Name Atsuko Kohashi | ||
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Atzko Kohashi /Atsuko Kohashi (born in Japan) is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and translator.
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She began studying piano at the age of five and, soon after, began improvising and composing music. She is a self-taught jazz pianist. As a college student studying law in Keio University, Tokyo, she was an active member of the jazz big band, Keio Light Music Society. After graduation she appeared in jazz clubs in Tokyo, gigging in Tomas Band, some quartets and eventually formed her own piano trio. From 1994 to 2001, she lived in New York, where she learned from Steve Kuhn. Her music was influenced by this association. After she moved back to Tokyo, she performed live gigs in jazz clubs in Tokyo and Yokohama. In those years she arranged jazz music for the duo group ROSCO, and composed music for radio drama and CG animation. In 2005, she moved to Amsterdam, The Netherlands and released her first album with the Atzko Trio, Amstel Delight (PJL/MTCJ-3027) in December 2005. In December 2008, she had a duo recording with Dutch bassist, Frans van der Hoeven, and the CD "Amstel Moments" will be released in April 2009 from BJL/BounDee Inc. She currently resides in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and often visits Japan and has live concerts in Tokyo.
Atzko also works as a translator and her work includes translation of American newsletter Dads and Daughters published in 2003, and co-translation of "100 Procent Lena" (2008) written by Belgian author, Stefan Boonen.