KAJU

KAJU

KAJU is a Japan based singer-songwriter, as known as Kazuyo Kuriya, flutist and composer. She graduated from the Musashino Academia Musicae with a major in Classical Flute Performance and the Berklee College of Music with a major in Jazz Composition, winning the Toshiko Akiyoshi Award in Jazz Composition. Kazuyo has appeared in numerous leading concert halls, such as Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, at the Blue Note in New York, and at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. She records and tours with Women of the World and the Kazuyo Kuriya Quartet. She has performed with the World Flutes Ensemble at two National Flute Association (USA) Conventions, where she has also presented workshops in World Music and Jazz improvisation. She has received numerous commissions, notably by the National Flute Association in 2011. From 2013, she started singing and writing lyrics for her art form as KAJU. She released her 1st original EP - SING, as a singer-songwriter in 2019. There is a english version of "Tsunagatteruyo" called "Echoes in the Light" in SING.