Tokyo Music Competition
YOGI Takumi
Tenor
Born in: Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
1st place, and Audience Award, Voice Section, The 6th Tokyo Music Competition 2008
Musical Study Experiences
2000 Graduated from the Department of Vocal Music, the Faculty of Music, Kunitachi College of Music
2002 Completed studies at the Department of Vocal Music, the Graduate School of Music, Kunitachi College of Music
Teachers
Studied under Taguchi Kosuke and Giuliano Ciannella
Musical Careers
| 1993 | 1st Place, Highschool Category, Fukuoka Regional, the 47th Student Music concours of Japan |
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| 2001 | Monteverdi’s "L'Incoronazione di Poppea" as Nerone; Mozart’s "Così fan tutte" as Ferrando |
| 2002 | Finalist, Vocal Music Category, the 71st Mainichi Shimbun Music Competition of Japan; Mozart’s "Le nozze di Figaro" as Don Basilio and Don Curzio |
| 2003 | Donizetti’s "L'elisir d'amore" as Nemorino |
| 2005 | Verdi’s "La Traviata" as Alfredo |
| 2006 | Finalist, the 42nd Concorso Musicale Vocale dell'Istituto Musicale Italo-Giapponese (Japan-Italy Vocal Music Competition, Japan) the Kunitachi College of Music 80th Foundation Anniversary Opera Performance "Idomeneo" as title role |
| 2007 | Bach’s Cantata BWV147 as tenor solo; Beethoven’s 9th as tenor solo; Leoncavallo’s "I Pagliacci" as Peppe |
| 2008 | 1st Place, Voice Section and Audience Award, the 6th Tokyo Music Competition; Verdi’s "Rigoletto" as Duke of Mantua; Humperdinck’s "Hänsel und Gretel" as the Witch; Mozart’s Requiem as tenor solo |
| 2009 | Performed in Ono Kazushi’s Kokoro Fureai Concert in Hakata, Tokyo and Kanagawa; the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre—Theatre Opera "Turandot" as Pang led by Inoue Michiyoshi; Nagoya Nikikai "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as Lysander led by Ban Tetsuro |
| 2010 | Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre "Otello" as Roderigo (Shirai Akira's production) |
| Current | Performance assistant at the opera course, the Graduate School of Kunitachi College of Music and a member of Nikikai |
Repertoire
Mainly Italian operas but also Italian vocal music, canzone, and Japanese vocal music.
Religious music of Handel, Bach, Mozart etc.