プロフィール
Quetzal BGM
Wakana Kohsaka
Pianist / Composer / Stamp-Sculptor / Flutist / Synthesizer
Musician/Artist/MusicSchool/WFlutePlayer/Vocal/MusicWorkBook/Stamps/EthicalWearNEWFEATURE/FixedSeeds/Vegan/ChildCare/Life
Quetzal BGM born in Aomori, northern part of Japan. Q started piano since 4 years old. Q graduated Aomori high school, Musashino Music College (Department of Instrumental Piano), and Parnassos Eminence Musashino Music College (Department of Instrumental Piano).
About classical piano, she studied under Vladimir sverdlov-Ashkenazy(P,Comp), Yuji Sakamoto(P,Comp), Takashi Kawasaki(P), and Elena Ashkenazy(P).
Q participated in the Burugfeistrittz summer festival that has been held in Austria.
and won The second plize in the Ashkenazy family piano competition .
Q started to learn flute since Q was 6 years old.
About the flute, Q studied under Keizo Namioka(Fl).
About Jazz and Music Theory, Q studied under Shoukei Yoshida(P), Kazunori Shigeyama(G), Seiichi Yoshimi(B).
After now, Q is making many music, which are like Contemporary Art area, LIVE, the sessions, and recordings, etc.
In 2013, Q’s daughter was born.
On third Sunday every month, Q and friends held sunday afternoon jam*session since 2009.
I’m Sending music for the next generation with Soundcloud since June 2014
I’m receiving so many enthusiastic support mainly from overseas, and always I’m receiving requests for appearances and co-stars.
https://soundcloud.com/wakana-kohsaka
In 2016, Q’s son was born.
January 2019, Q started producing and Saling stamps(Quetzal BGM) and natural wares(NEWFEATURE).
The simple and universal design maked them popular soon.
May 2020 Quetzal BGM started YouTube.
Q offers 400 to 500 music WAV data works per month now.
Hobbies: Taiwan, natural cultivation, Animal well, bicycles, art, stickers, only white, learning English, Thinking about a comfortable society, Communicating the climate crisis
使用機材
Synth; Gadget, Moog, etc
Comp; Windows, iPad, Studio One
Monitor Speaker; SONY
Head Phone; SONY,AKG
MIDI Keyboard; YAMAHA, iRig
Sound Resource: KORG
Grand Piano : Yamaha C3
Flute : Sankyo Etude