Sumie Kaneko

VOCALS & KOTO

Sumie Kaneko is a Japanese koto and shamisen player and vocal artist. In 2002 after studying Japanese traditional music at Tokyo National University of the Arts, Sumie moved to Boston and studied Jazz vocal at Berklee College of Music. She is renowned for her ability to collaborate with a diverse array of visionary international artists and writers: Pulitzer Winner Paula Vogel, composer Evan Ziporyn, taiko artist Kenny Endo, and American Ballet Theater principal dancers Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside and many more, and the traces of the music have been performed at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Blue Note NY, TED talk, Google, Getty Center, Boston Ballet, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, etc.

Sumie tours overseas as a cultural exchange artist. She has performed in over 20 countries. Also as an educator, she has lectured at large academic scenes including: Harvard University, Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Texas A&M University, and Aoyama Gakuin University as a renowned international artist.