LIVE PIANO SHOW - WHERE IS HOME?

Pianist and composer Rieko Makita presents the launch of her debut EP, Where is Home?, at the beautiful St James's Sussex Gardens.

Surrounded by a bespoke lighting design, the performance blends expressive piano, analogue synths and live electronics into an intimate and immersive concert experience. The show journeys through themes of migration, identity and belonging, with music from the new EP alongside audience favourites including ‘Haru no Sanpo’, a selection of classical works which has inspired Rieko's music, and a preview of brand-new, unreleased works.

Signed CDs will be available to purchase after the performance. ‘Where is Home?’ was generously supported by the PRS Foundation and recorded at World Heart Beat Studios.

RIEKO MAKITA

Born in Japan, raised in Australia and now based in London, Rieko's music reflects her search for home, drawing on influences from contemporary classical, jazz and ambient sound worlds. Classically-trained at the Royal College of Music, Rieko’s work moves between piano, composition, and sound worlds shaped by texture and colour. She has performed at the Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall Elgar Room and on BBC Radio 3.

\+ Guest artists Garling Wu & Henry Tozer

DOORS OPEN: 7PM

CONCERT: 7.30PM-9.15PM

(15-minutes interval half way)

Photo credit: Victor von Krasowski

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