Yuki Saga
Voice performer, Vocalist, Composer
-Biography-



Born in Tokyo.
She decided to be a singer when she was 5 years old.
Using her "voice" as an instrument in freaky and fantastical open improvisation. She is also active in jazz, Bossa Nova and as a lyricist, composer and singer.

She has invited to perform at Jazz in Japan VI(France), Messiaen Festival (Amsterdam), Yatra Jazz Festival (India), Northnetheland Jazz Festival (Netherlands), Art Festival (Cheonju, Korea), among many others

She gave the first performance of "Menoyume" composed by Yuji Takahashi, also peformed with Kazuo Ohno(Butoh Dancer) and Shuntaro Tanikawa(poet), very familiar with the contemporary art field.

[Her main collaborators]
Hachidai Nakamura, Masahiko Togashi, Yuji Takahashi, Eiji Kitamura,
Takeshi Shibuya, Ikuo Shiosaki, Takayuki Kato, Kazuhisa Uchihashi,
Kim Dae Hwan, Kang Tae Hwan, Kunihiko Sugano, Hitoshi Komuro,
Kidonatsuki, Febian Reza Pane, Eiichi Hayashi, Daisuke Teshima, Naoki Kita, Shuntaro Tanikawa, Kazuo Ohno, Kazue Sawai,
Kazuko Shiraishi and others.

[Groups]
※SYNAPSE(Takayuki Kato＋Yuki Saga)...improvisation, Bossa Nova, Jazz
※LONICERA(Hitoshi Komuro＋Yuki Saga)...Jazz(in Japanese Lyrics), Original songs
※Rhysotto(Daisuke Teshima＋Kyohei Abe＋Yuki Saga)...Manouche jazz
※Mimicry(Yuki Saga＋Takumi Seino)...Original songs
※COQUETTE(Takayuki Kato＋Yushi Miyano＋Yuki Saga)...Jazz, Bossa Nova
※Uzuraginu(Hiroaki Mizutani＋Yuki Saga)...Original songs
※FADO Project(Naoki Kita＋Keiki Midorikawa＋Yuki Saga)...Fado, etc.
※Kunihiko Sugano Unit(Kunihiko Sugano＋Yutaka Sasaki＋Mitsuko Arai＋Yuki Saga)...Jazz
※Hariusagi(Masaharu Sato＋Yuki Saga)...improvisation, etc.
※Tezzle Mozzle(Yukitaka Nagami＋Mitsuko Arai＋Yuki Saga)...Bossa Nova, Jazz

She has released many albums and conducted workshops in both within and outside Japan, currently teaches at Hot Jazz School.