ARTIST: Miho Wada
Miho Wada was born in Tokyo, and grew up by the sea in Miyazaki, Japan and later in Christchurch, New Zealand. She started her musical training at the age of four on piano at the Yamaha School of Music, studied flute at the University of Canterbury and later at the Trinity College of Music, London.
Miho's talent was spotted by Nigel Kennedy at the Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club and she later performed jazz trio concerts with him in London and Malven. After that she started writing her original materials as well as playing Jazz, Latin, Salsa, Rock, Pop, Funk, Ska and other World Music. She worked as a session/sectional musician in London and toured around Europe with many different bands.
Miho discovered her passion for Cuban music in 2008 and she flew to Havana with her flute and suitcase. She trained under members of the Sierra Maestra and the Buena Vista Social Club in Havana, then flew to Santiago de Cuba and trained under Sones de Oriente and Kotumba members for two months.
Miho appeared on TV adverts with Iggy Pop in 2009 -2010 performing "The Passenger" with him where she played the flute and the piano...
