Uehara Hiromi biography, Uehara Hiromi discography
Hiromi is the recipient of 3 awards from 2006 Swing Journal Japan Jazz Readers Poll.Hiromi Uehara first mesmerized the jazz community with her 2003 Telarc debut, Another Mind.The buzz started by her first album spread all the way back to her native Japan, where Another Mind shipped gold (100,000 units) and received the Recording Industry Association of Japan's (RIAJ) Jazz Album of the Year Award.She also claimed Jazzman of the Year, Pianist of the Year and Album of the Year in Swing Journal Japan's Readers Poll for her 2006 release, Spiral.Hiromi says of her first piano teacher.If the piece was something passionate, she would say, 'Play red.Or if it was something mellow, she would say, 'Play blue.That was a great experience, to play with such a professional orchestra.Further into her teens, her tastes expanded to include jazz as well as classical music.He was doing something at Yamaha, and I was visiting Tokyo at the time to take some lessons.Then he asked me if I was free the next day.Well, I have a concert tomorrow.Berklee experience pushed her envelope even further.Some people dig jazz, some people dig classical music, some people dig rock.Everyone is so concerned about who they like.Another Mind, her Telarc debut, with longtime friend and collaborator Ahmad Jamal, who has also taken a personal interest in Hiromi's artistic development.Her music, together with her overwhelming charm and spirit, causes her to soar to unimaginable musical heights.At 26, Hiromi stands at the threshold of limitless possibility, constantly drawing inspiration from virtually everyone and everything around her.Her list of influences, like her music itself, is boundless.Also, I'm so much inspired by sports players like Carl Lewis and Michael Jordan.Basically, I'm inspired by anyone who has big, big energy.They really come straight to my heart.This article does not cite any references or sources.June 2007)
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Hiromi started learning classical piano at age 6.After being a jingle writer for a few years for Japanese companies such as Nissan, she enrolled to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.Since her debut in 2003, Hiromi has toured the world and appeared in numerous jazz festivals.Instruments
Hiromi plays the Yamaha C3 grand piano and the Nord Lead 2 keyboard.Official web
Official web (Japanese)
Official Hiromi Fanclub
HiromiJazz An unofficial website
about Hiromi with news, CD reviews, interviews and a discussion forum.This page was last modified on 16 May 2008, at 10:11.Japanese given name that can be given to a male or female.This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.Mouse over the channel numbers to learn more, then click to listen.Programming, news, and music from alumni.Contemporary Writing and Production dual major from Shizuoka, Japan.Uehara was exploring the stride piano of Art Tatum and others.There's nothing she likes more, in fact, than bringing her music to an audience.In recitals, I was always so happy...Did you see how many people were there?They were never able to do it again.Yamaha tour of the United States, Uehara had visited Dallas, New York City, and Boston, and had a chance to tour Berklee.When she was ready for the next stage in her music career, she knew the country and the school in which it would begin.The level of musicians is so high, and jazz originated here.For me, the most important thing was meeting people.Everyone has a favorite artist, and everyone tried to persuade me that their person was the best.They'd say I had to listen to this person, so I did.Uehara says she has integrated so many of these influences into her own repertoire, that her compositions, unconventional from the beginning, now defy classification.Still, in some ways Uehara is still the precocious little girl whose adventures in music began with an Oscar Peterson record.Thank you for sharing this video!Please login to add to your playlists.Sure, it wasn't as tight, but the kid still did it.Hiromi must be a god of some kind.Would you like to comment?Two Men and a Leprecha u...Thank you for sharing this video!This video has been added to your favorites.The video has been added to your playlist.Please login to add to your playlists.Change this to see only comments above a certain value.Change the value of a comment by clicking on a thumb.What a girl what a drummer!!!I'm referring, of course, to asesinobrujeria's comment.The Cure Is Knowledg e T...Hiromi Uehara plays with a muscular and sinewy energy that borders on the manic at times.Both elegant and energetic, her music fits in the genre of jazz, but really goes far beyond the limitations of neat little categories.Beethoven to Ahmad Jamal to Frank Zappa.There are only two types of music.What is the difference between that album and Brain?On the first album, it looks like you have more time than the second.When I decide to make an album I think of the concept and I go to the library of my tunes and ask, "Which idea should I complete?"Another Mind received rave reviews from the critics.Had you played together before?Fu World Champion," to the serene beauty of the solo piano of "Green Tea Farm.This is a complex and cerebral album.May 15 and continues over the summer in America, Europe and Japan), but from the way you play piano, I have the image that you are a very physical performer.Have you ever felt any pressure to do something overtly commercial?They have always trusted me 100 percent.They just recorded it and listened to it and said, "Alright."But I am confident with the food I have inside.Hiromi Uehara for her time and Telarc Records for making this interview possible.Register for an account if you're new around here.Nobody has said they like this artist yet.
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