The Recording Process: Yuki Negishi

Japanese pianist Yuki Negishi has written many articles chronicling her pianistic journey to date. In this post, she describes her most recent project: the recording of her new album, Enigma. I’m really happy that my piece ‘Enigma’, written for Yuki, features on this new album. I have been performing for many years since graduating from…

TIPA Live Show

Last week I wrote about the Tokyo International Piano Association (you can read this blog post, here), and this week I would like to continue with a little information about the new TIPA Live Show which will be taking place each month, hosted by TIPA’s artistic director, Aisa Ijiri. Japanese pianist Aisa will interview a…

Simply Driven: 5 Virtuoso Pieces

Simply Driven, published by Schott Music in their renowned Edition Schott Series, is a collection of five original pieces. These works are intended for advanced to virtuoso level pianists and each piece proffers a completely different character, whilst still reflecting minimalist influences. Composed over a period of a year, four of the five pieces were…