Tokyo Music Competition
OGAWA Kanna
Soprano
Born in: Tochigi, Japan
1st place, and Audience Award, Voice Section, The 22nd Tokyo Music Competition 2024
Musical Study Experiences
March 2012 Graduated from the Vocal Music Course, the Department of Vocal Music, Tokyo Metropolitan Senior High School of Fine Arts, Performing Arts and Classical Music
April 2012 Entered the Faculty of Vocal Music, Tokyo University of the Arts
March 2016 Graduated from the Faculty of Vocal Music, Tokyo University of the Arts
April 2016 Entered the Graduate School of Music with a major in Opera at Tokyo University of the Arts
March 2019 Received a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Music with a major in Opera, Tokyo University of the Arts
Teachers
Studied under MATSUMOTO Keiko, OTA Naoki, MINAWA Midori, SAKURADA Makoto, Giuseppe COSTANZO, Vittorio TERRANOVA, Alberto CUPIDO, and Margherita GUGLIELMI.
Musical Careers
| 2016 | Received the 20th Matsukata Hall Music Award 1st Place, Voice Category, College Division, the 70th Student Music Concours of Japan 1st Place, Royal Tiger Prize Division, the 46th Concorso di Lirica Italiana (Italian Vocal Music Competition, Japan) |
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| 2017 | 1st Place, NAKADA Yoshinao Award, and KINOSHITA Memorial Award; Voice Category, the 28th Sogakudo Japanese Vocal Music Competition |
| 2019 | 1st Place, Voice Category, the 38th Music Contest in Iizuka (Fukuoka) 2nd Place and Audience Award, Voice Category (Opera & Aria), the 88th Music Competition of Japan |
| 2020 | Studied in Milan, Italy for 2 years as a selected trainee of the Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists FY2020 supported by Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. |
| 2022 | 2nd Place, the 34th International Competition for Pianists and Opera Singers Francesco Paolo Neglia (Sicily, Italy) |
| 2024 | 3rd Place, the 60th Concorso Musicale Vocale dell’Istituto Musicale Italo-Giapponese (Japan-Italy Vocal Music Competition, Japan) 1st Place and Audience Award, Voice Section, the 22nd Tokyo Music Competition |
Further Activities
Ogawa performed the Queen of the Night in “Die Zauberflöte” at the 64th Graduate School Opera of Tokyo University of the Arts.
In 2017 and 2018, she was the recipient of the Japan Federation of Musicians Scholarship for emerging artists to study in Japan supported by Munetsugu Angel Fund.
Other performance history:
⁃ Since 2022, soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 Special Concert of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by KOBAYASHI Ken-ichiro
⁃ In 2023, the Japan premiere performance of “Medea” as Glauce at the 60th anniversary event of the opening of Nissay Theatre
⁃ Soprano soloist for the soundtrack of TV series “VIVANT” composed by SENJU Akira
⁃ Chofu City Opera “Turantdot” as Liu in September 2024
Future performances:
⁃ “Die Zauberflöte” Highlights as the Queen of the Night at the Gunma Symphony Orchestra GT Symphonic Concert in November
⁃ Fujisawa City Opera “Die Zauberflöte” as the Queen of the Night
Repertoire
Opera
MOZART:
“Die Zauberflöte” as the Queen of the Night
“Le nozze di Figaro” as Susanna
“Così fan tutte” as Despina
RAVEL: “Enfant et les Sortilèges” as the Fire, the Princess, the Nightingale
DONIZETTI: “L’elisir d’amore” as Adina
BELLINI:
“La sonnambula” as Amina
“I puritani” as Elvira
VERDI: “Rigoletto” as Gilda
PUCCINI: “La Bohème” as Musetta
CHERUBINI: “Medea” as Glauce
R.STRAUSS: “Ariadne auf Naxos” as Zerbinetta
Religious music and more
MOZART: Requiem
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.9
Italian songs
Japanese songs
Planning to add to Repertoire
VERDI: “Un ballo in maschera”
DONIZETTI: “La Fille du Régiment”
ORFF: “Carmina Burana”
MAHLER: Symphony No.4 as soprano soloist