Late Night Jazz: Chihiro Yamanaka Trio

Chihiro Yamanaka, Universal Classics & Jazz recording artist, is one of the
most exciting jazz pianists and composers of her generation, and the leader
of the Chihiro Yamanaka Trio.

Chihiro Yamanaka’s latest CD, "Forever Begins" (Verve) was released in
Japan in 2010 and is reached the #1 on the several Japanese jazz charts as
her other albums. Based in New York City, her international concert
appearances have included Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, JVC Jazz
Festival New York, Umbria Jazz Festival, Tokyo Jazz Festival and the Vienna
State Opera House. Chihiro Yamanaka’s latest CD, “Forever Begins” (Verve)
was released in Japan in 2010 and is reached the # 1 on the several
Japanese jazz charts as her other albums. Based in New York City, her
international concert appearances have included Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy
Center, JVC Jazz Festival New York, Umbria Jazz Festival, Tokyo Jazz
Festival and the Vienna State Opera House.

As acclaimed as Chihiro is in the US and Europe, she is even more popular
in Japan, where she’s had an amazing series of successes, with sold-out
concert tours and all the CDs reaching the #1 spot on the Japanese jazz
charts – an auspicious start to a career that first gained worldwide
attention with Chihiro’s 2005 "Best New Artist" award in Swing Journal
Magazine. As acclaimed as Chihiro is in the US and Europe, she is even more
popular in Japan, where she’s had an amazing series of successes, with
sold-out concert tours and all the CDs reaching the # 1 spot on the
Japanese jazz charts – an auspicious start to a career that first gained
worldwide attention with Chihiro’s 2005 “Best New Artist” award in Swing
Journal Magazine