Akiko shikaka | ru

Tokyo born Akiko (Japanese: あきこ) started playing piano at age of 4. She started to listen to rock / punk music, when she was a junior high school student, & then began to take her interest in various kinds of music, including 70s disco music, 60s oldies, 50s rock + country and western. Above all those music, she was especially inspired by old black music like jive, jump blues & doo wop. At age of 18, she happened to listen to Sarah Vaughan & Ella Fitzgerald - thus, discovering jazz. Afterward, she started to sing as a professional at Jazz...

Anatakikou's light rock sound is understated class. Bringing together three musicians that are not only talented but comfortable producing music both acoustically or electronically. Formed in 2002, Members include: Houjoh Masaki [Vocal, Guitar], Matsuura Masaki [Vocal, Guitar] and Fujii Toshimitsu [Drums, Vocal]. .

Отец — американец, мать — японка. В 11 лет приняла участие в телевизионном шоу. Училась в Колберновской школе музыки, танца и драмы, в Университете Индианы, в Джульярдской школе, среди ее преподавателей были Элеонора Шёнфельд, Джозеф Гингольд, Феликс Галимир, Дороти Де Лей. Играла с крупнейшими оркестрами в разных странах мира. Впервые исполняла произведения многих современных композиторов (Джон Корильяно, К. А. Хартманн, Джозеф Швантнер, Дженнифер Хигдон, Эсекьель Виньяо и др.). .