Coaching Faculty

Executive Faculty

Giuseppe Sabbatini

(Conductor)

Coaching Faculty
  • ©Akira Muto

    Akie Amou

    (Soprano)

  • Hiroko Noda

    (Soprano)

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    Makoto Sakurada

    (Tenor)

  • Shigeru Imao

    (Tenor)

  • Hideya Masuhara

    (Baritone)

  • Miyuki Kotouda

    (Piano)

  • Manabu Morita

    (Italian language instructor)

Achivements

Prominent alumni and fellows:
  • Yuko Sato(Soprano), lives in Verona, Italy.
    Recipient of 2015 Gotoh Memorial Cultural Award Most Promising Young Talent Prize / 2017 Agency for Cultural Affairs Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists.
  • Rui Hoshina(Soprano), lives in Parma, Italy.
    Debuted in February 2019 in a production at La Fenice in Venice (sang the role of La Licenza in Mozart’s ‘Il Sogno di Scipione’).
  • Yumeji Matsufuji(Soprano), lives in Berlin.
    Debuted in 2016 at the Teatro Verdi Trieste (played the part of Laura in Verdi’s ‘Luisa Miller’).
  • Mae Hayashi(Mezzo soprano), Recipient of 2019 Agency for Cultural Affairs Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists. Lives in Milano, Italy. Appearances in Suntory Hall Hall Opera (2021), Teatri di Piacenza (2020), and more.
  • Shingo Takabatake(Tenor), 2nd prize, “Via della Seta” 2018 Concorso Internazionale di Musica(Palma, Italy).
  • Yuko Tsuchiya(Soprano), lives in Parma, Italy.
    1st prize, 54th Concorso di Lirica Italiana.
  • Miho Sakoda(Soprano), 2nd prize, 13th Tokyo Music Competition. Selected for 86th Music Competition of Japan. Selected to sing the title role in the Fujiwara Opera’s production of ‘Madame Butterfly’ performed in April 2019.
  • Koya Muramatsu(Baritone), Recipient of 2018 Agency for Cultural Affairs Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists. Studied in Rome, Italy.
  • Shiori Kuroda(Soprano), lives in Parma, Italy.
    Participant of PMF 2017 Vocal Academy (Japan). European debut at Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, Italy 2019.
  • Yo Otahara(Soprano), lives in Como, Italy.
    Winner of Milan Grand Prize at 48th Concorso di Lirica Italiana.
  • Ikumi Nakagawa(Soprano), Participant of PMF 2019 Vocal Academy (Japan). Final round participant 2019 of the International Singing Competition NEUE STIMMEN (German).
  • Ayaka Kiwada(Soprano), studying in Parma, Italy (Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito).
    Participant of Puccini Festival Academy 2022 (Torre del Lago, Italy).

Alumni

  • Primavera course, 1st intake
    Soprano: Yuki Uchiyama, Yuko Sato, Mariko Suzuki
    Mezzo-soprano: Tomoko Maiya
    Bass: Masashi Katayama
    Piano: Aya Yoshida
    Advanced course, 1st intake
    Soprano: Taeko Shimizu, Rui Hoshina
    Mezzo-soprano: Mae Hayashi, Yumeji Matsufuji
    Tenor: Shingo Takabatake
    Primavera course, 2nd intake
    Soprano: Satoe Anzai, Sungfa Chong, Satomi Takuwa, Yuko Tsuchiya
    Baritone: Taro Shinzo
    Piano: Saori Kikuchi, Mai Saito, Takeshi Tanaka
    Advanced course, 2nd intake
    Soprano: Shoko Kumada, Miho Sakoda
    Baritone: Koya Muramatsu
    Primavera course, 3rd intake
    Soprano: Minami Ohara, Shiori Kuroda, Yuriko Gomi, Sachi Nogami
    Mezzo-soprano: Yuki Jitsukawa, Misa Yamashita
    Baritone: Takeshi Sawachi, Shuhei Mizoguchi
    Piano: Mieko Maeda, Kotoko Matsuda
    Advanced course, 3rd intake
    Soprano: Yo Otahara, Kyo Kaneko
    Mezzo-soprano: Akiko Hosoi
    Baritone: Motoki Ishii
    Primavera course, 4th intake
    Soprano: Saori Sugita, Ikumi Nakagawa
    Tenor: Keisuke Takano, Hisatoshi Nezu
    Baritone: Toshiki Takahashi, Shun Takahashi, Yoshio Yamaguchi, Takehito Yamada
    Bass: Jumpei Obata
    Piano: Erika Iwagami
    Advanced course, 4th intake
    Soprano: Ayaka Kiwada, Ayane Kodera
    Primavera course, 5th intake
    Soprano: Rei Kutsumi, Haruna Mito
    Tenor: Riki Tonsho
    Advanced course, 5th intake
    Soprano: Lirica Oka, Kumiko Hagino
    Tenor: Motoki Ishii
    Primavera course, 6th intake
    Soprano: Mimi Gata, Maya Takahashi
    Mezzo-Soprano: Yuko Makiba
    Baritone: Kouga Ishimoto
    Piano: Nozomi Yokoyama