Chihiro Yamanaka
Jazz, Musical Artist
Who is Chihiro Yamanaka?
Chihiro Yamanaka is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer, born in Kiryƫ, Gunma Prefecture. As of 2012, she is based in New York.
Yamanaka studied at the Berklee College of Music and is an alumna of the Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead residency program. She has played and recorded with the New York-based DIVA Jazz Orchestra, led by Sherrie Maricle, but is best known for her small group recordings, which are typically trios and have featured bassists such as Larry Grenadier and Robert Hurst, and drummers such as Jeff Ballard and Jeff "Tain" Watts.
Yamanaka has toured in Europe, the United States and Japan, and has played at several festivals, including the Umbria Jazz Festival in 2011
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