Miki Yamanaka, born in 1990, is a Japanese jazz musician. She began playing the
piano at age five and developed an interest in jazz while in school. In 2012,
Yamanaka moved to New York to study music, receiving instruction from notable
figures such as Jason Lindner and Fred Hersch. Her breakthrough came in 2015
when she participated in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead program, leading to
performances at the Kennedy Center. In 2018, Yamanaka released the album Miki,
which featured compositions by Steve Nelson, Orlando le Fleming, and Bill
Stewart. She followed this with Human Dust Suite ...