Hatsune Hirakura

Hatsune Hirakura

Professional Pianist, Hatsune HIrakura has had many performances with multiple bands in the Osaka and Tokyo area, including as a leader with her trio Hatsune Hirakura Trio. Pianist for Terri Lyne Carrington Berklee summer jazz workshop band in 2016. A Japan tour with her duo this December includes guest artists such as Takuya Kuroda on Trumpet. In April in 2019, 4 nights performance at the Bern jazz festival in Switzerland with drummer Ralph Peterson . In May in 2019, tour with Saxophonist Melissa Aldana in Boston, Connecticut, Philadelphia, and New York. Returned to Japan in 2020 and is active in the Japanese jazz scene based in Tokyo.After releasing her debut work 'Tears' (2022), she released 'Wheel of Time' (2023) and 'Moon and Venus' (2024) from <Days of Delight>. She is attracting attention as a talented young pianist.