Hiromi Uehara

I'll be honest, I came to Hiromi expecting tasteful, polite jazz piano and got absolutely steamrolled instead. The woman doesn't play the keyboard so much as attack it, her whole body bouncing and her fingers tearing across the keys like a storm, and somehow she's grinning the entire time like it's the most fun anyone's ever had. There's something fitting about her coming out of Hamamatsu, a city built on making instruments, then heading to Berklee and ending up with a Grammy in hand. What gets me is the contrast: offstage she reads like the cheerful older sister next door, but the second she starts playing those eyes lock in and the joy just pours out of her. I love that she's still out there, decades deep, playing like her life depends on it.

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Hiromi Uehara is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer born on March 26, 1979, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She studied at Berklee College of Music and went on to build an internationally acclaimed career as a performer and recording artist. Her work has been recognized with a Grammy Award in 2011, as well as the Japan Gold Disc Award and the Japan Record Grand Prix. She remains an active figure on the world jazz stage.

Name (English)

Hiromi Uehara

Name (Japanese)

上原ひろみ

Reading

うえはら ひろみ

Born

March 26, 1979 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Goat

Origin

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Occupation

Pianist / Composer / Jazz Musician

High school

Shizuoka Prefectural Hamamatsu Kita High School

University

Berklee College of Music

Awards & achievements

• Grammy Award (2011)
• Japan Gold Disc Award (year unknown)
• The 50th Japan Record Grand Prix (year unknown)
• The 59th Japan Record Grand Prix (year unknown)

Spouse

ミハラヤスヒロ

Works summary

Appearances

79 (2002–2025)

By year

2002: 1, 2003: 3, 2004: 4, 2005: 3, 2006: 2, 2007: 1, 2008: 6, 2009: 3, 2010: 2, 2011: 6, 2012: 5, 2014: 3, 2016: 3, 2017: 3, 2018: 3, 2019: 2, 2021: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 3

Debut work

2002年9月録音

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.hiromiuehara.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hiromimusic/
• Xhttps://x.com/hiromispark
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A%E5%8E%9F%E3%81%B2%E3%82%8D%E3%81%BF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233453

Tags

• From Shizuoka
• Composer
• Pianist
• Jazz Musician

Last updated

2026-08-26

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