Natsumi Takano | 髙野なつみ

Natsumi Takano was born in 1992 in Shizuoka, Japan.
She began playing piano in early childhood and studied the Electone (electronic organ) through high school, winning the Gold Prize at the 2011 YEF National Championship in Japan.
Seeking freer forms of expression, she moved from her classical training into improvised music. Her work reaches beyond sound alone, incorporating sessions with cooking and physical/bodily expression. In 2023 she released her first album, Kuu (くう).
Invited by musician and body therapist Reizaburo Adachi, she is also a member of the improvised ambient group Vasola Punte.