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Motomi Tanaka, a soprano from Yokohama, Japan, embraces a broad repertoire ranging from early to contemporary music. Her recent opera roles include Giulietta (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Miss Wordsworth (Albert Herring), Ninfa (L'Orfeo), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), and Sandman (Hansel and Gretel). In concert works, she has performed as a soloist with The Princeton Festival and the Russian Chamber Chorus of New York, among many others. She was a finalist at the Linn Maxwell Keller Distinguished Bach Musician Award in 2019.


As an avid ensemble singer, Motomi often sings with Musica Sacra, Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, the Clarion Choir, and has worked with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and VOCES8. She is a member of the Cathedral Choir at St. John the Divine. She was a former VOCES8 US Scholar in 2022-2023.


She was a featured Young Artist with ARTEK's Madrigal Madness in 2018. As an active recitalist, she has recently given a concert at the Pipe Organ Promenade Concert at Saitama Arts Theater in Japan, and given performances in New York and at the former Sonoda House in Tokyo. She has a special interest in Art Songs and has trained at VISI, SongFest, and Source Song Festival. She enjoys working with composers and has premiered many of their works.


She holds a Bachelor of Art’s degree in Art History from Keio University and Master of Music in vocal performance from Musashino Academia Musicae in Japan. She moved to New York to continue her vocal studies, and completed a Professional Studies Certificate at Manhattan School of Music. She recently received her DMA from Rutgers University.  She is currently based in the New York City and Boston areas. Motomi is a member of AGMA.




Schedule 2024


DMA Lecture Recital: Ruth Crawford Seeger

Schare Recital Hall, Rutgers Unviersity

January 22nd, 7:00pm


Avro Pärt's Passio

Artefact Ensemble & The Experiential Orchestra

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Friday, January 26, 7pm 

Saturday, January 27, 7pm


Spirit and Splendor: Schütz & Handel

Musica Sacra

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Tuesday, March 19th, 7:30pm


Children of Abraham: Shared Pathways

The Cathedral Choir with Rose of the Compass

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Tuesday, April 9th, 7:30pm


Brahms Requiem

Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra & Chorus

Symphony Hall, Boston

Friday, April 19th, 7:30pm

Sunday, April 21st, 3pm


Ecliptic

Nightingale Vocal Ensemble & Juventas New Music Ensemble

Charles Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, Boston

Wednesday, May 1st, 7:30pm


Shall We Gather at the River

 with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street 

Wade Thompson Drill Hall, Park Avenue Armory

Tuesday, May 21st, 7:30pm


Ockeghem Marathon

The Clarion Choir and Orchestra

The Met Cloisters

Wednesday, June 12th, 3:00-8:00pm

Thursday, June 13th, 7:00pm


Medieval Project - Las Huelgas Codex

Amherst Early Music Festival

July 7th-14th


Bard Music Festival

Program Three: The Sound of Nation: Patriotism and Antiquity

Sosnoff Theater, Fischer Center

August 10th, 7:00pm


Program Six: Sacred Music in France

Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck

August 15th, 7:00pm

August 16th, 3:00pm


Program Eleven: Faust and the Spirit of the 19th Century

Sosnoff Theater, Fischer Center

August 18th, 3:00pm


A Bouquet of Jewish Choral Music

New York Virtuoso Singers

Center for Jewish History

September 22nd, 3:00pm


A Midsummer Night's Dream with Dudamel

Carnegie Hall

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Musica Sacra

October 9th, 8:00pm


Radiant Dialogues

Musica Sacra

Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

October 16th, 7:30pm


Rachmaninoff@150: Spring Cantata & Folk Songs

The Clarion Choir

Church of St. Bartholomew

October 30th, 7:00pm


Baroque Brilliance: Choral Masterworks for the Holiday Season

The Taghkanic Chorale, Jason C. Tramm

Soprano Soloist

St. Mary's in-the-Highlands, Cold Spring, New York

December 7th, 4:00pm

December 8th, 4:00pm


Mozart, Bach & Beethoven

Musica Sacra

Carnegie Hall

December 18th, 7:30pm


New Year's Concert

The Clarion Choir

Church of the Resurrection

December 31st, 5:00pm

January 1st, 5:00pm






Schedule 2023


VOCES8 & Christopher Tin: The Lost Birds

Bing Concert Hall, Stanford, CA

Saturday, February 25, 7:30pm PT


Light of Paradise

Great Music in a Great Space

Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Wednesday, March 8, 7:30pm


Bach's St. Matthew Passion

New York Philharmonic, Musica Sacra

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall

Thursday, March 23, 7:30pm

Friday, March 24, 8:00pm

Saturday, March 25, 8:00pm


Magic.

Nightingale Vocal Ensemble

St. Peter's Episopal Church, Cambridge, MA

Saturday, April 22, 8:00pm

Old South Church, Boston, MA

Sunday, April 23, 4:00pm


The Unadorned Bach - Cantatas #205-215

The New York Virutoso Singers

Merkin Concert Hall

Saturday, April 29, 7:30pm


Venice, City of Light

Cathedral Choir & Rose of the Compass

Cathedral of St. John the Divine

May, 16, 7:30pm


Musica Sacra, Sing for Hope & Mostly Modern

Oculus World Trade Center

Thursday, May 25, 1:00-3:00pm


Sorrel Hays Rediscovered

Mary Flager Cary Hall at The Dimenna Center

The North/South Symphony Orchestra & NY Virtuoso Singers

Tuesday, June 6, 8:00pm


Boston Early Music Festival Fringe Concert

Early 17th-Century Roman Opera Scenes

New York Continuo Collective

Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, Boston

Thursday, June 8, 12:00pm


The Fairy Queen

The Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College

LeFrak Concert Hall

Saturday, June 17, 1:00pm 


Bard Music Festival Special Event

Music for Parish, Home, and School Part II

Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck

Friday, August 11, 3:00pm


Bard Music Festival Program Nine

A New Elizabethan Age?

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

Saturday, August 12, 8:00pm


Bard Music Festival Program Eleven

Vaughan Williams and Shakespeare: Sir John in Love

Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater

Sunday, August 13, 3:00pm


Diana Wege: Earth Requiem and Rebirth

The Village Trip Singers

St. Marks in the Bowery

Saturday, September 9, 3:00pm


Poe & Gesualdo : The Cask of Amontillado

Nightingale Vocal Ensemble

Old North Church, Boston

Thursday, September 21, 8pm

Saturday, September 23, 8pm


Choral Evensong: Bach Cantata No. 61, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland

Synod Hall, Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Sunday, December 3, 4pm


Christmas Concert: The Joy of Christmas, Peace on Earth

Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Saturday, December 9, 7pm


Handel's Messiah

Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, New York Philharmonic

Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall

Tuesday, December 12, 7pm

Wednesday, December 13, 7pm

Thursday, December 14, 7pm

Saturday, December 16, 7pm


New Years Eve Concert for Peace

Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Sunday, December 31, 7pm