Artist Profile
Yuka YanagiharaYuka Yanagihara.
Yuka was born and raised in Osaka, Japan.
She grew up listening to music. Her parents loved a wide range of music.
At the age of 4 she began playing the organ.
At 8 she began playing classical piano and drums.
In 2006 Yuka received a scholarship to study Jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
She made the Dean's List in 2006-2007.
She studied under Joanne Blakeen, Scott Free, and Hal Crook.
Now she composes and arranges music and gives about 300 concerts a year, Jazz, Classical Japanese, Bossa nova, and Pop.
She currently lives in Tokyo and Osaka.
Genre: Jazz