Kohei Yamamoto, Tenor
One of the most remarkable Japanese tenors in Japan; Graduated from the vocal music department of Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts and Milan Conservatory;
Studied with Alberto Cupido and Yoko Takeda; Made his debut as the leading role in (Don Carlo) Don Carlo (2014, Gabriele Ferro/David McVicar).
Experienced many A class opera performances as main cast which includes ≪Les contes d'Hoffmann≫ Nathanaël(2014/Michel PLASSON JAGUNI Jun ), ≪Rigoletto≫ Il Duca di Mantova ( 2015, Andrea BATTISTONI/Pier Luigi
SAMARITANI /Elisabetta BRUSA), ≪Die Entführung aus dem Serail≫ Belmonte (2018, Tatsuya SHIMONO/Guy JOOSTEN), ≪La Bohème≫ Rodolfo (2020, TAKAI Yuki, TAOSHITA Tetsu) and, also as a concert soloist,
performed with orchestras in substantial works such as "Beethoven/Symphony No.9","Verdi I Requiem"
and "Dovorak / Requiem"; In recent years, taking advantage of his rich voice
quality and music sense as a clarinetist, appearing on modern works such as
≪KINKAKUJI≫ (2019, Maxime PASCAL / MIYAMOTO, Amon) composed by Toshiro MAYUZUMI; and scheduled to show his performance in ≪Falstaff≫ Fenton (2021, Bertrand de BILLY / Laurent PELLY), in ≪Lulu≫ Alwa (2021, Maxime PASCAL / Karoline GRUBER), and in ≪I Capuleti≫ Tebaldo (2021, Erina SUZUKI / Jun AGUNI).
■Non t'amo più (2015) / King Record, ISBN: 4988003479350
■Mi manchi (2014) /King Record, ISBN:4988003460037
Competitions and Scholarships
■Winner of “Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists"
by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japanese Government 2015-2017
■Winner of The 2014 Gotoh Cultural Award in the division of Music (Opera)
■Winner of the first prize of Concorso Lirico Italo-Giapponese" 2009
Education and Training
Conservatory of music at Milan "Giuseppe Verdi" the II level
Master degree of Music, with Opera
Completion date : July 2011
Tokyo University of the Arts
Master degree of Music, with Opera
Completion date: March 2012 Tokyo Gakugei University
Music education, with Clarinet 2003-2004
Opera repertoires W.A.Mozart
G.Verdi G.Puccini R.Leoncavallo J.Offenbach J.Strauss II A.Berg T.Mayuzumi |
Concert repertoire including sacred music W.A.Mozart Requiem Requiem Messe As-dur L.v.Beethoven
A.Dvorak G.Verdi G.Puccini C.Saint-Saëns |