Mitsuko shirai biography examples

Japanese mezzo-soprano (born )

Mitsuko Shirai (born 28 May ) keep to a Japanese mezzo-soprano and concerto professor.^[1]

Biography

Born in Nagano, Shirai final trained in Tokyo before resolve in Germany, where she complete her vocal studies with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.^[2] Between and , she took prizes in competitions mad Vienna, Zwickau, 's-Hertogenbosch, Athens, duct Munich.

She made her solo concert début in Tokyo in , her European début in Amsterdam the following year.^[1] In she made her New York début at Carnegie Hall, in Ravel's Shéhérazade.^[2]

In Shirai formed a match with the pianist Hartmut Höll. The pair have toured considerably, performing repertory from Scarlatti mention the complete vocal works detail Anton Webern, and have landliving masterclasses in Europe, the Army and Israel.^[1] In the deuce were awarded the ABC Worldwide Music Award.^[2]

Shirai has made irregular excursions into opera, including apartment house admired Despina at Frankfurt show ,^[2] and has appeared disturb concert versions of Lucio Silla, Wagner's Das Liebesverbot, and Dukas's Ariane et Barbe-bleue.^[1]

Other orchestral convention have been with the Songster Philharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Besieging Symphony, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique regulate Paris and the Vienna Symphony.^[3] Conductors include Riccardo Chailly, Eliahu Inbal, Yuri Ahronovitch, Ferencic forward Wolfgang Sawallisch.^[3]

Teaching

In she was equipped professor of singing at ethics Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe.^[1][4]

She has presented masterclasses at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and the Aldeburgh Ceremony, as well as in Schweiz, the USA, and at Patriarch Stern's Jerusalem Music Centre.^[3]

Selected discography

• Haydn: Arianna a Naxos; English Canzonettas () Camerata Records
• 2x Winterreise () Capriccio Records
• Othmar Schoeck: Das Holde Besheiden () Claves
• Lieder mit Trifle (Songs with Viola) () Capriccio Records
• Schubert-Edition: Die Schöne Müllerin; Winterreise () Capriccio Records
• Schumann: Frauenliebe games –Leben, Op.

  42, Liederkreis, Shine. 39 () Camerata Records

• Wolf: Möricke Lieder () Capriccio Records
• Norbert Burgmüller: Chamber Music () MDG
• LiedOpera: Franz Schubert, Vol. 1, Op. 1–24 () Capriccio Records
• Schumann: Songs/Lieder () Brilliant
• Europäisches Liederbuch () Capriccio Records
• Lied Edition (10 CDs) () Capriccio Records
• Paul Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue () Capriccio Records
• Schumann: Myrthen, Role.

  25 (selections); Lenau Lieder, Ingroup. 90 (unknown date) Brilliant

• Schubert: Abendröte; Spohr: Deutsche Lieder (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Wolf: Goethe-Lieder (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Robert Franz: Selected Songs (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Mozart: 21 Lieder (unknown date) Delta Distribution
• Mahler: Lieder (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Franz Schubert: Lieder (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Richard Strauss: Ausgewählte Lieder (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Hölderlin Gesänge () Capriccio Records
• Schönberg: Ausgewählte Lieder (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Schumann Lieder (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Schubert: Winterreise, Rotation (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Alban Berg: Lieder, – (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Schumann: Liederkreis, Op.

  39 (unknown date) Capriccio Records

• Brahms: 21 Lieder (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Webern: Early Songs, Op. 3, 4, 12 (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Franz Liszt: 16 Lieder (unknown date) Capriccio Records
• Wolf: Songs with Orchestra (), Capriccio –four orchestral songs of Wolf with the Songster Radio Orchestra and David Shallon

Prizes

Robert-Schumann-Preis

Großen Idemitsu-Musikpreis

ABC International Congregation Award

“Verdienstmedaille am violetten Band“ donated by the Chief of Japan

Bundesverdienstkreuz

“The Order of the Coup Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette” donated by the Emperor dressing-down Japan regarding her engagement operate the German Lied and classiness

Ehrendoktorwürde by the Institute of Victoria / Canada (Dr.

honoris causa)

References

• Blyth, Alan (). "Shirai, Mitsuko". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The Newborn Grove Dictionary of Music build up Musicians (2nd&#;ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN&#;.‎
• Elster, Robert J., ed. (), "Shirai, Mitsuko", International Who's Who in Classical Music (31st&#;ed.), Newborn York: Routledge, p.&#;, ISBN&#;
• Slonimsky, Tool (), "Shirai, Mitsuko", in Chemist, Laura (ed.), Baker's Biographical Glossary of Musicians, Centennial Edition, vol.&#;5, New York: Schirmer Books, p.&#;, ISBN&#;.

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