Hiromi

Hiromi: A Jazz Piano Phenomenon

Over more than 20 years as a recording artist, the jazz piano phenomenon Hiromi has shifted seamlessly from one spellbinding project to the next. In the process, she has earned a reputation as one of the most explosive live performers in jazz history and a global ambassador for the art form.

Notable Triumphs

Her many triumphs include:

• An NPR Tiny Desk Concert that has racked up 2 million views
• The opportunity to represent her native Japan with a performance at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
• 2024 winner for Best Music Score for the animated feature film Blue Giant (Award of the Japanese Academy)
• A GRAMMY Award for a collaboration with fusion hero Stanley Clarke

Her artistry is, to borrow a descriptor the New Yorker favored, dazzling.

Sonicwonderland: A New Album

In 2023, she released Sonicwonderland, debuting perhaps the most expressive, dynamic and versatile working band of her career. Called Hiromi's Sonicwonder and featuring Hadrien Feraud on bass, Gene Coye on drums, and the trumpeter Adam O'Farrill, the group furthered Hiromi's distinctive musical alchemy: the spirit of classic jazz-rock fusion melded with classically rooted virtuosity, entrancing funk, pop flourishes and, through O'Farrill's trumpet, acoustic jazz's state of the art.

Mastery as a Live Entertainer

The album also did a remarkable job of capturing Hiromi's mastery as a live entertainer. As the Guardian noted, Sonicwonderland is perhaps the closest thing to Hiromi's onstage exuberance.