Keiko Matsui

About

Internationally acclaimed smooth jazz, jazz fusion, and New Age keyboardist who also discovered famed saxophonist Paul Taylor. In 1999 and 2000, she won Oasis Awards for Artist of the Year.

Before Fame

She was a student of children's culture at Japan Women's University and a music student at the Yamaha Music Foundation.

Trivia

Her 1987 solo debut LP, "A Drop of Water," was dedicated to the memory of those who had perished in the Space Shuttle Challenger.

Family Life

Her mother Emiko started her on piano lessons soon after she turned five.

Associated With

She attended the reception for former U.S. President George W. Bush when he visited Japan in 2002.