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2020 sees the release of Masumi Ormandy's third studio album, "CLOSER TO YOU: A tribute to the Carpenters". Comprised of 11 classics from the Golden pair, this album takes Ormandy in a new direction and diversifies her musical range.
The album sees new collaborations with musicians like Otmar Binder, Alexander Lackner, Michael Strasser, Andy Steirer, Oliver Gattringer, Lorenz Raab, Wolfgang Tockner and Geri Schuller, as well as long-time collaborator and friend, Nobuyuki Yanagisawa, backed by Shinpei Inoue, Michiru Maki and Miwa Sugai.
International vocalist Masumi Ormandy has devoted much of her life to English language education in Japan, co-founding Pacific Language School in Tokyo in 1972. Her serious rededication to music, her first love, commenced over ten years ago, both for personal enjoyment and with the aim of demonstrating the use of songs to help bridge the language barrier between Japan and the outer world.