SAMUKAWA Akiko

Profile

Graduated from Ferris University, College of Music, Department of Instrumental Music, in 2005. Has been susceptible to all kinds of artistic concepts - noise (music) in particular - as a student. Is currently studying primarily musical performance, while at once exploring also other artistic fields of artistic expression in a broad sense with a special interest in musical improvisation.
Is recently appearing in numerous concerts speculating about the notion of space in artists' works, and has begun to perform music written by contemporary composers. Performs as a solo artist, and since 2008 also as a member of the group "MiHaRI" with Kentaro Taki, Yukiko Watanabe, Maiko Date and Naoya Oe.