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Junko Moriya

Junko Moriya is a pianist, composer, arranger, orchestra leader, and educator whose catalog ranges from trio and sextet to big-band suites.

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Career Overview

About Junko Moriya

Moriya’s bilingual official biography traces jazz beginnings in Waseda University’s High Society Orchestra, graduate study at Manhattan School of Music, and a return to Japan in 1993. It distinguishes her piano work from composition, arrangement, orchestra leadership, and teaching.[1]

Her official discography spans octet, orchestra, trio, sextet, and other configurations. The site documents nine leader albums, including six big-band projects, and preserves video playlists for the Junko Moriya Orchestra and smaller groups.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, pianist, composer, and arranger

Junko Moriya Orchestra

Moriya’s regular big band performs her original compositions and extended suites.[1]

Leader, pianist, and composer

Junko Moriya Trio

The trio provides a compact setting distinct from Moriya’s orchestra and midsize ensembles.[1]

Leader, pianist, composer, and arranger

Sextet and octet projects

Her discography preserves separate recordings for sextet and octet writing rather than treating every project as the orchestra.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

1997

My Favorite Colors

Octet leader, pianist, composer, and arranger

The early octet album establishes one of the midsize formats in Moriya’s leader discography.[1]

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2010

Three and Four

Trio leader, pianist, and composer

The trio recording offers a small-group counterpart to Moriya’s large-ensemble catalog.[1]

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2018

Art in Motion

Orchestra leader, pianist, composer, and arranger

The big-band suite draws on painter Hasegawa Tōhaku and extends Moriya’s orchestral writing.[1]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Junko Moriya Channel

Watch official orchestra, trio, sextet, and educational performances selected by Moriya.

Moving Onward video guide

Open the artist-curated playlist for Moriya’s later orchestra project and its individual pieces.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

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Evidence-Based Connections

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official bilingual biography and discography

    Junko Moriya

  2. [2] Official orchestra and small-group video archive

    Junko Moriya