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About Yuko Sonoda

Yuko Sonoda is a Japanese composer and music producer based in Yokohama, Japan.

Born in Yokohama to a father who was a craftsman of traditional Japanese musical instruments, she grew up surrounded by Japanese traditional music, including folk music. She began playing the piano at the age of five, wadaiko (Japanese drums) at six, and shamisen at ten.

At the age of 19, she began teaching herself composition while also researching folk music from around the world.

In 1995, she began writing reviews and commentary on newly released jazz and hip-hop music for DMR (Dance Music Record Shibuya). During this period, she became deeply fascinated by house, African music, samba, and a wide range of dance music from around the world. She was also actively involved in organizing events within the dance music scene, which led her to explore the relationship between music and movement.

She later began her creative work with Abstract Note while composing advertising music for major companies, providing music for artists, and working as a music producer.

In 2009, Abstract Note’s Another Ground was released worldwide.

Her subsequent works include:

2010 — Music for the film Scope
2011 — Soundtrack for the film Mebae
2012 — Main Theme for the short film SACRIFICE
2013 — Stage Music for Fumakai by Japanese performing arts company enra
2015 — Music for the U.S. documentary film UNITY, the follow-up to EARTHLINGS
2016 — Music and 5.1 Surround Sound for contemporary artist Noritaka Tatehana’s The Aesthetics of Magic exhibition at the Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum, Tokyo
2017 — Stage Music for contemporary artist Noritaka Tatehana’s ReThink exhibition at Omotesando Hills

In recent years, Sonoda has developed close collaborations with Japanese traditional musicians, creating music with them for recordings and live performances.

She is also the owner of Sankindo, a traditional Japanese musical instrument store in Yokohama, where she oversees its creative direction and production, as well as running schools dedicated to traditional Japanese instruments.

In 2022, she opened STUDIO SAN, an event space in Yokohama, where she produces and curates events centered on Japanese culture, art, and music.

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