Mayiko Katakura

Anabadwa mu 1980, kuchokera ku Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.Amayi ake ndi woyimba piyano wa jazi Kazuko Katakura.Anaphunzira piyano yachikale kuyambira ali wamng'ono, adasinthira ku piyano ya jazi pamene akulowa Senzoku Gakuen Junior College.Anaphunzira piyano pansi pa Masaaki Imaizumi.Atamaliza maphunziro awo ku yunivesite yomweyi pamwamba pa kalasi yake, adalowa Berklee College of Music mu 2002 ndi maphunziro.Adasewera ndi Christian Scott ndi Dave Santoro. Mu 2004, adalandira mphoto ya piyano ndipo adamaliza maphunziro ake. Mu 2005, adalowa Sukulu ya Juilliard.Anaphunzira piyano ndi Kenny Barron, pamodzi ndi Karl Allen ndi Ben Wolff.Akadali wophunzira, adachita ndi Hank Jones ndi Donald Harrison, pakati pa ena, ndipo adapambana Mary Lou Williams Jazz Competition mu 2006. do.Mu Seputembala 2006, adasankhidwa kukhala womaliza pampikisano wa Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition.Pakadali pano, akugwira ntchito ngati membala wa atatu ake, Mafumi Yamaguchi Quartet, Masahiko Osaka Gulu, Gulu la Kimiko Ito, Nao Takeuchi Quartet, ndi MOST. Mu 2009, adatulutsa mtsogoleri wake woyamba ntchito "Inspiration".Mphunzitsi wanthawi yochepa ku Senzoku Gakuen College of Music.

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