ABOUT
Remi Inari
Remi Inari is a composer and music educator from Japan, currently based in Rhode Island, USA. She is the founder and bandleader of the Remi Inari Jazz Orchestra, which toured throughout Japan in 2016 performing her original compositions.
She studied jazz trumpet at Senzoku College of Music and composition at Codarts University for the Arts in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where she graduated in 2018 and received a grant. In 2019, she moved to the United States, where she has worked with different musicians and artists on various crossover art projects.
One of her works was premiered in the summer of 2023 in Risør, Norway, by Grammy-nominated bassoonist Martin Kuuskmann and Oslo Philharmonic principal flutist Tom Ottar Andreassen. Her solo trumpet piece Did You See the Dragon? was selected and performed at the New Works Recital of the 2024 International Trumpet Guild Conference in Anaheim, California.
Her debut album, if you believe in the shadow…, featuring seven solo pieces, was released in August 2024 and is available on all digital platforms.
Remi Inari Jazz Orchestra
Remi inari Jazz Orchestra was founded in 2012. The orchestra consists of professional musicians who have very active careers in Japan. “Hosni no tabi” is their first recording and Inari’s first notable composition. In 2013, they had their first concert in Tokyo and the performance was an immense success, which led to the second concert in 2015 at Shinjuku Pit-Inn, which is one of the most historically significant Jazz venues in Tokyo. In summer of 2016, they had a Japan Tour. The tour brought original contemporary jazz orchestra compositions to new audiences and also included workshops for children and amateurs.