Motoshi Kosako

 Motoshi Kosako :Japanese born Concert harpist, composer, improvisor.

He started his musical training on piano and also guitar. He played acoustic and electric guitar in professional Jazz bands in Tokyo. Soon after he moved to California in 1997,  he self-taught harp and played for Stockton Symphony Orchestra as the principal harpist from 2006-2010. In 2007 he won the second place in Lyon & Healy International Jazz & Pop Harp Competition. His groundbreaking style is noted in Harp Column as “Motoshi Kosako, whose introspective soloing was reminiscent of Keith Jarrett.” He performs improvisation and original compositions as solo or in ensembles with top jazz musicians including Grammy award winning reeds player, Paul McCandless, innovative electric fret-less bassist, Michael Manring. He released 2 classical solo CDs and 15 jazz albums. He regularly tour Internationally to give concert, lectures and workshops.