Drummer

Jazz pianist Hiromi has electrified audiences with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses the boundaries of jazz, classical and pop, taking improvisation and composition to new heights of complexity and sophistication. Her new groove-heavy project called Sonicwonder features a young and electrified 4-piece band including Adam O’Farrill on trumpet, Hadrien Feraud on bass, and Gene Coye on drums.

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Hiromi’s Sonicwonder

Irvine Barclay Theatre

“One of jazz piano’s most brazenly virtuosic players.” —The New York Times

Since Hiromi’s debut album Another Mind (2003), the world-renowned pianist’s sound has evolved with every release, erasing the lines between jazz and classical, composition and improvisation. Now she changes tack again with her heaviest, funkiest album yet: Sonicwonderland.

Meridian Arts Centre

“One of jazz piano’s most brazenly virtuosic players” (The New York Times), Grammy Award-winning pianist Hiromi returns to Celebrity Series following her explosive solo debut, with her latest project, Sonicwonder. Celebrating her 2023 album Sonicwonderland, this tour reunites the powerhouse ensemble of French bassist Hadrien Feraud, drummer Gene Coye, and trumpeter Adam O’Farrill. Together, they create an all-electric wonderland of thrilling improvisation, funky arrangements, and exuberant music-making. 

Hiromi’s Sonicwonder 

Berklee College of Music

Ever since the 2003 release of her debut, Another Mind, Hiromi has electrified audiences with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses the boundaries of jazz, classical and pop, taking improvisation and composition to new heights of complexity and sophistication. Her new project “Sonicwonder” is an electrified 4-piece band with heavy groove, featuring Adam O’Farrill on trumpet, Hadrien Feraud on bass, and Gene Coye on drums.

Hiromi's Sonicwonder

The Paramount Theatre

No jazz pianist alive is possessed of more explosive virtuosity or thrilling unpredictability than Hiromi – a GRAMMY-winning artist the All Music Guide calls “one of the most remarkable pianists of the past half century.” Her second SFJAZZ residency with her Sonicwonder quartet features the masterful trumpeter Adam O’Farrill, French-born bass phenom Hadrien Feraud, and monster drummer Gene Coye, celebrating the release of her new Concord album, the follow-up to her 2023 debut with this project.  

SFJAZZ Center

No jazz pianist alive is possessed of more explosive virtuosity or thrilling unpredictability than Hiromi – a GRAMMY-winning artist the All Music Guide calls “one of the most remarkable pianists of the past half century.” This season, she brings the Bay Area premiere of her groove heavy new Sonicwonder quartet of young giants featuring the masterful trumpeter Adam O’Farrill, French-born bass phenom Hadrien Feraud, and monster drummer Gene Coye, celebrating the release of her new album.

Ever since the 2003 release of her debut, Another Mind, Hiromi has electrified audiences with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses the boundaries of jazz, classical and pop, taking improvisation and composition to new heights of complexity and sophistication. Her new project “Sonicwonder” is an electrified 4-piece band with heavy groove, featuring Adam O'Farrill on trumpet, Hadrien Feraud on bass, and Gene Coye on drums.

Drummer

Gene Coye

Events

Past events

Apr 24, 2025

Hiromi’s Sonicwonder · Irvine Barclay Theatre

Apr 5, 2025

Hiromi’s Sonicwonder · Meridian Arts Centre

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