International Series 2009-2010
Fridays at 8 pm

Jan 29, 2010
Makiko Hayashima

Mar 12, 2010
Kevin Birch

June 4, 2010
Celebratory concert: Yuko Hayashi

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INTERNATIONAL ARTIST SERIES

Makiko Hayashima
Canonic Variations, BWV 769 - J. S. Bach
April Tapestry - Yui Kakinuma (b. 1961)
Six Variations on a Hugeunot Psalm - Andre Isoir
Ave maris stella - Nicolas deGrigny
Suite - Jacques Boyvin

Makiko Hayashima, a native of Yokohama, Japan, began organ studies there and at the Tokyo University for the Arts. After graduation in 1977, she pursued further study in France with Michel Chapuis at the Schola Cantorum de Paris, and André Isoir at the Conservatoire d’Orsay, where she was awarded the “Premier prix”. While in France, Makiko was the organist de l’orgue de choeur de l’église Notre-Dame des Blancs-Manteaux à Paris for ten years and she concertized frequently throughout Europe. During summers, she studied Spanish organ music with Francis Chapelet in Catalonia.

Returning to Japan in 1991, Ms. Hayashima was appointed resident organist at the Shinjuku Bunka Center, which houses the first important French style organ in Japan, a 70 stop instrument by Daniel Kern completed in that same year. She has taught at the Tokyo University of the Arts and Miyagi Gakuin Womens’ College specializing in introducing French organ music to the students of Japan. Makiko served as the advisor to Togen Hall in Yamanashi, where an organ by Bernard Aubertin was installed in 1993. She founded and taught a Summer Academy of French Classical Organ Music at Togen Hall and invited Mr. Chapuis to Japan to teach at this Academy. She also introduced Jean Boyer, Olivier Latry, Michel Bouvard and Liuwe Tamminga to Japan with their performances at Shinjuku Bunka Center. Ms. Hayashima has premiered numerous commissioned pieces and has commissioned many works herself. In 1997 she performed the Japan premiere of Olivier Messiaen’s “Livre du Saint Sacrement” at the Shinjuku Bunka Center. She regularly gives master classes to young organists, and is highly sought after as a recitalist in Japan. Her performances are characterized by a strong sense of spirit, giving listeners deeper insights and appreciation into the music she is performing.

Ms. Hayashima’s recital at Old West Church on January 29 th will be her first appearance in the United States. Her program will include works by Boyvin, deGrigny, Isoir, Bach, and a contemporary Japanese composer, Kakinuma Yui.


Old West Organ Society
Old West Church
131 Cambridge Street
Boston, MA 02114

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