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MUSIC UNITES US: the Beautiful Gary, IN

Leave a Comment / Healing Power of Music, Musical Activism, My musical mission / Makiko Hirata

Since my first international tour as an eighteen-year-old in the cities of Bolivia, I have played in many parts of the world with always the same conviction: what we share is greater than our differences.

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2024 Nobel Peace Prize: Nihon Hidankyo

3 Comments / Healing Power of Music, Nikkan San "The Way of the Pianist" / Makiko Hirata

2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots organization of atomic bomb survivors for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons through witness testimonies of the weapons’ capacity to cause catastrophic destruction and human suffering.

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Flowering Time

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

Each note, each harmony blooms only when they are ripe – and the musicality is to capture these notes at their moments.

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Performing in 111°F.

1 Comment / Concerts, Healing Power of Music, Life of a Pianist, Musical Activism, Nikkan San "The Way of the Pianist" / Makiko Hirata

When I played my recital from 1-2PM this past Saturday, it was reaching 111°F.

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Our Freedom of Expression and Humanity

3 Comments / Music History, Musical Activism, Nikkan San "The Way of the Pianist" / Makiko Hirata

Project 2025 blurs the line that separates church and state, making social participation difficult for anyone outside of this belief system.

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