Yuma Sung is a talented 16 year old jazz pianist. He performed with Dave Brubeck and David Benoit in the Three Generations Concert at Villa Montalvo on August 22, 2003. He also performed in various other venues including performances at the San Jose Jazz Festival in since 2002. In 2002, his composition "Looking Up" won Downbeat Magazine's "best original song" in the junior high division of their twenty-fifth annual Student Music Award program.

His CD, "Looking Up", went on sale in May of 2003.

His Newer CD, "Yuma Style", went on sale in July 20, 2005 in Japan.

What's New?

Yuma was selected as the pianist of the Grammy Trio in February of 2006 !!!

He played with many famous Jazz artists in Los Angeles for 10 days. Pictures are displayed on the 'Photo" section !!!

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Yuma's New CD from Columbia Music Entertainment, "Yuma Style", is released in Japan on July 20, 2005 !!

He is currently on tour in Japan until the end of this summer.

Once again, Yuma won two awards from Downbeat Magazine this year: Outstanding Performances in piano, and Best Jazz Arrangement of "Somewhere in Time"in their 27th Annual Downbeat Student Music Awards program.

He just returned from Japan for performing at the Yamaha Hall in Yokohama City, and also at a Jazz Club in Tokyo called TUC, which is one of the only three Jazz Clubs in Japan certified by Downbeat Magazine. Kiyoshi Koyama, a well known Jazz critique in Japan, was the MC for his concert. He received an outstanding review of his preformance.

Yuma Sung is the winner of an individual award (Outstanding Performer Piano) in the High School Category at the 2004 Reno Jazz Festival at the University of Nevada, Reno, Yuma was also in the band which placed first in the D category for high schools (based on high school size, at the festival.