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Japanese composer and pianist, TEMPEI Nakamura’s music is attracting fans and creating a marverick style in the piano field. With beautiful melodies and futuristic rhythms, he has both powerful and nostlgic pieces. His music enhances the beauty of th epiano with his brilliant technique. His music is influenced by classical music, jazz, progressive rock and not tied to any specific genre.
Tempei has never taken the common route as a pianist during his career. He was born in 1980 and grew up in Kobe, Japan, started playing music from the age of five, but completely stopped in his early teens. About that time he was rebelling against the school system, brawled often and stayed out of social rules.
After dropping out of high school in half a year, he spent his days working in physical labor like a domolition job. When he was seventeen, he felt an urge to change his life, and realized that the only thing he had ardor for was music. He first studied in a music academy, and then got into the Osaka University of Arts – Piano Major, and graduated with top honors in 2004.
In June 2008, he released his first piano solo album “TEMPEISM”, and in November 2009, the second album “Tsubasa” through EMI Music Japan. At the same time, his biographical essay book was published from the Popular Publishing. The originality of his compositions and his tough appearance grabbed the media’s attention, and was covered major TV and radio shows in Japan. Now, he is performing recitals in many cities, and keep composing music with travelling all over the world.
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