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Mao Sone is a rare multi-instrumentalist known as the “two-way jazz player,” equally accomplished on trumpet and piano. As a performer, composer/arranger, and producer, he is internationally active across diverse genres.
In 2010, he received a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music, completing Berklee’s inaugural master’s program summa cum laude in 2016. Mentored by leading artists including Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Joe Lovano, he also performed at major festivals.
Sone won the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition in 2014 and was a semifinalist at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition.
In 2018, he made his major-label debut with Infinite Creature, a self-produced double album on Pony Canyon. Based in Tokyo, he continues to perform worldwide. He starred in the 2020 film Trumpet (dir. Kevin Heflin), also serving as music director of its award-winning soundtrack.
In 2022, he released Brightness of the Lives, earning the cover of Jazz Japan. His first solo album, Plays Standards, followed in 2023, alongside a China tour. In 2025, he performed at the opening ceremony of Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai.
As a composer and arranger, he contributed to Danilo Pérez’s Jazz 100, Wayne Shorter’s opera Iphigenia, and Nat King Cole Christmas, directed by Terri Lyne Carrington. In 2024, he composed, arranged, and performed piano music for the Netflix series Beyond Goodbye (さよならのつづき), also serving as piano supervisor.
In 2010, he received a full scholarship to Berklee College of Music, completing Berklee’s inaugural master’s program summa cum laude in 2016. Mentored by leading artists including Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Joe Lovano, he also performed at major festivals.
Sone won the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition in 2014 and was a semifinalist at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition.
In 2018, he made his major-label debut with Infinite Creature, a self-produced double album on Pony Canyon. Based in Tokyo, he continues to perform worldwide. He starred in the 2020 film Trumpet (dir. Kevin Heflin), also serving as music director of its award-winning soundtrack.
In 2022, he released Brightness of the Lives, earning the cover of Jazz Japan. His first solo album, Plays Standards, followed in 2023, alongside a China tour. In 2025, he performed at the opening ceremony of Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai.
As a composer and arranger, he contributed to Danilo Pérez’s Jazz 100, Wayne Shorter’s opera Iphigenia, and Nat King Cole Christmas, directed by Terri Lyne Carrington. In 2024, he composed, arranged, and performed piano music for the Netflix series Beyond Goodbye (さよならのつづき), also serving as piano supervisor.
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