Nao Nakazawa has been playing violin since his youth. He plays music with Oakland, California's klezmer band Hernandez Hideaway. Also he plays with SAKi & the factor from Nagano, Japan. He has performed with avant-garde music group such TENGAKU and Tim Phillip's hand made instrument group CMT: Creates Music.

Nao's latest music project is Alien on Vacation: Whatnao (Nao Nakazawa) on violin and Hj Mooij on bass and Moog synth. Alien on Vacation plays an experimental improvised music and they have performed both in California and Japan.

Alien on Vacation

Hernandez Hideaway

THE FACTORS (formerly SAKi & the factor)
Performing in Nagano, Japan 2018

Solo Improvised Music