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壷阪 健登
Kento Tsubosaka
ピアニスト、キーボーディスト、作編曲家。
神奈川県横浜市出身。ジャズピアノを板橋文夫氏、大西順子氏、作曲をVadim Neselovski氏、Terence Blanchard氏に師事。
慶應義塾大学を卒業後に渡米。2017年、オーディションを経て、Danilo Perezが音楽監督を務める音楽家育成コースのBerklee Global Jazz Instituteに選抜される。
これまでにPaquito D’Rivera, Miguel Zenon, John Patitucci, Catherine Russellらと共演。
2019年にバークリー音楽院を主席卒業。ライブ、レコーディングに参加する他、他アーティストへの楽曲、アレンジ提供も行っている。
2022年に石川紅奈とユニット「soraya」を結成し、同年4月15日各種配信サービスより1stシングル「ひとり/ちいさくさよならを」をリリース。
▸▸▸ soraya
ジャスフィールドで活躍する若手音楽家、壷阪健登と石川紅奈のユニット「soraya」。
空の色が刻々と変わるのを見たこと、晴れた日に囀る鳥の声を聞いたこと、誰かの優しい言葉で心が温かくなったこと、sorayaの音楽は誰もが持つ健やかな記憶と繋がり共鳴するだろう。
ジャスフィールドで活躍する若手音楽家、壷阪健登と石川紅奈のユニット「soraya」。
空の色が刻々と変わるのを見たこと、晴れた日に囀る鳥の声を聞いたこと、誰かの優しい言葉で心が温かくなったこと、sorayaの音楽は誰もが持つ健やかな記憶と繋がり共鳴するだろう。
Kento Tsubosaka, pianist, keyboardist, composer, was born in Yokohama, Japan.
In 2013, he was selected through an audition process to participate in Saito Kinen Jazz Workshop under the instruction of Junko Onishi, as part of the annual Saito Kinen Festival, with Seiji Ozawa as the music director.
Kento moved to Boston in order to study at Berklee College of Music, where he entered with a scholarship in Spring 2017. He has been studying with several notable musicians such as Vadim Neselovskyi and Terence Blanchard.
In Fall 2017, he was selected to be a part of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, an honors program led by Danilo Perez.
Kento graduated from Berklee in 2019, he has perfomed with Paquito D'Rivera, Catherine Russell, Miguel Zenón, and John Patitucci.
He co-leads "soraya" with Kurena Ishikawa and has released 1st single "Hitori/Chiisaku Sayonarawo".
In 2013, he was selected through an audition process to participate in Saito Kinen Jazz Workshop under the instruction of Junko Onishi, as part of the annual Saito Kinen Festival, with Seiji Ozawa as the music director.
Kento moved to Boston in order to study at Berklee College of Music, where he entered with a scholarship in Spring 2017. He has been studying with several notable musicians such as Vadim Neselovskyi and Terence Blanchard.
In Fall 2017, he was selected to be a part of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, an honors program led by Danilo Perez.
Kento graduated from Berklee in 2019, he has perfomed with Paquito D'Rivera, Catherine Russell, Miguel Zenón, and John Patitucci.
He co-leads "soraya" with Kurena Ishikawa and has released 1st single "Hitori/Chiisaku Sayonarawo".
Photo by Leslie Kee
