Japanese

KEK Concert Series V

6:00 PM, April 23, 2004 (Friday)

Lecture Hall, Kenkyu-Honkan, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization

Yoshiko Tajima Soprano Recital 

Blossomy Spring

Featuring fantastic soprano Ms. Yoshiko Tajima and pianist Ms. Chiaki Nakayama, we present you a beautiful evening with songs of sping flowers, mostly well known Japanese melodies and Itallian arias from Puccini and Verdi operas.

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[soprano]  Yoshiko Tajima

Ms. Yoshiko Tajima has won many prizes and sang major roles in many opera performances (Violetta in La Traviata, Michaela in Carmen, Nedda in Pagliacci, Butterfly in Madama Butterfly, Mimi in La Boheme etc.). She also sang in premier performance of mono-opera Ningyo-no-Sora. Several composers have dedicated their music to her to be performed by her. She lives in Osaka.




[pianist]  Chiaki Nakayama

Ms. Chiaki Nakayama was the pianist for Osaka University of Music Opera House and has been very active as the accompanist in many recitals of all kinds. She is a lecturer at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.