Wakana Kohsaka

Pianist / Composer / Stamp-Sculptor / Flutist / Synthesizer

 

Musician/Artist/WFlutePlayer/Printing/EthicalWearNEWFEATURE/FixedSeeds/Vegan/ChildCare/Life

 

Wakana started piano when she was 4 years old. 

After graduating  Elementary School, Wakana won countless prizes mainly at art competitions in the city and prefecture

Wakana started to write many songs, and started flute.

 

She graduated from Aomori Prefectural Aomori High School, Musashino Music University Department of Instrumental Music, Piano Major, and After that, finished Parnassos Eminence Department of Piano at the same university.

 

Wakana's Teacher

 

Classic Music and Theory

Vladimir sverdlov-Ashkenazy (Piano, Compose)

Yuji Sakamoto (Piano, Compose)

Takashi Kawasaki (Piano)

Elena Ashkenazy (Piano)

Keizo Namioka (Flute)

 

Jazz, Rock, Pop, Blues, Theory and other

Shoukei Yoshida (Piano)

Kazunori Shigeyama (Guitar)

Seiichi Yoshimi (Bass). 

 

Wakana participated in the Burugfeistrittz summer festival that has been held in Austria. 

and won The second plize in the Ashkenazy family piano competition . 

 

After that, She is making many music, which are Contemporary Art area and unknown areas.

 

In 2009, on third Sunday every month, Wakana and Yu Ikemoto (Guitar) started sunday afternoon jam*session until 2019 with Goro Katano (Bass), Dio Jean Baptist  (Drums), Seiichi Yoshimi (Bass), Kazunori Shigeyama (Guitar), and other great musicians.

At the same time as a dive-in jazz session, Wakana developed a new session, freestyle, that incorporates environmental sounds, noise, beat-program, modular sounds with regular jazz combo, that no one had done in jam sessions in the world. Many guests and professionals also visited from overseas.

 

Wakana is Sending music for the next world, and keep her artistic world.

Wakana is receiving so many enthusiastic support mainly from overseas, Chicago, Seattle, Berlin, Australia, England, Berlin, Korea, and Turkey, and always WK is receiving requests for appearances and co-stars

 

Since 2012, Wakana started to make stamps and prints.

The simple and universal design made them popular soon.

 

November in 2013, her daughter was born.

February in 2016, her son was born.

 

400 to 500 of  her songs are used 400 to 500 monthly now.