La saison des vendanges est arrivée !
Pour mon univers musical, c’est le moment d’arroser le petit bourgeon pour le faire grandir…mon projet solo grandit jour après jour à la vitesse de l’escargot…

ずっと興味があった音楽療法ですが、今年3月に学校で勉強を始めて、昨日無事に授業を終了しました！

コンサートとはまた違いますが、いつか日本でもチベットボールを使ったセラピーできたら良いなと思っています。

Formation en sonothérapie, achevée avec succès !

J’ai toujours été intéressée par la sonothérapie, mais j’ai commencé à l’étudier à l’école en mars de cette année et j’ai le terminé hier !

Ce n’est pas la même chose qu’un concert, mais c’est tellement touchant, vous en vivrez bientôt 🙂

ヨーロッパの音楽シーンを反映した新しい内容でのコンサート、そしてダンスも加えた会もありますので、是非見にきてください！

詳しくは日程のページで。

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I am thrilled to announce that , I have recorded with NY trio Synchronic in NY in last November 2022 after a couple of years of pause.

It was a sheer joy!

I am working on the sound now to be able to release hopefully this year.

Please stay tuned!!

I started gardening last year, thanks to the experienced neighbours. I always wanted to try but I somehow did not invest my time for that. And I grew up seeing my mother and grand father taking care of vegetables and flowers in the gardens and it was something familiar with… Once we saw the seeds, I quickly realised that seeing it from outside and being in charge of vegetables are quite different, I felt like I had more children to take care of!.. ( to be continued )

For me, the break from musical activities for about one year was almost like resetting my musical world. I missed attending and playing the concert a lot but it was so nice to be able to allocate the time for something else, I learned cooking which I have been wanted to do for a long time. Now we are slowly going back to the musical activities and I am excited that what it was cooking in my head can finally come out into the reality! See what’s coming out!

It was finally whirlwind with music in October!

There are 6 days of recordings for 3 projects.

We went to forest to record new duo project with Lucas Müller “Otodama” and trio “Les Oiseaux” with Sylvain Fournier and Sergio Valdes was recorded in Geneve. Also there was a recording with Insub Meta Orchestra in Geneve as well.

Will put it up on the website when it’s ready!

Stay tuned!

I have received raving reviews from many magazines for Synchronic and

here is the recent one from Bruce Lee at DMG!

YUKARI With THOMAS MORGAN / SATOSHI TAKEISHI – Synchronic (QFTF 025; Earth) Featuring Yukari on flute, alto & bass flutes, Thomas Morgan on contrabass and Satoshi Takeishi on drums & percussion. The last time we heard from Japanese flutist, Yukari, was in 2011, when she played at DMG and left us with a couple of her fine CD’s. In the past Yukari has worked with Ben Monder, Carlo Costa and Greg Osby. She has been living in Brooklyn for the past 13 years and considers this disc to be a snapshot of Brooklyn. Yukari here works with a formidable Downtown rhythm team, the ubiquitous Thomas Morgan (for Bill Frisell, David Binney, Scott DuBois & Paul Motian) and restless drummer, Satoshi Takeishi (Michael Attias, Erik Friedlander & Patrick Zimmerli). I just caught Satoshi Takeishi last night with Gordon Grdina at Cornelia St., reminding me once again of what an important part he is of the Downtown Scene.
This first thing I noticed about this disc is how well it is recorded, a perfectly balanced well-recorded trio. On the opening track, “Les Oiseaux”, the trio is swinging hard, effortlessly with a joyous, uplifting vibe. On the title track, Yukari, sails along with the strong, skeletal rhythm section. The is a robust, dynamic and powerful trio and they work strongly together. From what I can half of these songs were written by Ms. Yukari, the rest improvised by the trio. For many years, I thought that Nicole Mitchell’s trio with Harrison Bankhead & Hamid Drake were the best flute trio anywhere. This trio can certainly give them a run for their money. Thomas Morgan’s powerful bass is often at the center of many of the pieces, spinning a web, casting a spell, never playing too many or two few notes to keep this trio perfectly balanced. There are a few pieces where we can here what sounds like fragments of written parts. There are some pieces which stand out, like “363”, where Yukari overdubs a couple of complex flute lines near the end. No matter how free certain pieces appear to be, there is something magical that keeps this trio consistently focused, playing as one force of nature. In the past year, DMG has had performances by master flutists: Robert Dick and Jim Denley, as well as an especially great set from Nicole Mitchell (w/ Joelle Leandre & Melanie Dyer) at the Vision Fest. Once we get to hear a set from Yukari, we will have seen & heard the best flutists of the current creative scene. Lucky us! – Bruce Lee Gallanter, DMG