Hiroya Tsukamoto

 Hiroya Tsukamoto In Concert

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Acoustic guitarist-composer fusing folk, jazz, and world 

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Sunday, January 5, 2025  4:00pm

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Milford Arts Council – MAC Performance Hall. One-of-a-kind composer, acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter.   Hiroya, from Kyoto, Japan, is an innovative acoustic guitarist and composer who fuses folk, jazz, and world genres. He began playing the five-string banjo when he was thirteen, and took up the guitar shortly after.

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Early Career.   In 2000, Hiroya received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music. He formed his own group in Boston “INTEROCEANICO (inter-oceanic)” which consists of unique musicians from different continents. The group released three acclaimed records (“The Other Side of the World”, “Confluencia” and “Where the River Shines”).

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Influences.  Hiroya’s musical influencers include vibraphonist Gary Burton, saxophonists Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, and folk music from Argentina and Brazil; classical influences include Aaron Copland and Gerald Finzi.

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