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Mika Yoshida
She has released two Solo CDs: Mitsue (1998) and Marimba Phase (2003). Her newly released album, Mikarimba (VideoArt Music Japan 2010) and DVD Mika Marimba Madness (Big Round Music) were both produced by Steve Gadd.
Steve Reichs CD Triple Quartet includes Mikas arrangement and performance of Tokyo/Vermont Counterpoint (Nonesuch), Richard Stoltzmans CD Goldberg Variation (BMG Japan) and Jo Hisaishis CD (Universal Japan).
She has performed solo recitals in New York (Carnegie ZANKEL Hall 2007 and Carnegie Weill Recital Hall 2001, 2004), Tokyo (2001, 2003, 2006) etc. as well as several cities around the world. Also,She performed at PASIC (2005, 2007).
She has collaborated with Steve Gadd (Drums), Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet), Eddie Gomez (Bass), NEXUS (Percussion), Bill Douglas (pianist, composer), Thomas Stacy (English Horn, New York Philharmonic Symphony), KakrabaLobi (African GIRI master), Stomu Yamashita (Per) Chikuzan Takahashi (Tsugaru Shamisen) and several other talented musicians.
She had MarimbaConcerto with the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Krakow, Szonbathely Symphony Orchestra, the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, and the Kumamoto Symphony Orchestra.
Mika was featured in a special performance at Zankel Hall (at Carnegie Hall) on January 7, 2011. There were several press reviews describing the wonderful concert with Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez with special guests Peter John Stoltzman and Richard Stoltzman. She also recently played at Le Poisson Rouge on Fev.10,2011 in NYC with Richard Stoltzman.
Mika Yoshida was born in Kumamoto in 1964. She began to study the piano at the age of three and drums at the age of ten and marimba at the age of eighteen.
She is a graduate of Kumamoto Music College and was also instructor at this college.
Mika studied marimba in the United States with a subsidy from 'Kumamoto Culture and Art Promotion Association' in 1994.She also studied to perform marimba at Toronto University (Advanced Certificate in Performance) under Russell Hertenberger (NEXUS) i 1999 and 2000.
*Mika plays a marimba made by Douglas DeMorrow and uses her own signature mallets by Pro-Mark.
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Mika Yoshida and Richard Stoltzman Premiere Brand New Works By Chick Corea, Mike Mainieri and more at Weill Recital Hal on April 4
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Kim Smith Public Relations
World premiere works by Chick Corea “Marika Groove," Marcos Valle, Tamar Muskal, Mike Mainieri, Michiru Oshima & William Thomas McKinley “High-wire jazz marimbist, Mika Yoshida....an amazing, energetic performer ready for major exposure." —LA Times MIKA YOSHIDA, marimba + RICHARD STOLTZMAN, clarinet NEW GENRE! + Special Guests: Eddie Gomez, bass Mike Mainieri, vibraphone Steve Gadd, drums At Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, April 4, 2012, 8pm New York, NY: World ...
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Mika Yoshida Collaborates With Steve Gadd On Latest Album
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Michael Ricci
Mika Yoshida and legendary drummer Steve Gadd team up on Mika's newest release, Mikarimba, an eclectic collection of joyful jazz tunes. Mika's beautiful Marimba playing is enhanced on this album by Gadd, renowned bassist Eddie Gomez and accomplished pianist Anders Wihk. The album is being distributed by BFM Digital, a leading digital music aggregator and distributor of independent music. Mika and her band engage the listener with unique and original arrangements from classical tunes such as Beethoven's Pathetique, turning it ...
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