Headliner Hiromi's Sonicwonder part of 2026 Edmonton International Jazz Festival

Schedule

Fri Jun 26 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Myer Horowitz Theater | Edmonton, AB

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Since Hiromi’s debut album Another Mind (2003), the world-renowned pianist’s sound has evolved with every release, erasing the lines between jazz and classical, composition and improvisation. Now she changes tack again with her heaviest, funkiest album yet: Sonicwonderland.
Edmonton International Jazz Festival will be proudly presenting Hiromi's Sonicwonder to Edmonton in 2026 in our long-awaited return to the newly renovated Horowitz Theatre on the UAlberta campus. One night only. Limited tickets are on sale now.
"When I use this word, ‘sonic,’ that's like my electric side. I’m playing a lot more keyboards compared to my other bands", says Hiromi. “Sonicwonderland” celebrates sounds made with her Nord Lead A1 analog modeling synthesizer and Nord Electro 5D. “When I write on this keyboard, I always end up writing something totally different from when I write on the piano.”
Born in Hamamatsu, Japan, Hiromi began studying piano when she was six years old. When she was 17, Chick Corea invited her to play with him at a Tokyo concert. She attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where she was mentored by jazz legend Ahmad Jamal. A prolific artist, Sonicwonderland is Hiromi’s twelfth studio full-length and second album of 2023; earlier this year she recorded the soundtrack to Blue Giant, an animated feature film based on the popular manga.
Hiromi is a perennial favorite on DownBeat’s Annual Critics and Readers Poll, and has performed at the world’s finest jazz festivals, including Montreux, Umbria, North Sea, Newport, and Monterey. Her work has been celebrated by media including the New York Times, NPR and NPR Music, and the Washington Post, and she was a featured performer at the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony in 2021.
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Myer Horowitz Theater, 9000 114 St NW, Edmonton, AB T6G, Canada

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