Tokyo Music Competition
KAJITA Mami
Soprano
Born in: Aichi Prefecture, Japan
1st place, Voice Section, The 19th Tokyo Music Competition 2021
Musical Study Experiences
March 2005 Graduated with a voice major from the Music Course of Aichi Prefectural Meiwa Senior High School
March 2009 Graduated with a soprano major from the Department of Vocal Music, the Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts
April 2021 Second-year master's student majoring in voice at Toho Gakuen Graduate School of Music.
Teachers
Previously, studied under TANIZU Rieko, SANBAYASHI Teruo, SASAKI Noriko, IWABUCHI Yoshiaki, and OSHIMA Ikuo.
Musical Careers
| 2009 | Won Doseikai Prize when graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts |
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| 2016 | Finalist, the 46th Concorso di Lirica Italiana (Italian Vocal Music Competition, Japan) |
| 2017 | Performed in NISSAY OPERA "Rusalka" as the Second Wood Sprite. |
| 2018 | Performed the title role of "Alcina" for Nikikai New Wave Opera Theatre Performed in Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre's "Il trittico" as the Second Alms Sister in "Suor Angelica" |
| 2021 | 1st Place, Voice Section, the 19th Tokyo Music Competition |
Further Activities
Kajita sang the national anthem of Japan at the opening ceremony of:
- Aichi regionals for the National High School Baseball Championship of Japan in 2003
- Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series in 2004.
Her understudy career in Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre's performances includes:
- "Il trovatore" in 2016 as Leonora's second cover
- "Der Freischütz" in 2018 as Agathe's first cover
- "Il trittico" in 2018 as Giorgetta and Angelica's first cover
- "Madama Butterfly" in 2019 as Cio-Cio-San's first cover.
Repertoire
PUCCINI: "La Bohème" as Mimì, "Madama Butterfly" as Cio-Cio-San
VERDI: "Il trovatore" as Leonora
MOZART: "Don Giovanni" as Elvira
WEBER: "Der Freischütz" as Agathe
DVOŘÁK: "Rusalka" as Rusalka
and more