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Network Node
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Name:
Kotringo
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City/Place:
Tokyo
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Country:
Japan
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Hometown:
Osaka
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Life & Work
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Bio:
Kotringo started playing piano when she was 5 years old.
After graduating from KOYO SCHOOL OF MUSIC (current・KOYO SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DANCE) she went to study abroad in Boston, then graduated from Berklee College of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz composition and a Bachelor of Music in Performance.
In 2006, "Nichiyomachi (Waiting for Sunday)" which would become her 2nd single, was on air at the J-WAVE radio audition program "RADIO SAKAMOTO" navigated by Ryuichi Sakamoto, then she performed in "LOHAS CLASSIC Concert" also produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
In the same year, she released "Konnichiwa mata ashita (Hello & See you)” produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto as her debut single in Japan.
Since then, she has released 11 solo albums and 7 soundtrack albums.
The latest solo album is “Ame no hakoniwa (My garden in the rain)” released in 2017.
She composed the whole score in a long-running hit animated movie “Konosekai no Katasumi ni (In This Corner of the World)” released in November 2016, which led to her winning the 40th Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music, the 71st Mainichi Film Awards for Best Music, and Best Music Award in the Osaka Cinema Festival 2017.
Music of “In This Corner of the World” Concert, which represented the movie in a music concert, was well-received all over the country.
At present, she has earned a high reputation as a singer-songwriter, composer and pianist with works on soundtracks for movies, dramas, animations, and commercials, and has a deeper expression of orchestra arrangements as well as performances.
In recent years, the range of her voice expressions has expanded, including narration.
In 2018, she visited Argentina on her first overseas tour, making all six performances a huge success and gained worldwide acclaim.
She is now active as an artist who draws a pop world full of floating feelings with outstanding piano performance and soft singing voice.
バークリー音楽大学に留学し、ジャズ作曲科、パフォーマンス科を専攻。
2006年、坂本龍一がナビゲーターを務めるJ-WAVE「RADIO SAKAMOTO」のオーディションコーナーにて、のちに2ndシングルとなる『にちよ待ち』がオンエアされ、 坂本龍一プロデュース「ロハスクラシックコンサート」に出演。
同年、坂本龍一プロデュースのシングル『こんにちは またあした』で日本デビューを飾る。以降、現在までに11枚のソロアルバムと7枚のサウンドトラックアルバムを発表。
最新オリジナルアルバムは、2017年発売の「雨の箱庭」。
2016年11月に公開し、ロングヒットのアニメーション映画「この世界の片隅に」のテーマ、劇中歌、BGMの全ての音楽を担当し、第40回日本アカデミー賞優秀音楽賞、第71回毎日映画コンクール音楽賞、おおさかシネマフェスティバル2017音楽賞を受賞。
映画の世界を表現した「すずさんとハナウタライブ」が好評を得て、全国各地で開催。
現在は映画、ドラマ、アニメのサウンドトラックや、CMなどを手がけ、演奏のみならずオーケストラアレンジの表現も深め、音楽家として高い評価を受けている。
また、近年はナレーションなど、声での表現の幅も広げている。
2018年には初の海外ツアーでアルゼンチンを訪れ、全6公演を大成功させ、海外での評価も高まっている。
卓越したピアノ演奏と柔らかな歌声で浮遊感に満ちたポップ・ワールドを描くアーティストとして活躍中。
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