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Yukako Yamano born in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the most demanded jazz pianists in the music scene in Tokyo today. She first started studying music piano at the Yamaha Music School when she was three. As her passion for music was growing, she entered the high school attached to Tokyo College of Music, then Tokyo College of Music in classical piano major. At the age of eighteen, in the meantime, her expanding interest for music let her learn jazz music and soon began live performances to play her compositions. While she attended the university, she grew as a musician steadily by studying classical piano with Akiko Kodaka and Junko Inada , and jazz piano with Eriko Shimizu. Attending the master class taught by a classical pianist Peter Jablonski also helped her for deeper understanding of music.

On month year, she released her first album entitled “1st Stage” with Koichi Osamu on bass and Manabu Fujii on drums. She toured all over Japan successfully with it, and people got aware of the rising star pianist. On June 2015, years later form the first record, she released her second album “2nd Stage” with the same personnel. She also wrote her columns on a newspaper “Yomiuri Premium” published during September 2015 to April 2016, which contributed to make new jazz music lovers. Since she started playing music professionally, she has been playing at many venues and jazz festivals including in Taiwan, Hong Kong, France, Spain, and the United States alongside international artists in various music genres. She is currently a certified instructor at Korg Café Style music program and a researcher for the Lee Evans Association.

資料來源：Groovy Life