Chihiro Yamanaka

Chihiro Yamanaka (Japanese山 中 千寻, Chihiro Yamanaka; * in Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture) is a Japanese jazz pianist.

Life and work

Yamanaka plays since the age of four and won the piano at age twelve her first big prize at a talent contest in the Japanese Gunma. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and continued her studies at the Berklee College of Music to 2000 continued. In 2001, she laid in Japan with Living Without Friday her debut album. Was released in 2010 by Universal Records Forever Begins, which rose to # 1 on the jazz charts in Japan. She now lives in New York City, where she. Appearances at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, was on the New York JVC Jazz Festival In addition, she performed at the Umbria Jazz, Tokyo Jazz Festival and the Vienna State Opera.

Awards

While still a student, Yamanaka received from American jazz magazine Down Beat an Outstanding Performance Award and then went victorious from the organized by the International Association for Jazz Education competition Sisters forth in jazz. In 2005, she was voted " Best New Artist " by the Japanese Swing Journal. Your album After Hours ( 2009) won a gold record as best-selling jazz album of the year; Abyss of 2007 album of the year at Leserpoll of Swing Journal.

Discography

Albums:

  • Living Without Friday (Atelier Sawano, 2001)
  • When October Goes (Atelier Sawano, 2002)
  • Madrigal (Atelier Sawano, 2004)
  • Outside by the Swing (Universal, 2005)
  • Lach Doch Mal (Universal, 2006)
  • Abyss (Universal, 2007)
  • After-hours ( Universal, 2008)
  • Bravogue (Universal, 2008)
  • Runnin 'Wild - Tribute To Benny Goodman ( Universal, 2009)
  • Forever Begins ( Universal, 2010)
  • Reminiscence (Universal, 2011)

DVD:

  • Leaning Forward ( Atelier Sawano, 2003)
  • Live In Tokyo (Universal, 2007)
  • Live in New York ( Universal, 2011)
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