Masako is a Japanese new age acoustic pianist and composer who now resides in the Northeastern USA. Her first album, MASAKO, was released in April, 2012.

This album was produced by Will Ackerman who has also produced, as the founder of Windham Hill Records, such notables as George Winston, Michael Hedges, Liz Story, Philip Aaberg and Shadowfax.

Ackerman commented on Masako's music as "I was astounded to be present as Masako offered many performances so flawless that it required only a single take without edit to realize the pieces; performances of such quality that are so rare as to be nearly mythical. That such perfection and such depth of emotion coexist in her work is the holy grail of recording and production for me." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.