The pianist, composer, and improviser Japanese Amakawa is an emblematic figure of the creative freedom that has combined in the most remote music influences with a drastic revision of popular music from theelectronics, collage and chambercompositions, being one of the composers and multi-instrumentalists most unique European music scene.

She bigan studying at the age of six, and was subsequently chosen best pianist in the Tsurugaoka High School/Art Program-Music Department. Graduate NihonUniversity/Art Faculty-Music Department-Piano course in 1988.

Learns composing, History of music, choral music, musicology, ethnical music, harmony, pedaggical music, etc....until she enters the world of modern composition and popular modern music, and gets to conduct the Niiza Brass Band (Saitama-Japan).

After performing in Asia and Europe, she settles in Spain where she starts working with musicians as Markus Breuss, Pelayo.F.Arrizabalaga.

Since 2001 she is the founder member of Doronko Records.

She has worked with Akemi Murakami, Yukiko Yamagami, Kenji Seshita, Markus Breuss, Pelayo F. Arrizabalaga, Llorenç Barber, Peter Kowald, Montserrat Palacios, Javier Carmona, Per Gärdin, Javier Denis, Ajo, Jazznoise, Kim Kristensen, Oori Shalev, La banda municipalde Barcelona, La banda la unio musical d´Aielo (Valencia), WIN Zug(Zug/Switzerland), Orquesta de F.O.C.O.(Madrid), Omega (Orquestra de Música Espontánea de Galicia), The Time Span Band (Copenhagenn/Denmark) among others.

For the time being she is involved both in the Faktor Bossar Project as in the Breuss-Arrizabalaga Quintet, Total Vibretion.

She is Co-Organizer of Festival Improvisacion libre de Málaga (FIL MALAGA).

Commissioned Works:

- “7 p.m.Eastern Wartime”, for the Festival ESCENA CONTEMPORANEA (Madrid 2003)

- Premiere of "NOTEVEO" a piece for symphonic brass band and piano(Barcelona 2003)

- Premiere of “HORN PLEASE” a piece for large brass band and FAKTOR BOSSAR assoloists (piano, electric-trumpet, electronics and concrète sounds) (Valencia2004)

Recording:

MarkusBreuss – Tsukiko Amakawa / 7 p.m. eastern wartime

(Doronko Records 2003)

MarkusBreuss – Tsukiko Amakawa / slow & hard (Doronko Records 2004)

Breuss-Arrizabalaga Quintet / Concert for Kowald (hazard records 2003)

Breuss-ArrizabalagaQuintet / NFAMOUDOU – BOUDOUGOU

(hazard records 2004)

FaktorBossar / Days of Cries and Poses (Doronko Records 2005)

Reanimation

with Bruno Amstad, Hanspeter Pfammatter, Jesus Turiño, Markus Breuss, Simon Berz (Unit Records 2011)

Concerts/ Festivals:

LEMFestival , Experimentaclub Festival, WIM Zug Festival (Zug / Switzerland, 2002 and 2003), Concert “Zur meets Colectivo” (St.Gallen/ Switzerland 2002), Festival ESCENA CONTEMPORANEA (Madrid), Festival NITS D´AIELO I ART (Valencia), Sensxperiment Festival (Lucena),Opening concert for the new railway-station Zug (Zug / Switzerland 2003), Tour of London (2005), Live in MACBA (Barcelona / Museu´Art Contemporani deBarcelona,), Tour of Japan (2005), Kanazawa bunko Art Festival (Yokohama/Japan), Yokohama Impromusica Festival(Yokohama/ Japan), Live in Temple (Yamaguchi, Buddhism temple –Genkouji-/Japan), Live in Tokyo (Yotsuya Hall-Tokyo/Japan), 1er Fstival de Arte(Nerja/Málaga), Ateneo (Málaga), Hurta Cordel Festival (Madrid), III NuevasExperiencias En la Oscuridad (Granada), Jazz Alai Festival (Pena Alegria Laurentina/ Huesca), Composers Society Tone Art @ CPH Jazz Festival (Huset, Copenhagenn), Fll Málaga Festival, Teatro Echegaray (Málaga), Teatro Central (Sevilla), and several club appearances.

Workshops:

-"Taller intensivo de creación sonora y pianopara niñas y niños"

con Llorenç Barber, Montserrat Palacios (Valencia,2008)

-"Táctica en Improvisación" en XIII Hurta Cordel Festival (Madrid,2009)

-"Táctica en Improvisación" (La puerta de Casilla, Murcia, 2009)

-"Taller intensivo de creación sonora para niños”

(La puerta deCasilla, Murcia, 2009)

- Jornadas de Improvisación Libre

(Conservatorio Superior de Málaga, 2013)