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Artist
Ichiko Hashimoto
5+ albums
about
Born in Kobe/Japan, starts to play the piano at the age of five. At Musashino Music University she starts her music career as pianist, voice player and composer. Since the early1980s, she performs in many concerts and records with a number of famous artists. In Japan, her reputation and talent are distinguished, such overwhelming artistic quality, and not only in jazz but in various music styles too, can capture and attract many fans as she continues to perform. Her music activities extend also to contemporary music, but include many music genres, such as classical orchestra, electronic music and club music. She continues to pursue her vision of establishing a completely new style. In 1998, she establishes “the Trio” on the side of Atsuo Fujimoto and Nobuyoshi Ino. . After the release of two albums as “the Trio”, the group starts a new project, “Ub-X”. In 2006, confident through her work with “Ub-X”, she decides to go abroad and perform internationally. Artists she has collaborated with: jazz players: Yosuke Yamasita (P), Aki Takase (P), Kazumi Watanabe (G), Irene Schweizer (P), Han Bennink (Ds), Myra Melford (B), Gregg Bendian (Per) etc. classical & contemporary music players: Yuji Takahashi (composer, P), Aki Takahashi (P) electro units: Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), DJ Cloud, Sphinx other artists: Samul Nori (Korean percussion group), Macoto Tezka(visualist). Released 20 lead albums Composed music for: “HAKUCHI” received Digital Award in Venetian Film Festival, dir
