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Suffering is Good for you…Really?

2 Comments / Nikkan San "The Way of the Pianist" / Makiko Hirata

The goal is to learn and to evolve. To me, to be able to share the fruits of these processes is the meaning of life.

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My American Mother, Joan Koll Borneman

22 Comments / Uncategorized / Makiko Hirata

In the world that Joan and Ed were born into pre-WWII, it was probably inconceivable that they would grow up to live with a Japanese girl they would come to refer to as their “daughter.” We shared our lives as family for over thirty years.

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Before a recording.

Concerts, Life of a Pianist / Makiko Hirata

Practicing for a concert is very different from a regular practice session to maintain your chops and learn new music.

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To Listen is to Expect to Hear Things

3 Comments / Life of a Pianist, Nikkan San "The Way of the Pianist" / Makiko Hirata

To commit to listening is to be one with the sound, to resonate your body and soul immersed in it. And true self-expression is to let your own body and language be highjacked by your inner convictions and passions. The masterly of music may be to balance those two extreme states of being.

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Global Courage Fellowship

Healing Power of Music, My musical mission / Makiko Hirata

Earlier today, Coeuraj announced its Global Courage Fellowship Program with the subtitle “Bridging Divides: Building Trust in an Increasingly Polarized World.”

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