第一位在伯克里音樂院當爵士鋼琴教授的日本人 - 爵士鋼琴家蟻正行義（Yuki Arimasa），將來到TISJA2015舉行大師班與「爵士原力 全球連線」音樂節演出！

蟻正行義自小學習古典鋼琴，十歲開始自學爵士鋼琴，當他發現當時在日本沒有人能夠繼續教導他時，熱情與動力驅使他前往美國的伯克里音樂院，接受正式的爵士樂訓練。在伯克里音樂院中，他跟古典鋼琴教師Edward C. Bedner學習，也強烈地影響了他的鋼琴演奏風格，甚至讓他重新發掘許多古典音樂的寶貴之處。

畢業後因為傑出的表現，蟻正行義被母校延攬，在伯克里音樂院教授爵士鋼琴達八年之久，是第一位日本籍爵士鋼琴家在該當代音樂名校任教者。在美國的教學經驗，讓他接觸了來自世界各地的學生，也讓他對於爵士音樂教育，發展出自己的豐富經驗，也使得蟻正行義於歸國後，任教於日本東京首屈一指的爵士音樂學校 - 洗足學園音樂大學爵士音樂系。他也同時致力於日本國民教育的爵士音樂教育計畫。

蟻正行義目前除了以演奏家與作曲家的身份活躍於日本外，也擔綱諸多爵士歌手與樂手的專屬鋼琴手、編曲家與音樂總監，主要以鋼琴三重奏形式演出，並於亞洲各國指導許多針對爵士樂迷與年輕音樂家的工作坊與大師班，兼備傑出音樂家與教育家的優秀特質。

Yuki Arimasa's latest album is "The Days of Wine and Roses". This is the 2nd release of Duo Project that Yuki and renowned Trumpeter Tomonao Hara started in 2012. After spending the U.S. for more than a decade,Yuki settled back in Japan and focused on the piano trio format. He recorded "Tell Me Where The Music Is", which expressed his musical artistry through his original compositions.

As Yuki Arimasa Trio continues to broaden the possibilities in trio format, the desire to explore music further in even smaller format as in piano solo and duet grew and in the past several years, he had number of piano solo and duo appearances in the concerts and club gigs.

In 2011 the solo album "Forest" was released, which consists of his original compositions, followed by "Vol. One", the duet album with Tomonao Hara, as the first release of Duo Project.

Currently he continues to perform with many other players with highest musical passion around Tokyo area.

Yuki started Jazz music self-taught as when he first listened to Jazz at the age of 10, he found nobody around to learn from. As his passion grows he went to Berklee College of Music to receive formal training in Jazz. In Berklee he met much respected classical pianist/teacher Edward C. Bedner whose piano education still has strong influence in his piano playing. With Ed Bedners' direction Yuki almost relearned the piano and developed some classical repertoire.

After graduating he taught Jazz Piano at Berklee for 8 years. This experience of teaching students from all over the world gave him a perspective in Jazz education, which he continues to carry into his current activities in musical education in Senzoku College of Music as a professor in Jazz. He has also actively involved in Elementary School Jazz Education Program.

Yuki now performs his music and conducts many workshops for Jazz fans and young musicians throughout Japan as well as many foreign countries especially in Asian area.

http://www.yukiarimasa.com/



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