Mayuko Katakura

An haife shi a cikin 1980, daga Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.Mahaifiyarsa yar wasan pian jazz ce Kazuko Katakura.Ya yi karatun piano na gargajiya tun yana matashi, ya koma jazz piano lokacin shiga Senzoku Gakuen Junior College.Ya yi karatun piano a karkashin Masaaki Imaizumi.Bayan kammala karatunsa a jami'a daya a saman ajinsa, ya shiga Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Berklee a 2002 tare da tallafin karatu.An yi wasa tare da Christian Scott da Dave Santoro. A 2004, ya samu lambar yabo na piano kuma ya sauke karatu. A cikin 2005, ya shiga Makarantar Juilliard.Ya yi karatun piano tare da Kenny Barron, tare da Karl Allen da Ben Wolff.Yayin da yake dalibi, ya yi wasa tare da Hank Jones, Donald Harrison da sauran manyan mawakan, ya lashe gasar Mary Lou Williams Jazz a 2006, kuma ya yi a wannan bikin jazz a watan Mayu na shekara mai zuwa tare da nasa uku.A cikin Satumba 2006, an zaɓi shi a matsayin ɗan wasan kusa da na ƙarshe don Gasar Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition.A halin yanzu, yana aiki a matsayin memba na nasa uku, Mafumi Yamaguchi Quartet, Masahiko Osaka Group, Kimiko Ito Group, Nao Takeuchi Quartet, da MAFI KYAU. A shekara ta 2009, ya saki aikinsa na farko na jagoran "Inspiration".Malami na ɗan lokaci a Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Senzoku Gakuen.

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