Motomi Tanaka, a soprano from Yokohama, Japan, embraces a broad range of repertoire 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 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, the Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine in NYC, Princeton Festival Chorus, Bard Festival Chorale, and the Nikolai Kachanov Singers. She is currently a soprano member of the VOCES8 US Scholars and will be performing with the group next February.
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 full performances in New York and at the former Sonoda House in Tokyo. 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 is currently based in the New York City area and is pursuing doctoral studies at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Motomi is a member of AGMA.
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
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