About Me
Drummer and composer Hironori Momoi was born in Tokyo, Japan on August 29, 1984.His father always played music at home, so he grew up with music.
He picked up the guitar as his first instrument at age 13.
At age 15, he began to play drums and also piano.
Growing up playing rock until at age 18, music had been the main thing of his life, but he realized that something was missing.After he entered Sophia University, he discovered that missing piece, jazz.
It brought him to a new world. He switched playing rock to jazz, and started dedicating himself to it.
Since then, he had been performing in Japan, but as an aspiring jazz musician, he naturally decided to move to NYC to know jazz deeper.In August 2007, Hironori moved to New York and started studying jazz at The City College of New York.
He studied jazz/classical theory, playing in ensembles, composing and arranging with great musicians at CCNY, such as John Patitucci and Mike Holober.
While a student, he won The Ervin Drake Scholarship and The Edward Rensin Memorial Award.
In May 2010, he attained BFA degree in jazz drum performance from CCNY as summa cum laude. His passion for jazz brought him to study in MA at Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College from fall 2010.Since moving to NYC, Hironori has studied privately with Johnathan Blake, Kendrick Scott, Greg Hutchinson and John Riley. He also has studied with Adam Cruz, Robby Ameen, Pete McGuiness, Fred Hersch and many other masters.Hironori is currently performing at various venues in NYC including Bowery Poetry, Shrine, The Bagott Inn and Freddy's Bar & Backroom.....
