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Aki Takase

(born January 26, 1948) is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. Biography Takase was born in Osaka and started to play piano at age 3. Raised in Tokyo, she studied classical piano at Toho Gakuen

(born January 26, 1948) is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. Biography Takase was born in Osaka and started to play piano at age 3. Raised in Tokyo, she studied classical piano at Toho Gakuen School of Music. Starting in 1978, Takase began performing and recording in the US. Awards * The German Record Critics’ Award 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2009, CD “Cherry-Sakura” with David Murray 2017/2. In total she received the awards 9 times (1988–2017). * Berliner Zeitung Award (the best Artists of 1999 in the Berlin Newspaper) * The SWR Jazz Award 2002. * Jazzpreis Berlin, 2018 * German Jazz Preis for Piano/Keyboard Award 2021. * Albert Mangelsdorff Prize 2021 References External links * Official site (in German, English and Japanese) * Aki Takase Representation

Era
Post-War
Lived
1948–present
From
Japan
Born in
Osaka
Known as
composer, jazz pianist, pianist, jazz musician, musician
Instruments
piano
Genres
jazz

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.