NATSUMI IMAMURA

NATSUMI IMAMURA

Natsumi Imamura - Arpista, a harp player She is the only player in Japan who makes beautiful sounds with an Arpa, the national instrument of Mexico. Her musical history took off in an academia directed by an honorable harpist, Chucho De Mexico, having being inspired by his great performance when she was six years old. With initial struggles, she challenged herself in establishing firm grounding in Latin music under his guidance. After this ten-year dedication, she made up her mind to further learn in Mexico, where a Paraguay harpist Celso Duarte lived, so that she could gain practical techniques. This was when she was just sixteen. One year later, she also sophisticated her skills with a Mexican harpist Alberto De La Rosa in Mexico. Eventually, she made a great debut at the age of twenty as the only professional in Japan. Since the debut, she regularly performed at State-held concerts and festivals organized by Veracruz State. She then launched concert tours in Tokyo, Sendai, Kyoto and Hiroshima to commemorate her first album released at the age of twenty three. Especially, the concerts held in four cities of Veracruz Sate got fabulous reviews. This led her to appear in national radio and TV programs as a representative of Japan. Since 2014, she's offered huge opportunities to show her melodies in International Alpa Festival held both in Columbia and Mexico. Discography 2004 NATSUMI the 1st album (produced by TAKEOFF Inc.) 2007 Colors of Mexico (same as above) 2013 Al mundo (produced by Pitch441) Activities 2010 (-2013) Veracruz Alpa Festival (Mexico) 2012(-2013) Veracruz State University's Orchestral Concert (Mexico ) 2014 Columbia International Alpa Festival (Columbia) 2015(-2017) Cancun International Festival (Mexico)