Biographies & programs
27.5.24
16:10
Sakurako Tokuda
Japan
Shiotani Chieri
Japan
Program
Franz Schubert
Im Frühling D882 (Schulze) - 1R
An Sylvia D891 (Shakespeare)
Frühlingsglaube D686 (Uhland)
Auf dem See D543 (Goethe)
Vedi quanto t'adoro D510 (Metastasio)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mailied Op.52 Nr.4 (Goethe)
Gioacchino Rossini
Soirées musicales
La partenza "Ecco quel fiero istante" (Metastasio) - 1R
La promessa "Ch'io mai vi possa amare" (Metastasio)
Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op.2
1. Widmung (Rückert)
7. Die Lotusblume (Heine)
17. Zwei Venezianische Lieder Ⅰ (Moor/Freiligrath)
Hugo Wolf
Spanisches Liederbuch
12. In dem Schatten meiner Locken (Anonymus/Heyse)
Emile Paladilhe
Psyché (Pierre Corneile)
Reynaldo Hahn
Á Chloris (Viau)
Ivor Gurney
Five Elizabethan Songs
4. Sleep (Fletscher)
Henri Duparc
Mélodies
4. Extase (Lahor) - 1R
9. Chanson triste (Lahor)
Roger Quilter
Three Shakespeare Songs, Op.6
1. Come Away, Death - 1R
2. O Mistress Mine
3. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
Media
Sakurako Tokuda
Soprano
Year of birth:
1993
Soprano Sakurako Tokuda was born in Osaka. She graduated in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in music education.
At 2023 she perfected her studies in Germany at the Hamburg Conservatory. During her studies she made her debut as a concert singer. So far she has sung as a soloist in the following works: Esther HWV. 50B (Handel) as Israelite, Vesperae solennens de Dominica K321 (W.A Mozart), Johannes Passion BWV.245 (J.S Bach) The Magic Flute (W.A Mozart) as Pamina and La Bohème (G.Puccini) as Mimi. In 2013 I received 3rd prize at the Pan Pacific Singing Competition in Tokyo, Japan and in 2019 she was a finalist at the International Anton Rubinstein Competition in Düsseldorf, Germany.
From the 2023/2024 season she will be participating as a choir assistant at the Hamburg State Opera. From 2021 she will be regularly participating in the Eutin Festival as a professional choir singer.
Shiotani Chieri
Pianist
Chieri Shiotani was born in Osaka (Japan) in 1991 and began learning classical piano at the age of 3. She is a silver prize winner in the ensemble division of the Aichi Piano Competition. After studying in Japan, she taught both piano and music education in Osaka and Kyoto. In October 2018 she came to Hamburg to fulfill her strong desire to study abroad in Germany, which she had had for a long time, and studied piano at the Hamburg Conservatory, majoring in song accompaniment with Thomas Grubmüller (piano) and with Knut Schoch (singing).
After graduating, she enthusiastically continued her studies and performed a lot as an accompanist. In August and September 2021 she took part in the German Song Academy in Trossingen. She is currently working as a piano teacher and choir director of the “Black Rose Gospel” choir in Hasloh.