Kyoko Kitamura is a Japanese-American vocal improviser and composer based in New York City. Born in New York City and partially raised in Tokyo, she studied piano at the Juilliard School of Music pre-college division before working as a television reporter for Fuji Television in Paris. After a fifteen-year hiatus, she returned to music in 1997, performing as a sideperson with musicians including Reggie Workman, William Parker, and Steve Coleman. Since 2010, she has collaborated with Anthony Braxton as a vocalist and communications director for his Tri-Centric Foundation. Kitamura released her solo leader album Protean Labyrinth in 2018, featuring Ingrid Laubrock, Ken Filiano, and Dayeon Seok. She also co-led a series of collaborative albums on Relative Pitch Records, including Geometry of Caves (2018) and Geometry of Trees (2022).
