Spring Festival in Tokyo 2019

Mika Kaneko (mezzo soprano)

The Japanese mezzo-soprano Mika Kaneko studied at Tokyo Colledge of Music, Mozarteum Salzburg and Opera Institute, where she awarded the second prize. After her winning of several singing competitions, she made her operatic debut as Grimgerde (Die Walküre) under the baton of Taijiro Iimori at Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre in 2008. Since then she has appeared on the stage of the subscription concert of New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Der Rosenkavalier (conducted by Christian Arming), Nikikai New Wave Opera Theatre Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria as Penelope.
In 2010 she sang the highly acclaimed role of Emilia (Otello) under the lead of Roberto Rizzi Brignoli at Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre, Baba (The Medium) and Miss Todd (The Old Maid and the Thief) at Yokosuka Arts Theatre.
In recent years she has focused on the works of Wagner: Grimgerde (Die Walküre) at New National Theatre Tokyo, Frosshilde (Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung), Schwertleite (Die Walküre), Erste Norn (Götterdämmerung) at Tokyo Opera Nomori. Kaneko has repeatedly shown her worth at New National Theatre Tokyo, where was guest with a number of operas including Das Rheingold, Die Walküre and Carmen. In the 2017/18 season, she sang third lady (Die Zauberflöte) and third wood sprite (Rusalka) at Nissay Theatre. Since then she has been guest with a number of companies including New National Theatre Tokyo, Tokyo Opera Nomori, Nissay Theatre.

Furthermore, Kaneko is also much in demand in many concerts for example Beehtoven’s ninth symphony, Verdi’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, and Messiah by Händel and closely working with many stellar conductors including Seiji Ozawa, Marek Janowski, Pascal Verrot. In addition, she has collaborated with Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien.
In next season she make her role debut as Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde) and Erda (Siegfried). She is a member of the Nikikai.

Schedule & Ticket

Place information

• Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art
  東京都美術館

  Address

  日本、〒110-0007 東京都台東区上野公園８−３６  Map

• Tokyo Bunka Kaikan
  東京文化会館

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  日本、〒110-8716 東京都台東区上野公園５−４５  Map

• Tokyo Kinema Club
  東京キネマ倶楽部

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  日本、〒110-0003 東京都台東区根岸１丁目１−１４  Map

• Ishibashi Memorial Hall
  石橋メモリアルホール

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  日本、〒110-0015 東京都台東区東上野４丁目２４−１２  Map

• Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan
  東京国立博物館平成館

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  日本、〒110-0007 東京都台東区上野公園１３−９ 東京国立博物館内  Map

• Rising Square ground floor Earth Garden
  ライジング・スクエア1階 アース・ガーデン

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    Map

• Ueno Royal Museum
  上野の森美術館

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  日本、〒110-0007 東京都台東区上野公園１−２  Map

• National Museum of Western Art
  国立西洋美術館

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  日本、〒110-0007 東京都台東区上野公園７−７  Map

• National Science Museum
  国立科学博物館

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  日本、〒110-8718 東京都台東区上野公園７−２０  Map

• Old Tokyo Music School Gakudo
  旧東京音楽学校奏楽堂

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  日本、〒110-0007 東京都台東区上野公園８−４３  Map

• Tokyo University of the Arts
  奏楽堂

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  日本、〒110-8714 東京都台東区上野公園１２−８  Map

  Tokyo University of the Arts (東京藝術大学 , Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku) or Geidai (芸大 ) is an art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju, Adachi, Tokyo. The university owns two halls of residence: one (for both Japanese and international students) in Adachi, Tokyo, and the other (for mainly international students) in Matsudo, Chiba.

  The university was formed in 1949 by the merger of the Tokyo Fine Arts School (東京美術学校 , Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō) and the Tokyo Music School (東京音楽学校 , Tōkyō Ongaku Gakkō) , both founded in 1887. Originally male-only, the schools began to admit women in 1946. The graduate school opened in 1963, and began offering doctoral degrees in 1977. After the National University Corporations were formed on April 1, 2004, the school became known as the Kokuritsu Daigaku Hōjin Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku ((国立大学法人東京藝術大学 ) . On April 1, 2008, the university changed its English name from "Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music" to "Tokyo University of the Arts."

  The school has had student exchanges with a number of other art and music institutions such as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA), the Royal Academy of Music (UK), the University of Sydney and Queensland College of Art, Griffith University (Australia), the Korea National University of Arts, and the China Central Academy of Fine Arts.

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