Hiromi's Sonicwonder

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 Sonicwonderland 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.…