Tokyo Music Competition
TERADA Koji
Baritone
Born in: Chiba Prefecture, Japan
2nd place, Voice Section, The 6th Tokyo Music Competition 2008
Musical Study Experiences
1997 Began learning vocal music at 2nd year of Middle School
2002 Graduated from Tokyo College of Music High School
2006 Completed Vocal Music Performers Course in the Bachelor of Music program at Tokyo College of Music
2008 Entered the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
2011 Graduated from the Graduate Studies Opera Course at Guildhall School of Music and Drama
2012 Became research student at an Amsterdam opera studio
Teachers
Studied under Onbe Kazuko, Mizuno Kenji, Horiuchi Yasuo, Tajima Hiroyoshi, Pierre Vallet and Rudolf Piernay
Musical Careers
| 2003 | 1st Place, University and Standard Categories, National, the 57th Student Music concours of Japan |
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| 2004 | Selected in Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project V "La Bohème" as understudy of Schaunard, and sang in its Tochigi Special Concert 3rd Place, Voice Section, the 2nd Tokyo Music Competition |
| 2005 | Performed in Kyoto International Music Student Festival 2005 Performed in Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre & the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto co-hosting event Opera for Youth "Le nozze di Figaro (excerpt)" as title role Performed in Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project VI "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" as Fiorello in Beijing, Shanghai, Kyoto, Nagoya, Hamamatsu, Shimane, and Tokyo as main cast |
| 2006 | Performed in Saint Petersburg New Star Gala Concert as a guest hosted by the Musashino Cultural Foundation 2nd Place, the 4th Nagakute Opera Vocal Competition 1st Place, the 11th Concert Marronnier 21 |
| 2007 | Performed in the Japan and Russia New Stars of Song (Saint Petersburg, Russia) Selected in Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project VIII "Carmen" as Le Dancaïre's cover cast, and sang in its Kamakura Special Concert Performed in "Ai no Izumi" charity concert with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra at Suntory Hall Performed in Tokyo College of Music 100 Year Anniversary Project Opera "Le nozze di Figaro" as Figaro at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Performed in the Tochigi Symphony Orchestra Special Concert at the Tochigi-ken Sogo Bunka Center |
| 2008 | 2nd Place, Voice Section, the 6th Tokyo Music Competition Julia Lezhneva & Terada Koji Duo Recital Performed in opera "Il Segreto di Susanna" (concert style) with the New Japan Philharmonic Performed in a concert "Meikyoku no Yube (Evening of Masterpieces)" in Kagoshima, Japan Performed in Karl Orrf’s "Carmina Burana" as soloist in Devon County, the United Kingdom |
| 2009 | Held first recital at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall and Tochigi Prefecture Nasunogahara Harmony Hall Performed Karl Orrf’s "Carmina Burana" as a soloist at the Barbican Hall, the United Kingdom Solo recital in Kyoto, Okayama and Nagoya 3rd Place Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Vocalists |
| 2010 | Performed in concert at the Nasunogahara Harmony Hall Performed in the following in the United Kingdom: Massenet’s opera "Chérubin" as Le Baron Benjamin Britten’s "Albert Herring" as the Chaplain Held a recital The British Youth Opera "La Bohème" as Marcello Fauré’s Requiem as a soloist |
| 2011 | The Clonter Opera Prize 2011 and Audience Award |
| 2013 | Selected as a cover cast in opera "Don Paspuale" as Dr Malatesta at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the United Kingdom |
Further Activities
Performed in numerous concerts and recitals as well as volunteered performances at hospitals, primary and middle schools.
Repertoire
Vocal music pieces in Italian, Russian, English, French, German, Japanese, and canzones.
Aria Repertoire:
Verdi, Donizetti, Rossini, Mozart, Gounod, Tchaikovsky etc.
Opera Repertoire:
Le nozze di Figaro (Figaro, Count Almaviva)
Così fan tutte (Guglielmo)
La Bohème (Marcello, Schaunard)
Carmen (Escamillo, Le Dancaïre)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Fiorello)
Chérubin (Le Baron)
Albert Herring (The Chaplain)
Religious music:
Verdi’s Requiem
Carmina Burana
Fauré’s Requiem