Rieko Makita

Rieko Makita is a multi-award winning Japanese-Australian pianist. She currently is the Constant/Kit Lambert Fellow & ArtDip student at the Royal College of Music (RCM). She studies with Sofya Gulyak and Dina Parakhina. Rieko recently graduated from Master of Performance with Distinction at RCM. Her studies in London have been generously supported by The Musicians' Company, Help Musicians, Noswad Charity Award, Bliss Trust Award and the RCM Scholar Award. Rieko was the piano fellow for the Philharmonia MMSF Instrumental Fellowship Programme 2021/2022. Rieko is an active performer in various countries including Australia, Japan, Italy and Austria. Most notably, she collaborated with the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra in Germany, playing Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor by Frédéric Chopin in 2