About Hiromi Suda
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Hiromi Suda
Vocalist/Composer
Brazilian/ Jazz
Awards winning singer songwriter
・An honorable mention award at the 18th Annual USA Songwriting Competition 2013
・The finalist of the Annual 19th USA Songwriting Competitions 2014
・The finalist of the Annual 21st USA Songwriting Competitions 2016
・The finalist of the Annual 11th International Acoustic music awards 2014
・The finalist of the Annual 12th International Acoustic music awards 2015
・The finalist of the Annual 13th International Acoustic music awards 2016
・The Semi-Finalist of the 2013 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Jazz Category
“Blessed with a pure, crystalline mountain lake voice, Hiromi Suda combines the classical qualities of intricate phrasing, and attention to emphasis and timing with a melodic and harmonic complexity that reminds of bossa nova.”
She won the World Scholarship and entered Berklee College of Music in 2005. There, Ms. Suda studied with many world renowned musicians including Jazz vocals with Ms. Lisa Thorson, Latin American music with Ms. Mili Bermejo and Brazilian music styles with Fernando Brandao.
By 2007, Hiromi had developed a keen interest in Brazilian music and during the summer of 2007 she spent three months in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil further honing her skill with Brazilian music styles and instruments, such as the pandeiro. Her experience in Brazil was highly rewarding not only musically, but also gave a historical and cultural context to her passion for Brazilian music. During this period, Ms. Suda attended the Choro School called Escola Portatil de Musica. She studied the pandeiro with Celsinho Silva and Jorginho Silva and choro vocal style with the choro singer, Amelia Rabello and MPB vocal style with the Brazilian vocalist Suely Mesuqita.
In the ensuing years, Hiromi Suda has magnificently woven her knowledge of Brazilian music to produce a singular and innovative sound recognized by critics as a serious contribution in vocal style and technique. Ms. Suda performed with the choro group Choro Democratico and the great flute player, Fernando Brandao, including concerts at the Brazilian 13th Independence Day Festival, Ryles Jazz Club, University of Massachusetts, among others. She performed with Clarice Assad group in NY including the concert at The stone. She also leads concerts
with her own band in New York such as Blue note NY, Zinc bar, Cornelia street cafe and among others, the Kennedy center in Washington DC(Iberian music festival) and New England and Japan.
She released her debut album in 2008, which received many accolades and prompted a tour with world famous percussionist, Keita Ogawa. The album is receiving great radio support worldwide, including featured performances for several radios in Japan.
In January 2012 she recorded her sophomore album, ‘Sou’ produced by the great Brazilian guitarist, Romero Lubambo and recorded at the famed Avatar studio in NY. The band members are Anne Drummond(Flute), Julian Shore(Piano), Keita Ogawa (Percussions/Drums),Yasushi Nakamura(Bass). “Sou” was released in August 2012 from Happiness Records. She did CD release tour in Japan(Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Hitachi, Mito and Kofu). In New York, she did CD release concert at the Cornelia street cafe in October 2012.
In August 2013, she released her mini album, ”Rain Dance”. This is the recordings of her original compositions. She had the CD release concert at Blue note NY. The song from mini album “Rain Dance”, her song "Mizu no Utsuwa" won an honorable mention award at the 18th Annual USA Songwriting Competition 2013 and also selected as the finalist of the 11th and 13th Annual International Acoustic Music Awards . Her song “Bird Call” from her 2nd album “Sou” was selected as the Semi-Finals of the 2013 International Songwriting Competition (ISC) out of about 19000 entries. Her song “Sou” was selected as the finalist of the
19th Annual USA songwriting Competition 2014. Her song, “Hajimari” was selected as the finalist of the 12th Annual International Acoustic Music Awards. Her song “Nagi” was selected as the finalist of the Annual 21st USA Songwriting Competitions 2016.
Her 3rd album “Nagi” co-produced by the flutist, Anne Drummond was released worldwide on March 7th 2017.
The band members are Romero Lubambo(Guitar), Anne Drummond(Flute), Julian Shore(Piano), Keita Ogawa (Percussions/Drums),Haggai Cohen-Milo(Bass).
In Japan the album was released from Inpartmaint Inc. on July 24th 2016 and she had CD release tour in Japan(Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Ashiya and Kofu) .
Currently, Hiromi Suda lives and works in New York City.
