Tokyo Music Competition
SHIMIZU Yuma
Baritone
Born in: Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
1st place, Voice Section, The 13th Tokyo Music Competition 2015
Musical Study Experiences
2005: Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music Senior High School
2009: Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music
2012: Completed master's studies at the Graduate School of Music, Kunitachi College of Music
Teachers
Studied under Kobayashi Kazuo, Wada Shigeji, and Raffaele Cortesi
Musical Careers
| 2010 | Attended summer master classes at Scuola dell'Opera, Teatro Comunale di Bologna in Italy Performed in Modern & Contemporary Italian Vocal Music Kunitachi Concert Performed in the Shizuoka Opera Association's production "I Pagliacci" as Silvio sponsored by the Fujinokuni Arts Festival as its 50th Anniversary project |
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| 2011 | Finalist, the 47th Concorso Musicale Vocale dell'Istituto Musicale Italo-Giapponese Performed in the Graduate School of Kunitachi College of Music Opera "Le nozze di Figaro" as the Count Almaviva |
| 2012 | Won Excellence Award at time of graduation from Graduate School Performed in the Graduate School of the Kunitachi College of Music Debut Concert |
| 2013 | Trained in Parma, Italy receiving the 2013 the Nomura Foundation Arts Grant |
| 2014 | Finalist, the 50th Concorso Musicale Vocale dell'Istituto Musicale Italo-Giapponese Finalist, Vocal Music Category, the 12th Tokyo Music Competition Performed in the Obihiro City, Hokkaido's Youth Opera Cultivation Project "Madama Butterfly" as Sharpless |
| 2015 | Won the ABC Newcomer Music Award Yokosuka Arts Theatre "NEUE STIMMEN 2015" Japan Representative Performer |
| 2016 | Scheduled to perform in : Recital Series held by the Japan Federation of Musicians: TOKYO48 Shimizu Yuma Baritone Recital in January "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" as Fiorello hosted by the Nissay Theatre |
Repertoire
Mozart: "Le nozze di Figaro" as Count Almaviva, "Die Zauberflöte" as Papageno, "Don Giovanni" as Don Giovanni
Donizetti: "Lucia di Lammermoor" as Enrico
Bellini: "I puritani" as Riccardo
Rossini: "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" as Figaro
Puccini: "Madama Butterfly" as Sharpless, "Edgar" as Frank, "La Bohème" as Marcello, "Le Villi" as Guglielmo
Mascagni: "L'amico Fritz" as David
Leoncavallo: "I Pagliacci" as Tonio and Silvio, "Zazà" as Cascart
Nino Rota: "Il cappello di paglia di Firenze" as Emilio
Verdi: "La Traviata" as Germont, "Attila" as Ezio, "Un ballo in maschera" as Renato, "I Due Foscari" as Francesco Foscari: "La Forza del Destino" as Don Carlo, "Simon Boccanegra" as Simon Boccanegra