Free Streaming of Documentary on Japanese Pianist and Performer Eriko Makimura

The documentary "Being Eriko" by Danish director Jannik Splidsboel is available for free streaming from June 9, 2020, at 5 PM for 24 hours via mymovies.it, in collaboration with MAMbo – Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna. The film follows Eriko Makimura, a Japanese pianist who, after winning the Krzysztof Penderecki International Chamber Music Competition in 2007 in Krakow, Poland, abandoned a promising classical concert career to explore hybrid performance art blending piano and theatrical energy. Over five years, Splidsboel documented her tour across Denmark, Berlin, Poland, and her hometown Kobe, Japan. Makimura reflects on her disciplined childhood starting piano at age two and competing by five, stating that being a pianist once came before being herself, but now the opposite is true. Her performances mesmerize audiences unaccustomed to such fusion in classical music.