Hiroya Tsukamoto
June 20 @ 8:00 pm
$21 – $26
Focal Point is proud to welcome Hiroya Tsukamoto back to St.Louis! Hiroya is an innovative guitarist and composer who fuses folk, jazz and world music into a complicated web of fingerstyle wonder. Born and raised in Japan, in 2000 he received a scholarship to Berklee College of music and came to the U.S.
Tsukamoto’s instrumental abilities are indeed breathtaking and astounding, but his performances are so much more than that. He has the unique capability of engaging an audience through a personable and genuine approach that transfixes them and almost transcends his capabilities as a guitarist. Audience members will be mesmerized! Tsukamoto plays with effortless skill on the guitar and has a repertoire that will have you traveling to all corners of the globe, not to mention experiencing new sonic delights with his own, colorful compositions.
Tsukamoto headlines concerts throughout the U.S. as well as internationally, including Blue Note in NYC, United Nations and Japanese National Television. Hiroya won 2nd place in the International Finger Style Guitar Championship in 2018.
“Fingerpicking is delicate, fluid, and beautifully det-Acoustic Guitar Magazine
“HiroyaTsukamoto takes us to an impressionistic journey ” -Boston Herald
“…chops, passion and warmth. Zealously recommended!” -Jazz Review.com