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Tokyo Music Competition
TAKAHASHI Sayaka
Soprano
Born in: Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
3rd place, Voice Section, The 7th Tokyo Music Competition 2009
Musical Study Experiences
2005 Graduated from the Department of Vocal Music, the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts
2008 Completed master's study at the Graduate School of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts (Solo Major)
2010 Studies at Conservatoire Erik Satie since September as 2-year overseas training program supported by the Meiji Yasuda Cultural Foundation
2011 Studies at Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris since September
Currently 3rd year student at the doctoral course at the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts (Solo Major)
Teachers
Studied under Jean-Marc Pont Marchesi and Mireille Alcantara; French vocal music under Dalton Baldwin
Musical Careers
2003 | 1st Place, Student Category, Yuai German Lied Competition 2003 Performed in the Student Concert of Ernst Haefliger's Class at the Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy |
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2003 | During her university years, made opera debut in "Le nozze di Figaro" as Cherubino |
2006 | 3rd Place, the 14th Concours de Melodies Françaises et Japonaises (Japan) |
2007 | Performed with Orchestra Lugansk at the Wien Music Seminar; at the same seminar won 2nd Place at Prof. Dichler Competition and performed in the winners' concert Performed as a soprano soloist for the Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra, Tokyo "Taito City Beethoven's Ninth" |
2008 | Performed as a soprano soloist Beethoven’s Mass in C major with the Yokohama Symphony Orchestra Performed in the Student Concert of Tom Krause's class at the Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy |
2009 | Received a scholarship and attended the Académie musicale de Villecroze Seminar in France 3rd Place, Voice Section, the 7th Tokyo Music Competition Opera debut in Poulenc’s mono-opera "La Voix humaine" as a heroine hosted by the Mozart Theater (Japanese company) at the Hamarikyu Asahi Hall |
2011 | August: Opera Debut in Europe in Mozart’s "Die Zauberflöte" as Pamina at Domstufen-Festspiele (the Summer Music Festival at Theater Erfurt in Germany) October: Held a recital with a pianist Dalton Baldwin at Institut de France (Institute of France, Paris) supported by Academie musicale de Villecroze |
Further Activities
Previously performed in school concerts, campus concerts and recitals as well as overseas
Repertoire
Vocal Music: French vocal music focused on Fauré, Debussy, Poulenc; German and Russian vocal music etc.
Operas: Mozart’s "Le nozze di Figaro" as Susanna; "Die Zauberflöte" as Pamina; Ravel’s "L'enfant et les sortilèges" as Princess; Rameau’s "Les Indes galantes" as Hébé; Poulenc’s "La Voix humaine" as a herione
Opera Arias: From Baroque to the 20th century French, Italian and German operas and operettas
Others: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and Mass in C major; Schubert’s Mass No. 5 in A-Flat Major "Missa Solemnis"; Mendelssohn’s "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as a soprano soloist