Japanese-Canadian 2 x Grammy®Award nominated and Juno Award winning flutist Ron Korb has travelled around the world collecting bamboo and various indigenous world flutes. In March 2026 he received a Juno for “Classical Album of the Year (small ensemble)” for Kimiko's Pearl and in February  he attended the Grammys where he was in 2 nominated albums. He is also a 2025 Grammy Nominee in Best Global Music Performance for the song “Kashira” by Masa Takumi and Best New Age Album for “Break of Dawn” by Ricky Kej. He has developed a distinctive musical persona, fluidly blending Pan-Asian, Jazz, Celtic and Latin influences acquired through a lifetime of global exploration. He has earned 9 Grammy certificates with 4 of them for winning albums including for his work on Stewart Copeland (The Police) and Ricky Kej’s Grammy-winning album Divine Tides and Masa Takumi’s Grammy winning album for Best Global Music Album.