and a possible masterclass.
