A #BorisBarnet retrospective starts this Friday at Metrograph, and I’ll be accompanying two films on the opening night 📽️🎞️🎹 #silentfilm
6:30pm: The Girl with the Hat Box
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8:40pm: The House on Trubnaya Square
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It was truly a memorable evening accompanying two Naruse films with the wonderful Ichiro Kataoka, a #benshi extraordinaire, at the historic Egyptian Theatre last Friday. Many thanks to @amcinematheque.bsky.social for having us!
@yanaiinitiative.bsky.social #silentfilm
We had a live Benshi performance Friday at the Egyptian as part of our ongoing Mikio Naruse retrospective! 🤍 Thank you to Benshi performer Ichiro Kataoka & pianist Makia Matsumura for a wonderful evening.
More Naruse events:
www.americancinematheque.com/series/mikio...
An article on our performance at BYU this past Wednesday is up on BYU Daily Universe 📰
“BYU benshi performance evokes appreciation for century-old silent films”
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#silentfilm #benshi #livemusic
Today at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social!
The Art of the #Benshi - “This special program offers audiences the opportunity to experience the mesmerizing artistry of Ichiro Kataoka, one of Japan’s most celebrated benshi, or “movie orators.”
#silentfilm #livemusic
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Thanks so much for coming, and thanks for your kind words! 🙏
Today at Egyptian Theatre!
Every-night Dreams & Apart From You by #MikioNaruse, with live benshi performance by Ichiro Kataoka and musical accompaniment by myself
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#silentfilm #benshi #livemusic
Today at @BYUIC!
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“Benshi performance by Kataoka Ichiro @katsudobenshi with the screenings of A Page of Madness (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1926), Snipped Snake (Chiho Maekawa, 1932) and Liberty (Leo McCarey, 1929).”
#silentfilm #benshi #livemusic
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Next week!
“The @yanaiinitiative.bsky.social is thrilled to partner with 3 new venues to offer audiences a rare opportunity to experience the mesmerizing artistry of Japan’s celebrated #benshi - “movie orators” who have been breathing life into #silentfilm.”
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Master benshi Ichiro Kataoka
Thrilled to join #benshi Ichiro Kataoka as his accompanist in 3 US cities:
2/25 - Provo
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2/27 - LA
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2/28 - Santa Barbara
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Come see us if you’re in the area! #silentfilm
Due to unforeseen circumstances, today’s screening of BEAU GESTE has been postponed to a later date.
Apologies to those who were planning to come!! 🙇🏻
Stay warm, and we’ll announce the new date as soon as it’s set. 🙏
Tomorrow!! Delighted to be back at the beautiful Barrymore Film Center to accompany BEAU GESTE (1926). If you’re in or near Fort Lee, please come by! 🪖🎺🔥💎🎞️🎹
#silentfilm #livemusic
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Tomorrow’s HULA screening at 1:30pm has been moved to the bigger theater (T1). Hope to see many of you! 🥳🌺🐎🐶🧨
#silentfilm #livemusic #clarabow
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WORLD PREMIERE RESTORATION! 🌺
San Francisco Film Preserve is thrilled to unveil the world premiere restoration of HULA (1927), starring the incomparable Clara Bow at the height of her screen power.
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Truly honored to be named one of Musical America’s 2025 Top 30 Professionals. Grateful and humbled by this acknowledgment, as my corporate role rarely receives the spotlight. Huge thanks to everyone who has supported and guided me throughout this journey!
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My first performance of 2026 will be at MoMA’s To Save and Project festival, accompanying the world premiere of the newly restored version of HULA (1927) by San Francisco Film Preserve.
2 screenings on January 11 & 13 - hope to see you there!
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#silentfilm #livemusic
Just submitted the final mix of a soundtrack to a yet-to-be-named #silentfilm; that’s a wrap for 2025, an amazing year full of wonderful encounters, musically & personally - grateful & excited for 2026! 🥳
Here are a few pix from the piano bench at some of the shows. Thank you for booking me! 🫶
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
Looking forward to returning to Metrograph this Sunday to live-accompany 2 more #silentfilm screenings! 🎞️🎞️🎹
12:30pm Lady Windermere’s Fan (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)
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3pm The Salvation Hunters (dir. Josef von Sternberg)
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#bestof1925 #livemusic
December performances, all at Metrograph!
“Early Naruse: Five Silents and A Talkie”
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Dec 6 @ 2:15p & 4:10p
Dec 7 @ 1:30p & 3p
“The Best of… 1925”
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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
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🎬 Sun, Nov 9 • 7:15 PM
📍 AFI Silver Theatre, Silver Spring, MD
🎹 Live score by @unpianistique.bsky.social
🎙️ Introduction by film historian Farran Smith Nehme
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Part of the 2025 Silent Cinema Showcase — a champagne cocktail of romance, wit, and silent-era style.
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November performances
Louise Kolm-Fleck: Silent Films of a Feminist Pioneer
11/7 6:30p @ Austrian Cultural Forum
11/8 12p & 2:15p @ Metrograph
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11/9 AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend
3 screnings @ 4:45p, 7:15p and 9:30p
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#silentfilm #livemusic
Repeat screening of Eric von Stroheim’s FOOLISH WIVES at MoMA on Thursday, October 30 at 7:30pm, with me at 🎹💁🏻♀️
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✨From our archive to AFI Silver’s big screen!✨
San Francisco Film Preserve is thrilled to bring our brand-new 4K restoration of THE GARDEN OF EDEN (1928) to the AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend on Sunday, November 9.
#SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #TheGardenofEden #FilmSky
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I’ll be accompanying Eric von Stroheim’s FOOLISH WIVES tomorrow at 1pm at MoMA. If you can’t make it, don’t worry - there’s another chance to catch it on Thursday Oct 26 at 7:30pm 😊
#silentfilm #livemusic
Next up: HÄXAN at the Museum of the Moving Image this Friday at 7pm 🕯️🧹🧙🏻♀️😈⛪️📽️🎞️🎹
#silentfilm #livemusic #darkmagic #halloween
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. 🙏🎞️🎹
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#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
October performance schedule:
@ Japan Society
October 11: That Night’s Wife
October 18: Kentucky Pride
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@ Museum of the Moving Image
October 19: Diary of a Lost Girl
October 24: Häxan
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#silentfilm #livemusic
