56th KEK Concert

Vocal Ensemble Concert
from Japanese Traditional to Opera Arias

July 25th, 2016 (Mon.) 18:00 (Doors open at 17:30)

Kobayashi Hall, Main Research Build. (Kenkyu Honkan), KEK

Admission fees and registrations are not required.





♪ Programme ♪

<Japanese>
T. Narita: Hamabe no uta ("Song of the Beach")
T. Takemitsu: Chiisana sora ("Small Sky")
A. Mitake: Kawa no nagare no yoni ("Like the Flow of the River")

<Classical>
R. Schumann: Widmung
J. Turina: "Cantares" from Poema en forma de canciones

<Opera Arias>
W.A. Mozart: "Hai gia vinta la causa" from Le nozze di Figaro
G. Verdi: "La donna e mobile," "Bella Figlia Dell'Amore" from Rigoletto

and others...



Miki Nakayama – Soprano

Miki Nakayama was born in Kanagawa. She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts.
She has won 3rd prize at the 66th Student Music concours of Japan in 2012 and also awarded several prizes. She has appeared as a soloist to perform Haendel's Messiah, J.S. Bach's Missa in B minor, Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's ninth symphony, Orff's Carmina Burana and many other famous classical works. She held her first recital in 2015, sponsored by Idea Music Academy.
She currently studies at master's course at Tokyo University of the Arts with Tomoko Imazeki and Yoko Ohshima.

Megumi Matsuura – Mezzo Soprano

Megumi Matsuura was born in Yamagata. She graduated from Yamagata University. She currently studies at master's course at Tokyo University of the Arts. She has been under Emiko Fujino, Yuichi Fujino, Chieko Teratani and Kazuko Nagai.
She has won 1st prize at the 4th Tokyo International Vocal Music Competition. She has appeared as a soloist to perform Beethoven's ninth symphony, Bach's Magnificat, Mozart's Sparrow's Mass and so on. She has also appeared in opera as Dorabella of Cosi fan tutte and Orfeo of Orfeo ed Euridice. After passing audition, she attended Mariella Devia's masterclass.

Taiki Miyashita – Tenor

Taiki Miyashita was born in Kanagawa. He graduated from bachelor's and master's course of Tokyo University of the Arts and studied with Katsunori Kono.
He has won 1st prize at the 26th Yu-ai Deutche Lied Competition and awarded MEXT ministry prize and Schubert prize. He has appeared as a soloist to perform Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's ninth symphony, Verdi's Requiem and so on.

Kaito Aoki – Baritone

Kaito Aoki was born in Tokyo. He started the vocal music when he was a high school student. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts.
He has won 4th prize at the 22nd Japan Classical Music Competition and 3rd prize (Tokyo district) and selected (national) at 68th Student Music concours of Japan. He made opera debut as "Il Conte di Almaviva" of "Le nozze di Figaro" in 2015.
He has appeared as a soloist to perform Bach's St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, Missa in B minor and so on.
He has been under Yutaka Tamaki, Masato Inoue, Robert Honeysucker, Naoko Ihara, Futoru Katsube, Yukari Nonoshita.

Yoshiki Tanimoto – Piano

Yoshiki Tanimoto was born in Wakayama. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts. When he was a student there, he started to work as a conductor and a pianist, and has learned opera conducting from many famous conductors at theatres.
He currently works as an accompanying pianist at recitals and competitions, as a conductor of opera and choir and also as an ensemble singer.
He has been taught vocal music by Naosumi Kamata, Naoki Katagiri, Hiroyuki Yoshida; Baroque music by Naoya Otsuka, Yukari Nonoshita; piano by Izumi Harada, Yoshimi Kasamatsu, Yukari Takinami, Mitsutaka Shiraishi; Cembalo by Asami Hirosawa.







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