Ukulele Virtuoso | RIO | TEDxTohokuUniversity | RIO Saito | TEDxTohokuUniversity

17-years-old ukulele prodigy, RIO has performed at music festivals throughout Asia, in notable U.S.A. venues as far away as New York City and Honolulu and well known in the TEDx community. He captured a 1st place at Amateur Night at Apollo Theater in New York City, also received the Award of Excellence at the Diner's Club Social Jazz Session in 2013-14. His first album “I~around ~” got nominated for the 39th Na Hoku Hanohano Award known as Grammy Awards in Hawaii and also an official KAMAKA Artist.
TEDxコミュニティで有名なRIOはアジアの音楽祭やニューヨーク市、ホノルルといったアメリカの会場でも演奏してきた17歳のウクレレの天才である。彼はニューヨークのアポロシアターで開催されたアマチュアナイトで第1位を獲得し、2013〜14年にはダイナーズクラブソーシャルジャズセッションで優秀賞を受賞した。RIOの最初のアルバム「I〜around〜」はハワイでグラミー賞と呼ばれる第39回ナ・ホクハノハノ賞にノミネートされた。 17-years-old ukulele prodigy, RIO has performed at music festivals throughout Asia, in notable U.S.A. venues as far away as New York City and Honolulu and well known in the TEDx community. He captured a 1st place at Amateur Night at Apollo Theater in New York City, also received the Award of Excellence at the Diner's Club Social Jazz Session in 2013-14. His first album “I~around ~” got nominated for the 39th Na Hoku Hanohano Award known as Grammy Awards in Hawaii and also an official KAMAKA Artist. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx