Izumi Kimura

Izumi Kimura is a Japanese pianist, improviser and composer, born in Yokohama and based in Ireland since 1995. Trained in classical piano in Tokyo and Dublin, she works across contemporary music, jazz and free improvisation, and leads a trio with bassist Barry Guy and percussionist Gerry Hemingway. Izumi Kimura graduated from Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo and then studied with Ray Keary at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Her debut Asymmetry (Diatribe, 2010) presented piano works by Japanese and Irish composers.