Hiroya Tsukamoto is a Japanese-born finger-style guitarist who moved to the United States in 2000 to attend the Berklee College of Music. Needless to say, he’s not only a dizzyingly agile fingerpicker, but a soulful and transcendent performer, with compositions that combine instrumental guitar work with lyrical performance and spoken stories from his life. 

Tsukamoto has been recognized for his talents on stages such as at Blue Note in New York City, Japanese National Television and United Nations, and by scoring second place two times at the International Finger-style Guitar Championship in 2018 and 2022.

Quotes:

“The Fingerpicking is delicate, fluid, and beautifully detailed" -Acoustic Guitar magazine

“Hiroya Tsukamoto takes us to an impressionistic journey " -Boston Herald

"...chops, passion and warmth. Zealously recommended!"   -Jazz Review.com