A jazz pianist born in Hamamatsu, Japan, on March 26, 1979, Hiromi Uehara is
also known by her first name. She learned to play the piano at the age of six
and, after preliminary studies, left her native country to complete her training
at the Berklee College of Music in Boston (USA), between 1999 and 2003. Produced
by Ahmad Jamal, her debut album Another Mind, released by Telarc in 2003, put
her on the international map with a style that revived electric jazz fusion.
Based in New York, the world-famous musician went on to record Brain (2004),
which reached number 31 on the Billbo...