Masako Hamamura, Berklee graduated japanese jazzpianist is coming to Jakarta. She is currently teaching Jazzpiano at the Koyo Conservatory in Japan. Next week, while she is visiting Jakarta she will be giving private lessons in MUSIC REPUBLICAIN. The lessons are suitable for pianists or other instrumentalists who wish to learn jazz improvisation. Below is the detailed information:
Schedule : Tuesday, March 23rd
Time : 1pm – 8pm
Duration : 45 minutes per lesson
Fee : Rp 375,000 per lesson
Venue : MUSIC REPUBLICAIN, Jl. RS Fatmawati no 8, Pondok Labu, Jaksel.
Contact : www.music-republic.com, info@music-republic.com, (021)7511374.
You can sign up for a 50-minute slot, anytime between 1pm – 8pm. Any levels are welcome; the lesson will be customized to suit your skill. To sign up, simply send an email to info@music-republic.com or send a text message to 081-2303-9398.
Masako Hamamura - jazz pianist
Born in Kobe, Japan in 1970. She started classical piano lessons when she was 6 years old. She has studied jazz piano in Koyo Conservatory in Kobe with Philip Strange. Masako studied Jazz Composition at Berklee College of
Music with Herb Pomeroy. She had been active in Boston jazz scene as a soloist and leading her own jazz orchestra. She received the Toshiko Akiyoshi Award in 1994, and the Quincy Jones Award and Piano Department Chair Award in 1996 from Berklee College of Music.
While there are possibly hundreds of great jazz pianists in Japan you will find few with the expression and creativity of Masako Hamamura. With the sensitivity of Bill Evans and the fire of Cecil Taylor her stunningly constructed improvisations capture all of your attention.
Born in 1970, Masako started classical piano lessons when she was 6 years old. She has studied with Phillip Strange at the Koyo Conservatore in Kobe and with Herb Pomeroy at Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA. Masako was the 1994 recipient of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Award, as well as the 1996 recipient of the Quincy Jones Award and Piano Department Chair Award from Berklee College of Music. After moving back to Japan, she has been active playing in Kansai and Tokyo area as well as teaching at the Koyo conservatory in Kobe.
She appeared at the Knitting Factory in New York with Joe Rosenberg quartet featuring the legendary bass player, Mark Hilias in 2002. She played with an saxphonist, Ed Jones (Incognito, UK) for his Japan tour in 2003 and 2004, played in the Bali Jazz festival in 2005 and the Java jazz festival (Jakarta, Indonesia) in 2006 with Joe Rosenberg Quartet East.
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