Kiyomi Toyoda - Kishi Kouichi Akai Kanzashi. Kamome. Angyasou. Ama No Hara. Kagokaki / Kinoshita M - Japan CD

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Kiyomi Toyoda

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My motivation for producing this CD is to sing and pass on to the next generation the great kindness and brightness of Koichi Kishi and the incomparable purity and intensity of Makiko Kinoshita, which I feel. -Kiyomi Toyoda Kiyomi Toyoda is a rare soprano who has been active at the forefront of the music world for many years. This CD features Japanese songs by Koichi Kishi (1909-37), a genius musician based in Berlin in the early 1930s who died young, and the mono-opera "Dawn Star" by Makiko Kinoshita, one of the most important Japanese composers of our time. After performing Koichi Kishi's works, I find myself filled with a calm emotion and an explosion of bright energy" (from the booklet). The mono-opera "Dawn Star" was commissioned and premiered by Toyoda in the fall of 2018, followed by a complete revision of the score by Kinoshita (included in Ongaku no Tomo Sha's "Makiko Kinoshita Songbook IV") and the Corona Vortex, which led to this recording. The overwhelming presence and delicacy of her singing are truly something that only Toyoda could have achieved. This is the birth of a historical masterpiece that shines brilliantly in the history of music and should be passed on to future generations. ＜Kiyomi Toyoda graduated from the Toho Gakuen School of Music with a degree in vocal performance.Studied at the Master Class at the University of Music and Dance in Cologne, Germany, and obtained the German National Certificate C for Church Musicians. Studied voice with N. Hagiya, M. Shibata, K. Shibata, and E. Bozenius in Cologne, Milan, Rome, and Vienna with voice coaches J. Stano and S. Badi, chorépettists F. Ferraris, S. Roach, F. Eggerman, H. Feurtel, and W. Fuchsberger. Seiji Ozawa, Hiroshi Wakasugi, Takashi Asahina, Akio Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Tadaaki Otaka, Ken Takaseki, Kazushi Ohno, Kenichiro Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Iwashiro, Michiyoshi Inoue, Tatsunori Numajiri, Naoto Otomo, Kotaro Sato, Hideomi Kuroiwa, Horst Stein, Robin O'Neill, Herbert Kegel, Zdeněk Koschler, James Lochlan and others He has sung leading roles in more than 20 operatic productions under theIn orchestral works, he has appeared as soloist with the New Japan Philharmonic, Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Shinsei Nippon Symphony Orchestra, City Philharmonic, Osaka Philharmonic, Century Orchestra Osaka, Kansai Philharmonic, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Gunma Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Nagoya Philharmonic, North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Syracuse Symphony Orchestra of New York, and others, and has performed many major orchestral works as soloist. She has performed J.S. Bach cantatas, Mozart motets, Japanese songs, and many other repertoire pieces in Japan and abroad, including recitals at the Embassy of Japan in Germany (La Redoute), the Embassy of Japan in the United States (Corcoran Gallery of Art), Carnegie Hall, and the Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne, Germany. She has recorded many CDs and appeared in the media. Professor at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts (2010-2017) and part-time lecturer at the University of Tokyo (2018-2022). Awarded the 11th Giraud Opera Prize. Awarded the 16th Suntory Music Award. Member of the Vienna-Habsburg Court Artists Friendship Association, Tokyo Nikikai, Japan Federation of Musicians, Japan Vocal Vocal Vocal Society, Gregorian Chant Society, and others. Representative Director of the Japan Association for the Art of Singing. Fontek