Makia Matsumura
@unpianistique.bsky.social
Composer/pianist/silent film accompanist in NYC. 無声映画伴奏を中心にNYを拠点に音楽活動をしています。#silentfilm #livemusic 📽️🎞️🎹🗽
Just finished playing my last shows of 2025. Heartfelt thanks to all the programmers & curators who booked me, and to everyone who came out to see silent films w/ live accompaniment!
To be continued in 2026 - some exciting projects in the works! 😉
#silentfilm #livemusic #弾き納め
To be continued in 2026 - some exciting projects in the works! 😉
#silentfilm #livemusic #弾き納め
December 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Just finished playing my last shows of 2025. Heartfelt thanks to all the programmers & curators who booked me, and to everyone who came out to see silent films w/ live accompaniment!
To be continued in 2026 - some exciting projects in the works! 😉
#silentfilm #livemusic #弾き納め
To be continued in 2026 - some exciting projects in the works! 😉
#silentfilm #livemusic #弾き納め
Looking forward to returning to Metrograph this Sunday to live-accompany 2 more #silentfilm screenings! 🎞️🎞️🎹
12:30pm Lady Windermere’s Fan (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)
metrograph.com/film/?vista_...
3pm The Salvation Hunters (dir. Josef von Sternberg)
metrograph.com/film/?vista_...
#bestof1925 #livemusic
12:30pm Lady Windermere’s Fan (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)
metrograph.com/film/?vista_...
3pm The Salvation Hunters (dir. Josef von Sternberg)
metrograph.com/film/?vista_...
#bestof1925 #livemusic
December 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Looking forward to returning to Metrograph this Sunday to live-accompany 2 more #silentfilm screenings! 🎞️🎞️🎹
12:30pm Lady Windermere’s Fan (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)
metrograph.com/film/?vista_...
3pm The Salvation Hunters (dir. Josef von Sternberg)
metrograph.com/film/?vista_...
#bestof1925 #livemusic
12:30pm Lady Windermere’s Fan (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)
metrograph.com/film/?vista_...
3pm The Salvation Hunters (dir. Josef von Sternberg)
metrograph.com/film/?vista_...
#bestof1925 #livemusic
December performances, all at Metrograph!
“Early Naruse: Five Silents and A Talkie”
metrograph.com/early-naruse/
Dec 6 @ 2:15p & 4:10p
Dec 7 @ 1:30p & 3p
“The Best of… 1925”
metrograph.com/best-of-1925/
Dec 14 @ 12:30p LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN
Dec 14 @ 3p THE SALVATION HUNTERS
#silentfilm #livemusic
“Early Naruse: Five Silents and A Talkie”
metrograph.com/early-naruse/
Dec 6 @ 2:15p & 4:10p
Dec 7 @ 1:30p & 3p
“The Best of… 1925”
metrograph.com/best-of-1925/
Dec 14 @ 12:30p LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN
Dec 14 @ 3p THE SALVATION HUNTERS
#silentfilm #livemusic
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
December performances, all at Metrograph!
“Early Naruse: Five Silents and A Talkie”
metrograph.com/early-naruse/
Dec 6 @ 2:15p & 4:10p
Dec 7 @ 1:30p & 3p
“The Best of… 1925”
metrograph.com/best-of-1925/
Dec 14 @ 12:30p LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN
Dec 14 @ 3p THE SALVATION HUNTERS
#silentfilm #livemusic
“Early Naruse: Five Silents and A Talkie”
metrograph.com/early-naruse/
Dec 6 @ 2:15p & 4:10p
Dec 7 @ 1:30p & 3p
“The Best of… 1925”
metrograph.com/best-of-1925/
Dec 14 @ 12:30p LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN
Dec 14 @ 3p THE SALVATION HUNTERS
#silentfilm #livemusic
Heartfelt thanks to Austrian Cultural Forum for having me accompany this very special screening of the silent films by Louis Kolm-Fleck tonight! 🇦🇹🎞️🎹 The festivity continues tomorrow at Metrograph 🥳📽️🎶
#silentfilm #livemusic #louisekolmfleck
#womenfilmmakers
acfny.org/event/louise...
#silentfilm #livemusic #louisekolmfleck
#womenfilmmakers
acfny.org/event/louise...
November 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Heartfelt thanks to Austrian Cultural Forum for having me accompany this very special screening of the silent films by Louis Kolm-Fleck tonight! 🇦🇹🎞️🎹 The festivity continues tomorrow at Metrograph 🥳📽️🎶
#silentfilm #livemusic #louisekolmfleck
#womenfilmmakers
acfny.org/event/louise...
#silentfilm #livemusic #louisekolmfleck
#womenfilmmakers
acfny.org/event/louise...
November performances
Louise Kolm-Fleck: Silent Films of a Feminist Pioneer
11/7 6:30p @ Austrian Cultural Forum
11/8 12p & 2:15p @ Metrograph
acfny.org/event/louise...
11/9 AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend
3 screnings @ 4:45p, 7:15p and 9:30p
silver.afi.com/events/detai...
#silentfilm #livemusic
Louise Kolm-Fleck: Silent Films of a Feminist Pioneer
11/7 6:30p @ Austrian Cultural Forum
11/8 12p & 2:15p @ Metrograph
acfny.org/event/louise...
11/9 AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend
3 screnings @ 4:45p, 7:15p and 9:30p
silver.afi.com/events/detai...
#silentfilm #livemusic
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
November performances
Louise Kolm-Fleck: Silent Films of a Feminist Pioneer
11/7 6:30p @ Austrian Cultural Forum
11/8 12p & 2:15p @ Metrograph
acfny.org/event/louise...
11/9 AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend
3 screnings @ 4:45p, 7:15p and 9:30p
silver.afi.com/events/detai...
#silentfilm #livemusic
Louise Kolm-Fleck: Silent Films of a Feminist Pioneer
11/7 6:30p @ Austrian Cultural Forum
11/8 12p & 2:15p @ Metrograph
acfny.org/event/louise...
11/9 AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend
3 screnings @ 4:45p, 7:15p and 9:30p
silver.afi.com/events/detai...
#silentfilm #livemusic
Wonderful to be back at Museum of the Moving Image today to accompany DIARY OF A LOST GIRL (1929). Looking forward to another screening here this Friday, Oct 24, for HÄXAN (1922) at 7pm. 🙏🎞️🎹
movingimage.org/event/haxan/
#silentfilm #livemusic
movingimage.org/event/haxan/
#silentfilm #livemusic
October 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Wonderful to be back at Museum of the Moving Image today to accompany DIARY OF A LOST GIRL (1929). Looking forward to another screening here this Friday, Oct 24, for HÄXAN (1922) at 7pm. 🙏🎞️🎹
movingimage.org/event/haxan/
#silentfilm #livemusic
movingimage.org/event/haxan/
#silentfilm #livemusic
Preparation underway at @japansociety.org for tonight’s Ozu screening with live accompaniment! 📽️🎞️🎹 @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social
“That Night’s Wife” (その夜の妻), showtime at 6pm, for more info & tickets: japansociety.org/events/that-...
#yasijiroozu #小津安二郎
#shigehikohasumi #蓮實重彦
#silentfilm #livemusic
“That Night’s Wife” (その夜の妻), showtime at 6pm, for more info & tickets: japansociety.org/events/that-...
#yasijiroozu #小津安二郎
#shigehikohasumi #蓮實重彦
#silentfilm #livemusic
October 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Preparation underway at @japansociety.org for tonight’s Ozu screening with live accompaniment! 📽️🎞️🎹 @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social
“That Night’s Wife” (その夜の妻), showtime at 6pm, for more info & tickets: japansociety.org/events/that-...
#yasijiroozu #小津安二郎
#shigehikohasumi #蓮實重彦
#silentfilm #livemusic
“That Night’s Wife” (その夜の妻), showtime at 6pm, for more info & tickets: japansociety.org/events/that-...
#yasijiroozu #小津安二郎
#shigehikohasumi #蓮實重彦
#silentfilm #livemusic
October performance schedule:
@ Japan Society
October 11: That Night’s Wife
October 18: Kentucky Pride
japansociety.org/film/shigueh...
@ Museum of the Moving Image
October 19: Diary of a Lost Girl
October 24: Häxan
movingimage.org/series/silen...
#silentfilm #livemusic
@ Japan Society
October 11: That Night’s Wife
October 18: Kentucky Pride
japansociety.org/film/shigueh...
@ Museum of the Moving Image
October 19: Diary of a Lost Girl
October 24: Häxan
movingimage.org/series/silen...
#silentfilm #livemusic
September 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
October performance schedule:
@ Japan Society
October 11: That Night’s Wife
October 18: Kentucky Pride
japansociety.org/film/shigueh...
@ Museum of the Moving Image
October 19: Diary of a Lost Girl
October 24: Häxan
movingimage.org/series/silen...
#silentfilm #livemusic
@ Japan Society
October 11: That Night’s Wife
October 18: Kentucky Pride
japansociety.org/film/shigueh...
@ Museum of the Moving Image
October 19: Diary of a Lost Girl
October 24: Häxan
movingimage.org/series/silen...
#silentfilm #livemusic
Excited to be bringing The Dragon Painter (1919), featuring Sessue Hayakawa, to New Hampshire next week. 📽️🎞️🎹 Big thanks to Apple Hill for the invitation! 🙏
#silentfilm #livemusic
applehill.org/concerts/con...
#silentfilm #livemusic
applehill.org/concerts/con...
August 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Excited to be bringing The Dragon Painter (1919), featuring Sessue Hayakawa, to New Hampshire next week. 📽️🎞️🎹 Big thanks to Apple Hill for the invitation! 🙏
#silentfilm #livemusic
applehill.org/concerts/con...
#silentfilm #livemusic
applehill.org/concerts/con...
Fishtown, Philadelphia
June 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fishtown, Philadelphia
Last night, I had the honor of accompanying BODY AND SOUL at Walter Reade Theater, which happens to be in the same building as the dorm I lived in during my first two years in NYC. A full-circle moment - I’m deeply grateful and humbled. 🥹🙏 #silentfilm #livemusic
June 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Last night, I had the honor of accompanying BODY AND SOUL at Walter Reade Theater, which happens to be in the same building as the dorm I lived in during my first two years in NYC. A full-circle moment - I’m deeply grateful and humbled. 🥹🙏 #silentfilm #livemusic
I wrote a new piece!
“Piano Rain II”
Performed as part of Composers Concordance Presents 15th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon 'Motion'
@ the 13th Annual CompCord Festival – Motion –
Sunday, May 25th, 2025 at Drom NYC
Special thanks to @genepritsker.bsky.social
youtu.be/5ktw-xPEXcs?...
“Piano Rain II”
Performed as part of Composers Concordance Presents 15th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon 'Motion'
@ the 13th Annual CompCord Festival – Motion –
Sunday, May 25th, 2025 at Drom NYC
Special thanks to @genepritsker.bsky.social
youtu.be/5ktw-xPEXcs?...
June 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I wrote a new piece!
“Piano Rain II”
Performed as part of Composers Concordance Presents 15th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon 'Motion'
@ the 13th Annual CompCord Festival – Motion –
Sunday, May 25th, 2025 at Drom NYC
Special thanks to @genepritsker.bsky.social
youtu.be/5ktw-xPEXcs?...
“Piano Rain II”
Performed as part of Composers Concordance Presents 15th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon 'Motion'
@ the 13th Annual CompCord Festival – Motion –
Sunday, May 25th, 2025 at Drom NYC
Special thanks to @genepritsker.bsky.social
youtu.be/5ktw-xPEXcs?...
new website live now 🎹🎞️👐
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May 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
new website live now 🎹🎞️👐
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National Arts Club
May 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
National Arts Club
Robotic musical instruments in action at Tavares Strachan: Starless Midnight, on view at Marian Goodman Gallery New York until April 19.
バハマ出身のアーティスト、タバレス・ストラチャンの個展「Starless Midnight」にて #自動演奏 楽器を発見。マリアン・グッドマン・ギャラリーNYにて4月19日まで開催中。
#TavaresStrachan
#MGGNY
www.mariangoodman.com/exhibitions/...
バハマ出身のアーティスト、タバレス・ストラチャンの個展「Starless Midnight」にて #自動演奏 楽器を発見。マリアン・グッドマン・ギャラリーNYにて4月19日まで開催中。
#TavaresStrachan
#MGGNY
www.mariangoodman.com/exhibitions/...
March 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Robotic musical instruments in action at Tavares Strachan: Starless Midnight, on view at Marian Goodman Gallery New York until April 19.
バハマ出身のアーティスト、タバレス・ストラチャンの個展「Starless Midnight」にて #自動演奏 楽器を発見。マリアン・グッドマン・ギャラリーNYにて4月19日まで開催中。
#TavaresStrachan
#MGGNY
www.mariangoodman.com/exhibitions/...
バハマ出身のアーティスト、タバレス・ストラチャンの個展「Starless Midnight」にて #自動演奏 楽器を発見。マリアン・グッドマン・ギャラリーNYにて4月19日まで開催中。
#TavaresStrachan
#MGGNY
www.mariangoodman.com/exhibitions/...
I wrote a new piece!
“Fragmented Dreams”
Machiko Ozawa, violin
Makia Matsumura, piano
Performed as part of Composers Concordance Presents
Low Key Chamber Concert #37
Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 @ Yamaha Artist Services
Special thanks to Gene Pritsker
youtu.be/zEKwZWQblXU?...
“Fragmented Dreams”
Machiko Ozawa, violin
Makia Matsumura, piano
Performed as part of Composers Concordance Presents
Low Key Chamber Concert #37
Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 @ Yamaha Artist Services
Special thanks to Gene Pritsker
youtu.be/zEKwZWQblXU?...
March 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I wrote a new piece!
“Fragmented Dreams”
Machiko Ozawa, violin
Makia Matsumura, piano
Performed as part of Composers Concordance Presents
Low Key Chamber Concert #37
Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 @ Yamaha Artist Services
Special thanks to Gene Pritsker
youtu.be/zEKwZWQblXU?...
“Fragmented Dreams”
Machiko Ozawa, violin
Makia Matsumura, piano
Performed as part of Composers Concordance Presents
Low Key Chamber Concert #37
Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 @ Yamaha Artist Services
Special thanks to Gene Pritsker
youtu.be/zEKwZWQblXU?...
Yamanaka Onsen
山中温泉
山中温泉
November 25, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Yamanaka Onsen
山中温泉
山中温泉
Autumn in New York
October 20, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Autumn in New York
Lößnitzgrundbahn 🚂
January 13, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Lößnitzgrundbahn 🚂
The excitement of seeing your name on the marquee display outside the theater never gets old. Thank you, Barrymore Film Center, for the warm welcome! 💞🎞️🎹
www.barrymorefilmcenter.com/film-schedul...
www.barrymorefilmcenter.com/film-schedul...
October 21, 2023 at 10:43 PM
The excitement of seeing your name on the marquee display outside the theater never gets old. Thank you, Barrymore Film Center, for the warm welcome! 💞🎞️🎹
www.barrymorefilmcenter.com/film-schedul...
www.barrymorefilmcenter.com/film-schedul...