Kumiko Uyeda

Kumiko Uyeda received her Ph.D. in Cultural Musicology from University of California, Santa Cruz. She earned her Masters in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where she was an active participant in contemporary music. She has worked as a cross-disciplinary musician in fields including Western art music, jazz, poetry and indigenous musics. Since resuming her academic career, Kumiko has pursued research on Japanese film music as well as the music of the Ainu.