Sumi Tonooka

About

Pianist and composer Sumi Tonooka is an artist in the field of jazz and music making for over forty years, performing in venues nationally and internationally. With twelve recordings to her name and a vast catalogue of compositions in genres symphonic, chamber, dance and film, Tonooka continues to be a creative force. Most recently Tonooka is a 2020 winner of the Emerging Black Composers Project, with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, a 2020 Doris Duke Awardee for In The Green Room, with vocalist and composer Jen Shyu and a 2019 winner of Chamber Music America’s new Jazz Works.