Yumi Ito

In the organizer's words:

With her voice, Yumi Ito creates worlds far beyond all boundaries. The Swiss-Polish-Japanese musician is regarded as one of the most independent voices in vocal improvisation. She moves effortlessly between jazz, art-pop and neoclassical music - as if Tori Amos and Norah Jones had written music for a Debussy biopic with Ólafur Arnalds. Her worldwide tours have taken Yumi Ito to venues including the Montreux

Jazz Festival (CH), Blue Note Jazz Festival (US) and Euro-Venezuelan Jazz Festival (VE), and many of her concerts are sold out. No wonder: their performances create true sound spaces full of intuition and depth, which unfold their very own energy. No two performances sound the same. She performs live either solo on the piano or with her band, always accompanied by a clear attitude: "I am convinced that everyone can understand the language of improvisation, regardless of origin, gender or reality of life."

In 2026, Yumi Ito returns with her band to present music from her upcoming seventh album, which will be released in the fall. Her new songs combine acoustic warmth with improvisational freedom and emotional clarity. Always in focus: the creation of musical worlds in the spirit of boundlessness.

Line-up: Yumi Ito - Vocals, Piano, Composition / Alessio Cazzetta - Guitar / Nadav Erlich - Double bass / Iago Fernández - Drums