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Riko Goto trio is an original formation where the leader Japanese pianist Riko Goto combines her talent with French drumer Guillaume Arbonville and contrabassist Kentaro Suzuki /Rene Wolf in the creation of free improvisation music.
The trio based in Paris and established since January 2007 finds its roots in the meeting of Japanese and Western cultures and in its members shared interest for fluidity.
The musicians themselves describe this music nourished by improvisation as impressionist and vigorously contemporary music.
The original compositions are themes of variable geometry, developed and reconstructed with each new concert.
Born in Hokkaido in Japan, she began studying the piano at age of four and studied theory and the classical repertory with Yoko Moriyasu.
In 1997 she arrived in Finland where she was awoken to free improvisation. During this period she followed the teachings of various free jazz musicians such as Iro Haarla.
She began composing her own themes in collaboration with the musicians of the “Riko Goto Trio†that she that founded in 2002. With this formation, she has auto-produced three albums and toured a circuit of twenty concerts in Finland. She settled in France in 2003 and organized a series of five concerts in Paris in February 2004.
On that occasion the trio played in collaboration with double bass player Alan Silva and trumpet player Itaru Oki.
With Itaru Oki, she performed at the festival of Castelbasso in Italy in July 2004.
She also performed in Tokyo and Nagano in solo and duet in collaboration with Taca (accordion) and Maki Nakano (saxophone) in August 2004.
In June 2005, she performed at the international music festival “Un Mare di Musica†in Sardinia in Italy with Maki Nakano.
In 2006, Maki Nakano and Riko goto duo released debut album “Rossignols†from Ohrai-Records in Japan. Duo had 21 concerts tour in Japan in July and August 2006.
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