Mineko Ogata, a Japanese acclaimed Jazz pianist, has released three albums, the first of which sold out in Japan.  “CD Journal” in Japan has said, “Once you listen to her music, you will be impressed by her brilliant and straight sound.”

Mineko’s mother was a singer and her father was a Jazz pianist.  Mineko’s father was able to give her a solid classical music education at their own music school. Mineko joined a Japanese fusion band as a keyboard player and has performed at many live house concerts in both Japan and the US.  She has played under the direction of the  famous Japanese choir conductor Kenji Otani, and, while residing in the US (August 2007 – December 2010), Mineko performed at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Reading, MA and Ryles Jazz Club.

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