Musician, Composer. A child prodigy, he began playing the piano at age six and by age 15 was a featured performer at the 2006 Tokyo Jazz Festival, appearing with his own trio, as well as doing a live performance with major jazz and jazz fusion stars such as Chick Corea, Hank Jones, Sadao Watanabe, John Patitucci, Omar Hakim, and the young Japanese pianist Hiromi Uehara. At age 16, he appeared at the internationally-known Java Jazz Festival. By age 22 he was performing regularly with Allan Holdsworth and Virgil Donati. In his short career, he released three CD's titled "Maiden Voyage", "Mantra" and "Endless Planets" featuring such songs as "Shadow of Your Smile", "Passion Dance", "Someday My Prince Will Come", "Butterfly", "All The Things You Are", "The Underwater Mountain Odyssey", "Ode To Love" and many more. He passed away shortly after his 22nd birthday.
Musician, Composer. A child prodigy, he began playing the piano at age six and by age 15 was a featured performer at the 2006 Tokyo Jazz Festival, appearing with his own trio, as well as doing a live performance with major jazz and jazz fusion stars such as Chick Corea, Hank Jones, Sadao Watanabe, John Patitucci, Omar Hakim, and the young Japanese pianist Hiromi Uehara. At age 16, he appeared at the internationally-known Java Jazz Festival. By age 22 he was performing regularly with Allan Holdsworth and Virgil Donati. In his short career, he released three CD's titled "Maiden Voyage", "Mantra" and "Endless Planets" featuring such songs as "Shadow of Your Smile", "Passion Dance", "Someday My Prince Will Come", "Butterfly", "All The Things You Are", "The Underwater Mountain Odyssey", "Ode To Love" and many more. He passed away shortly after his 22nd birthday.
Bio by: Whispers From The Grave
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