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Agile VocalistThe Touch of Music with Dr. Pianist, Makiko HirataSend us a textDr. Makiko Hirata (“Dr. Pianist") is on a mission to promote the power of music to heal and unite. In this episode, she talks about reconciling her training in classical piano with being a woman in music as well as how musicians have a role to play as first responders in times of climate catastrophe. She has shifted her career from being an "Olympian pianist” performer who uses performance to demonstrate ever increasing mastery of challenging piano pieces to instead playing simpler pieces that better connect and resonate with her audiences....2022-06-1232 min
So, How's That Going?Minisode 10: Makiko HirataAs part of Colburn’s Next Up Series, which showcases alumni, we’re speaking with the alumni curators of each program and sharing these conversations as minisodes. In this episode, we speak with Makiko Hirata, who has curated our final Next Up program of the 2021-22 Season. Her program will explore the life and music of Ernst Toch in historical context, performing pieces in chronological order with narration from Toch's grandson, author Lawrence Weschler. The program begins with the Brahms and Mozart of Toch's early days in Europe—before fleeing the influence of Nazi Germany—through Toch's very last piano pie...2022-05-1016 min
So, How’s That Going?Minisode 10: Makiko HirataAs part of Colburn’s Next Up Series, which showcases alumni, we’re speaking with the alumni curators of each program and sharing these conversations as minisodes. In this episode, we speak with Makiko Hirata, who has curated our final Next Up program of the 2021-22 Season. Her program will explore the life and music of Ernst Toch in historical context, performing pieces in chronological order with narration from Toch's grandson, author Lawrence Weschler. The program begins with the Brahms and Mozart of Toch's early days in Europe—before fleeing the influence of Nazi Germany—through Toch's very last piano pieces w...2022-05-1016 min
Crown YourselfConnect to Your Brain's Healing Power with Music with "Dr. Pianist," Makiko HirataMusic has the power to heal! Kimberly interviews Makiko Hirata, "Dr. Pianist," on the power of music to encourage empathy, connection, and the brain-boosting benefits of biomusicology.
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In this episode, you will learn…
Why do musicians need to know that they are healers? (5:45)
How is it that babies are designed to be raised communally? (11:00)
What makes your hearing something that protects you? (13:30)
Why do you have a different way of processing the world around you? (16:00)
What music is conducive to healing the body? (23:30)
Why do you need to optimize silence? (27:30)
How can music be...2021-03-171h 17
Relevant TonesAugusta Read ThomasOne of the leading composers of our time and an ardent promoter of new music throughout the world, Augusta Read Thomas is an artistic force to be reckoned with.
Championed by Pierre Boulez in her early years and later named composer-in-residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Thomas rose early to the top of her profession and has remained there ever since.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Augusta Read Thomas: Words of the Sea, III
CSO/Boulez
Thomas: Aureole (excerpt)
DePaul University Symphony Orchestra/Colnot
Tho...2015-04-1158 min