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SUMMARY:HIROMI & KAZUNORI KUMAGAI
LOCATION:SFJAZZ Auditorium\, 201 Franklin St\, San Francisco\, CA 94102
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE Due to a scheduling conflict\, Hiromi's Saturday\, 
 October 3rd concert program has changed from The Trio Project to a duo con
 cert with tap dancer Kazunori Kumagai. If you have any questions\, please 
 contact our Box Office at boxoffice@sfjazz.org or 415-788-7353 ABOUT THIS 
 SHOW Virtuoso pianist Hiromi returns to the Miner stage with four exclusiv
 e nights with projects ranging from solo to trio. She kicks off her reside
 ncy with remarkable duo evening with Japanese tap dance master Kazunori Ku
 magai \, revisiting their ongoing collaboration that goes back to their sh
 owstopping debut performance at the 2011 Tokyo Jazz Festival. Moving to Ne
 w York at age 19 to immerse himself in tap culture\, Kumagai is a veteran 
 of Ted Levy and Savion Glover’s “Funk University” — the training g
 round for the landmark musical Bring in da Noise\, Bring in da Funk — an
 d studied with the late legend Gregory Hines. After moving back to Japan\,
  Kumagai built on his affinity for jazz with the iconic Japanese trumpeter
  Terumasa Hino and opened his own studio in Japan in 2008. He was selected
  as one of the “100 Most Influential Japanese People” by Newsweek Japa
 n and appeared as a solo performer at the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Sum
 mer Olympics in Tokyo. He and Hiromi first toured Japan together in 2018. 
 Hiromi’s work in a duo setting has always been a hallmark of her career\
 , in which the limitlessly talented pianist can play off their shared ener
 gy\, taking both artists to new heights of creativity.\n\nhttps://www.sfja
 zz.org/tickets/productions/26-27/hiromi-kazunori-kumagai/
URL:https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/26-27/hiromi-kazunori-kumaga
 i/
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