Takaseki Ken (Takaseki, April 21, 1955 -) is a Japanese classical music conductor.
He is Principal Conductor of the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Resident Conductor of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Adviser of the Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra.
Takaseki Ken started to study piano and violin early in his childhood. He won the Karajan Competition in Japan in 1977 while he was still a student at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. After graduating from the school the following year, he left Japan to study at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Academy (Karajan Foundation) and worked as an assistant to Herbert von Karajan till 1985.
Takaseki has earned the profound trust of artists. At the Pierre Boulez Kyoto Prize Workshop in 2009, for example, he received high praise from Pierre Boulez and such world-renowned soloists as Mischa Maisky, Itzhak Perlman, and in particular Martha Argerich, for his performances over the course of three concerts including the Japan premiere of a work by Rondion Schedrin.
Higuchi Tatsuya (July 23, 1969) is a Japanese tenor singer. He was born in Nipponmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture. He studied at Musashino Music College and graduated school in Milan, Italy.
He got First Prize in E Caruso International Vocal Competition.
In 1998 he played a European debut at the Hungarian State Opera "La Boheme" Rodolfo, then played a role in the Roverete State Opera (Italy).
In 1999, he performed in Milan Scala by command of Riccardo Muti.
He performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Cuba National Symphony Orchestra, Royal Oman Royal Orchestra and others.
He also appeared in the concert at the Bordeaux Theater (France), Paris - Madeleine Temple, Lombardier Music Festival (Italy), Tel Aviv (Israel).
In 2010, he had "Requiem" (Seiji Sanba) performance at Milan Cathedral, St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican).
In 2014 he held a joint recital in Italy and San Marino Republic.
Miwako Handa graduated from Toho Gakuen College and completed the graduate course of the same college. She won the highest prize and the Sizuko Kawasaki Prize when she completed a course at Nikikai Opera Studio. She also won the First Prize and the Fukunaga Prize at the Fujisawa Opera Competition. Handa made her opera debut performing Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) with Nikikai. She received high praise for roles including Donna Rosita in Il Linguaggio Dei Fiori and Nanetta in Falstaff at the New National Theatre in Tokyo, and Lidoine in Dialogue des Carmélites. She also performed the difficult role of Hanako in Toshio Hosokawa’s opera Hanjo (from the original drama written by Yukio Mishima, English translation by Donald Keene) in the opera’s Japan premiere. Her interpretation was lauded by the composer as the closest to his image of Hanako. Following three successful performances in Tokyo, she was invited to the MITO Festival Italy to perform the same role in Turin and Milan, and was highly praised.
In 2012 Handa also performed in the new production of the opera with Seinen-dan directed by Oriza Hirata, receiving high critical accliam once again. In the same year, she released her first album, Khôra-Niemandslied, which was chosen by music magazines as “most recommended CD.” As a concert soloist she was selected to perform in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony conducted by Gary Bertini. She went on to perform in numerous concerts with renowned conductors inside and outside Japan, including Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand (Bertini/Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony), Mozart’s Mass in C minor (Blomstedt/NHK Symphony), Mozart’s Requiem (Honeck/Yomiuri Nippon Symphony), and again in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night's Dream (Märkl/NHK Symphony). Handa also appeared in Symphony of a Thousand in the regular concert of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra announcing the inauguration of Eliahu Inbal as principal conductor. She again appeared in regular concerts of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony conducted by Inbal in 2009, in performances of Ravel’s Shéhérazade and Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. In 2014, Handa performed in New York with the New York-based orchestra group Perspectives Ensemble on their invitation, receiving high praise.
Handa has carried out multi-faceted activities including music production for the film Nodame Cantabile and for Gekidan Shinkansen theatre company, as well as collaboration in Rakugo and Songs. In 2014, she took part as a vocalist in Return to the Inner Voice, an album by leading Japanese progressive band KENSO, and appeared in the band’s 40th anniversary live show at Club Citta’. (April 2016)
Tatsuhiko Kitagawa is a bass-baritone from Tokyo.
In 1995 he graduated from Komae High School of Tokyo Metropolitan Government, then graduated from the vocal course of the National College of Music in 1999. He completed graduated program of opera course at Kunitachi College of Music in 2002. He studied abroad in Italy(Royal Music Academy of Bologna) as a foreign trainee from the Agency for Cultural Affairs and Rohm Music Foundation. So far, he has studied with Mr. Higashi Hakida, Koichi Tajima, Masato Makino, Teruo Oshima, Teruhiko Komori, Sergio Bertcchi, Paola Molinari and Simone Allemo.
He won the Special Prize for Foreigners at the 13th Giuseppe Di Stefano International Competition, appeared in the role of Don Alfonso on the Trapani Music Festival (Sicily) "Kozi van Tutte" held that year.
Takashi Masuke graduated from the Osaka College of Music.
He attented Ryotaro Takita Memorial Music Festival and got Supreme award in The 6th All Nippon High School Vocal Competition.
He ranked 2nd place in the 10th Japan Classical Music Competition, University Section. He was the preliminary nominator for the 13 th International Bellverre Opera - Operetta Competition.
He got first place in the 25th Iizuka Shinto Music Competition; won the 37th Italian Vocal Concord, Milan Grand Prize.
He appeared in the concert organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs "International Festival Opening International Music Day Concert (co-starring with Sato Shinobu, Bernd Veille, etc.), Brahms" German Requiem "solo baritone.
He studied vocal music with Yamanaka Takeichi, Franz Donner, Kawashita climb, Giovanni Nicolas Pirillucci, Sergio Bertcchi, Martin Katz.
Kuruta Murakami is a tenor singer graduated from Tokyo Music College, Voice Music Performer Major, and studied abroad in Ita as a trainee under the Agency Of Cultural Affairs request.
Performances:
- The 73th Yomiuri Shinken Performance Concert
- The Giuseppe Di Stefano International Competition held in Trapani, Italy with winning the role of Duke of Mantua of Rigoletto.
- The 10th anniversary concert sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs at the New National Theater,.
In recent years, he has performed at the Singapore Lyric Opera and has been well received in the field with Puccini “La Boheme” Rodolfo, Mozart “Magic Flute” Tamino, Richard Strauss “Salome” Naraboat, and Verdi “Sagihime” Alfredo. He is also active as a soloist for Ninth, Mass and Requiem. In March 2015, he held the national anthem solo of Seibu Prince Dome.
Seiji Ozawa (小澤 征爾 , Ozawa Seiji, born September 1, 1935) is a Japanese conductor known for his advocacy of modern composers and for his work with the San Francisco Symphony, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is the recipient of numerous international awards.
In 2001, Ozawa was recognized by the Japanese government as a Person of Cultural Merit. In 2002, he became principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera. He continues to play a key role as a teacher and administrator at the Tanglewood Music Center, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer music home that has programs for young professionals and high school students. On New Year's Day 2002, Ozawa conducted the Vienna New Year's Concert.
In 2005, he founded Tokyo Opera Nomori (fr) and conducted its production of Richard Strauss's Elektra. On February 1, 2006, the Vienna State Opera announced that he had to cancel all his 2006 conducting engagements because of illness, including pneumonia and shingles. He returned to conducting in March 2007 at the Tokyo Opera Nomori. Ozawa stepped down from his post at the Vienna State Opera in 2010, to be succeeded by Franz Welser-Möst.
In October 2008, Ozawa was honored with Japan's Order of Culture, for which an awards ceremony was held at the Imperial Palace. He is a recipient of the 34th Suntory Music Award (2002) and the International Center in New York's Award of Excellence. On 6 December 2015, Ozawa was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors.
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