Noriko Yamamoto

Noriko Yamamoto
http://www.noriko-yamamoto.com/
Japanese vocalist,guitarist and composer who plays in brazilian style. She is now on activities in Tokyo.Her smoky voice spreads in the air and would fascinate the audience so much.
Born and raised in Takarazuka which is a small town bitween Osaka and Kobe. She began learning piano at age 5. At age of 19 Noriko entered Kobe University to study Architecture. To the end time of the 1980s, Noriko's interest gradually moved to Latin musics as Salsa,Borelo,Tango Argentina,Fado,and so on. Finally she met Bossa Nova and became absorbed in the Brazilian music. She studied to sing Bossa Nova,Samba and MPB in Portuguese.
In 1995 Noriko moved to Tokyo. She went on to the School of Yoshiro Nakamura, who is a master of Bossa Nova in Japan. There she played the guitar for the first time and fell in love with the delicate tone of strings.
In 2002 Noriko recorded her first album "CALOR". She interpreted the songs by A.C.Jobim, Carlos Lyra and so on. And also it contains songs wrote by her in Portuguese. So this work represents well the mixture of Bossa Nova and her own world.
In May,2004, her second album "ANEL DE CAPIM(THE RING OF GRASS)" was published. The title song "Anel de Capim" is very impressive tune. With this work she come to known as a talented songwrighter.
In March,2006, "BITTER SWEET" was published. Different with the current works, she plays the pop songs of America and U.K. She had challenged to sing in English and to interpret these tunes in her way.
bio(japanese)
山本のりこ
兵庫県宝塚市出身。ボーカリスト、ギタリスト、ソングライター。
５才からクラシックピアノを習い音楽の基礎を身につける。神戸大学在学中にアメリカのルーツ音楽などに興味を持ち、シンガーとしてステージ活動を始る。1990年代よりラテン語圏の音楽、特にブラジル音楽へと深くのめり込み、ボサノヴァを歌うようになる。
全国各地のライブやイベントに出演し、ＣＭでもその声とギターを披露している。素朴なソロ・コンサートからバンド編成まで、演奏スタイルにかかわらず一貫した心象世界を表現する。そのストイックでいながら温かい声により、聴くものは一瞬にして奥深い空間へいざなわれる。