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Tokyo Music Competition

MIYASHITA Yoshihiko

MIYASHITA Yoshihiko

Baritone
Born in: Shizuoka, Japan
3rd place, Voice Section, The 23rd Tokyo Music Competition 2025

Musical Study Experiences

March 2019 Graduated from the Vocal Music Course, Department of Musical Arts, Showa University of Music at top of class, winning the Excellence Award
March 2020 Completed the preparatory program at the Nikikai Opera Institute at top of class as a special scholarship recipient, winning the Excellence Award
March 2021 Completed the main program at the Nikikai Opera Institute at top of class as a special scholarship recipient, winning the Excellence Award and WATANABE Takanosuke Prize
March 2022 Completed the master class course at the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Institute at top of class as a special scholarship recipient, winning the Excellence Award and KAWASAKI Shizuko Prize

Teachers

Studied vocal music under SHIRAI Hiromi, MATSUSHITA Masato, INOUE Ryoji, TANAKA Hisako, William MATTEUZZI, Carlo COLOMBARA, Roberto FRONTALI; score reading under Dante MAZZOLA.

Musical Careers

2023 1st Place and Kawasaki Mayor Prize, the 5th Kawasaki Vocal Debut Competition
1st Place and the Best Singing Award, the 59th Concorso Musicale Vocale dell’Istituto Musicale Italo-Giapponese 2023 (Japan-Italy Vocal Music Competition, Japan)
2024 2nd Place, the 26th Sakura Pia Debut Competition (Hiroshima)
1st Place and the Best Singing Award, the 60th Concorso Musicale Vocale dell’Istituto Musicale Italo-Giapponese 2024 (Japan-Italy Vocal Music Competition, Japan)
2025 3rd Place, Voice Section, the 23rd Tokyo Music Competition

Further Activities

Miyashita appeared in the BS-TBS TV program “Nihon meikyoku album (Japanese masterpieces album)” as a member of the Showa Academia Musicae Chorus for 4 years.
As a concert soloist, he has performed in various concerts with different orchestras in Japan, including the Filharmonia Tama Subscription Concert, the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra’s 18th Fresh Concert, the Gunma Symphony Orchestra’s “Otona mo ongaku kyoshitu (Music class for adults as well),” and the Kamakura Performing Arts Center’s “Daiku (Beethoven’s 9th Symphony) Concert.” Regarding opera stages, he has been highly acclaimed in major roles of various productions, such as Marcello in “La Bohème” and Belcore in “L’elisir d’amore.” In 2023, he appeared for the first time in the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation’s opera stage “La traviata” as Commissioner, followed by “Don Carlo” as six Flemish deputies, Carmen as Morales. In October 2025, he made his Europe debut in “Don Giovanni” as Masetto at Teatro de la Maestranza in Spain.

Repertoire

Operas
MOZART:
“Le nozze di Figaro” as Conte d’Almaviva and Bartolo
“Così fan tutte” as Guglielmo
“Don Giovanni” as title role and Masetto
ROSSINI: “Il barbiere di Siviglia” as Figaro
DONIZETTI:
“L’elisir d’amore” as Belcore
“Don Pasquale” as Malatesta
VERDI:
“La traviata” as Germont
“Don Carlo” as Rodrigo
PUCCINI: “La Bohème” as Marcello
LEONCAVALLO: “Pagliacci” as Silvio
BIZET: “Carmen” as Morales and Escamillo
and more

Other works including vocal pieces and religious music
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.9
PUCCINI: Messa di Gloria as Baritone solo
Italian vocal pieces
Spanish vocal pieces

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