Yumi Ito,
Polish-Japanese-Swiss musician & composer

EN — Yumi Ito is a Swiss-Japanese-Polish vocalist, songwriter, pianist, and arranger based in Basel, Switzerland. Her music is an amalgam of jazz, art-pop and neo-classical, which can be flexibly performed solo or with her band. Yumi Ito plays live extensively and has appeared at renowned festivals and venues across the world (Blue Note Jazz Club New York (US), Montreux Jazz Festival (CH), Jazzmandu Festival (NP) and many more).

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DE — Yumi Ito ist eine Schweizer Sängerin, Songwriterin, Pianistin, und Arrangeurin mit japanisch-polnischen Wurzeln und Sitz in Basel. Ihre eigene Musik stellt ein Amalgam aus Jazz, Art-Pop und Neoklassik dar, flexibel aufführbar Solo oder mit ihrer Band. Yumi Ito performt regelmässig auf der ganzen Welt (u. a. im Blue Note Jazz Club in New York (US), beim Montreux Jazz Festival (CH) und beim Jazzmandu Festival (NP)).

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Selected videos

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 Upcoming Concerts

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Concerts
Yumi Ito @ buchcafe Bad Hersfeld, Bad Hersfeld DE
Yumi Ito @ Kemptener Jazzfrühling, Kempten DE
Yumi Ito @ Kult Bau, St. Gallen CH
Sarah Chaksad Large Ensemble @ Le Murs du Son, La Chaux-de-Fonds CH
Yumi Ito @ BurgJazz in Burg Vischering, Lüdinghausen DE
Yumi Ito @ Bergson, München DE
Yumi Ito (Mixed Generations with Heartholder) @ One World, Reinstorf DE
Yumi Ito (Mixed Generations with Heartholder) @ Jazz Hall, Hamburg DE
Sarah Chaksad Large Ensemble @ Jazzfest Bonn DE
Yumi Ito @ Le Caveau, Saint-Louis FR
Yumi Ito @ 44th International Music Festival Waidhofen an der Thaya, Waidhofen/Thaya AT
Yumi Ito (solo) @ tba, CH
Yumi Ito @ Jazzclub, Singen DE
Yumi Ito @ Jazz Cave Festival, Judetul Valcea RO
Yumi Ito @ Jazz in Witikon, Zürich CH
Yumi Ito @ F12 Festival, La Chaux-de-Fonds CH
Yumi Ito (solo) @ 47th edition of Rhino Jazz(s) Festival, Andrézieux-Bouthéon FR
Yumi Ito @ Auditório de Espinho - Academia, Espinho PT
Yumi Ito @ The Pop Up Jazz Club, Maastricht NL
Yumi Ito @ La Briqueterie, Schiltigheim FR
Yumi Ito @ Streaming Hall Handmade Music, Chur CH
Yumi Ito (solo) @ Kammgarn, Schaffhausen CH
Yumi Ito @ Jazzclub Uster CH
 

Recent Instagram Posts

Thank you, @jazzdock.cz and JAZZ ON5 Festival, for the full house! The last two days were so inspiring, premiering some of my new songs 🙃💕🎊 Huge thanks to @kanoabass (sister of another mother🙃?) for joining us for the first time with your amazing
YUMI ITO at @jazzdock.cz FESTIVAL JAZZ ON5 on the 7th of November! Get your tickets 🎟️ With @alessiocazzettamusic 🎸 @kanoabass 🎻@iagofernandezmusic 🥁 🎥 @moodszurich @jazzonzeplus festival @santori_management @anwenafrica 🙏🏻🤍 📷 @nimenionma
Tonight 8 PM: YUMI ITO & SZYMON MIKA Duo in @welthausbielefeld @kulturamt_bielefeld 🎶💫 Looking forward!! 🎸 🎤 Heute Abend 20 Uhr: YUMI ITO & SZYMON MIKA Duo im @welthausbielefeld @kulturamt_bielefeld 🎶💫 Wir freuen uns!! 🎸🎤 📸 @przeme
🚂 Happy green touring 🌿 with my band in Germany! Thank you @jazztage_dresden for the amazing energy last night—two encores! 🤗😘 The whiskey factory visit and tasting after the concert was so much fun haha 🥃😍 Tonight we continue our tour at
💙 Looking very much forward to tonight @jazztage_dresden and tomorrow @muehlenforum_glattbach Glattbacher Jazztage with my band💙 Have you already bought your tickets? @tabea__kind 🎻 @iagofernandezmusic 🥁 Thank you @jazztage_dresden @santori_man
What an unforgettable weekend! 🌟🙌🏼 We felt so much love from all of you at our concerts, and my heart is absolutely full! 💜🥹 I’m beyond grateful to share my music with you and to share those special moments after the shows. Hearing how you
🌟💜YUMI ITO EUROPE Autumn/winter tourdates⭐️💜 11.10. @porgyandbessvienna Wien AT 12.10. @kresslesmuehle Augsburg DE 23.10. @jazztage_dresden festival Dresden DE 24.10. glattbacher jazztage @muehlenforum_glattbach DE 25.10. @welthausbielefeld Bie
Looking forward to perform in @porgyandbessvienna in Austria tonight and tomorrow @kresslesmuehle in Augsburg Germany! 🎶✨ 11.10. @porgyandbessvienna AT 12.10. @kresslesmuehle augsburg DE 23.10. @jazztage_dresden festival DE 24.10. glattbacher jaz
This friday 8.30 PM: YUMI ITO will perform in the @porgyandbessvienna in VIENNA with @nadavadan_ (double bass) & @iagofernandezmusic (drums)🔥🔥🔥 Get your tickets! 😘😘😘 🎥 some impressions from this tour so far 🌍🚀🙏🏻 thanks for all you

Swiss singer Yumi Ito is one of the European singing discoveries of recent years.

– SWR, Ssirus W. Pakzad