Profiles
Mika Matsuura (composer and pianist)
| 1974 | On Oct. 31: born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, JAPAN |
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| 1976 | First became interested in music. |
| 1979 | Began practicing the piano. |
| 1987 | Began composing music, improvising and performing her originals at concerts. |
| 1993 | Began formal education of music at Sapporo Otani Junior College, majoring in classical piano and vocal. |
| 2000 | Ann Arbor, MI., U.S.A., she performed two concerts of her originals. Sapporo, JAPAN: she performed two concerts of her originals Attended vocal training classes at a language school in Sapporo. |
| 2002 | Released her first CD ‘Lake Erie ‘ in New York and moved to Tokyo. |
| 2003 | Produced music of a picture book ‘Heart no okurimono’ which is written by Emi Hashino. |
| 2004 | Began playing Sri Lankan music for charity. |
| 2006 | Composed a theme song for the Hachiko bus of Shibuya-ku.
Began playing the piano for muiscal lessons. |
| 2007 | Performed at Shibuya Koendori Classics as a member of “Tenor Udamatsu” Played the synthesizer at Chikako Sawada’s concerts. Released a CD ‘Okami piano arrange’ |
| 2008 | Played the synthesizer in the musicals ‘SEMPO’ and ‘GIFT’. |
| 2009 | Started Djing with Kei Asahina at Tokyo Net Radio. |
She has pertformed with: Chikako Sawada, Zero, Jagath Wickramasinghe, Shakthi, Hiroko Takeuchi, Yuichi Tamura and Naotaka Utsunomiya of Tenor Udamatsu, Yumiko Ikeda, Kei Asahina, Rie Matsuoka.
Discography
 Piano : Mika Matsuura Guitar: Seiro Hirose |
Lake Erie |
 Piano: Mika Matsuura |
Okami piano arrange |
