Pianist Keiko Matsui has been a favorite performer at Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest for many years.

The Tokyo native blends classical and Eastern sounds with jazz in her heartfelt performances. She returns to collaborate once again with the Reading Pops Orchestra.

Matsui studied classical piano starting at age 5 but developed an interest in jazz by junior high school, when she began composing her own music. She also studied at the Yamaha Music Foundation. She started the band Cosmos, recording four albums with them, and then recorded her first solo album, “A Drop of Water” in 1987.