Romania’s Christmas

A Romanian folktale read aloud by a popular voice actor

Christmas carols performed by a Romanian conductor and professional singers

A heartwarming Christmas concert

Concert
Overview

  • Open／Starts

    Kitazawa Town Hall

    5-minute walk from Shimokitazawa Station

  • Open／Starts

    Hachioji City Arts Culture Hall
    （Icho Hall）

    15-minute walk from JR Hachioji Station North Exit

  • Open／Starts

    Takatsu Civic Hall

    2-minute walk from Mizonokuchi Station

Artist

First stage
Reading × Music

A humorous folktale set in a Romanian countryside town.

“Pacala Returns Home”

Pacala, the mischievous trickster, tells one lie too many—
causing a great commotion that engulfs the entire village!

Pacala in His Villageby Ion Slavici

Păcală was a fellow who wandered about without care, never taking to work, but always finding his amusement in meddling with people’s lives and laughing at their foolishness. For a long time this was his way. Yet, at last, he grew weary of it.

One day, Păcală thought to himself:
“Why not settle down? I’ll build me a home and live in peace.”

For it is said among Romanians: there’s no place in the world better than your own village.

And so, back Păcală went. He had saved a bit of money, just enough to buy a heifer calf, and he left it to graze on the village pasture.

The calf ate well and grew quickly. Soon it was larger than any cow in the whole village.

“Saints preserve us!” cried the villagers.
“This calf is bigger than all our cows! What on earth does Păcală feed it? What kind of breed is this beast?”

But truth be told, the calf was no special breed, nor did it eat any fine feed. No, indeed—it had been sneaking into the neighbors’ wheat fields, stuffing itself full!

Day by day it grew fatter, and soon it strutted about as if the fields belonged to it. Wheat, corn, it made no difference—it trampled and ate wherever it pleased.

The villagers began to fret.
“What will become of us?” they asked one another.
“Today it is one calf. Tomorrow it will be a milk cow. Păcală will sell it, buy more calves from the town, and bring them here. They too will grow and give milk. And then? We shall all be ruined!”

So the villagers cried out:
“Good people! If we do nothing, this calf of Păcală’s will eat us out of house and home!”

They thought long and hard until their heads ached. At last they came to a decision:
“The fat of this calf comes from our fields. Therefore, the meat belongs to us. But the hide—that is Păcală’s, for when the calf came to the village, it already wore its hide.”

And so it was done. They killed the calf, shared the meat among themselves, and flung the hide into Păcală’s yard.

Păcală could not say a word. He might have taught them a lesson, had he wished.
But he would not harm his own folk, for he loved them dearly. So he hung the hide upon a tree branch to dry. Then he wrapped it round a staff, and set off to town to sell it...

Voice actor

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Miyu Takagi

December 18, 2025 (Thu.) Open／Starts

Kitazawa Town Hall

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Miyu Takagi

Miyu Takagi

Known for

『Sorairo Utility』　Aoba Minami
『Wake Up，Girls！』Miyu Okamoto9
『Granblue Fantasy』Mirin
Shinichiro Kamio
Shinichiro Kamio

December 19, 2025 (Fri.) Open／Starts

Hachioji City Arts Culture Hall （Icho Hall）

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Shinichiro Kamio

Shinichiro Kamio

Known for

『THE FIRST SLAM DUNK』 Kaede Rukawa
『Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-』Rio Mason Busujima
『Ensemble Stars!!』Kuro Kiryu
Yu Serizawa
Yu Serizawa

December 20, 2025 (Sat.) Open／Starts

Takatsu Civic Hall

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Yu Serizawa

Known for

『PriPara Series. 』Mirei Minami
『Rent-A-Girlfriend』Mini Yaemori
『TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You 』Kaname Arisugawa
『How clumsy you are, Miss Ueno.』Ueno

Musicians

Hiroko Yamakawa
Hiroko Yamakawa(Saxophone)
Hiroko Yamakawa

Hiroko Yamakawa(Saxophone)

Classical saxophonist and concert producer.Graduated from Showa University of Music in Japan.She was awarded the Jury Prize in the wind instrument division at the 10th Burkhardt International Music Competition and received an Encouragement Award at the 7th Romania International Music Competition, among many other awards.

In 2012, she visited Romania for the first time and gave recitals at Peleș Castle and other venues. She later held recitals in Romania and Turkey in 2014. In May 2015, she was invited as an artist from Japan to the 10th anniversary event of the Japanese Language Training Center at the Romana American University (Romania). In 2017, she released her second album “Classical Melodies” . In 2018, she performed two concertos with the Brașov Philharmonic Orchestra in Romania, which were highly acclaimed. In the same year, she also gave a recital in Spain. Currently, in addition to her activities as a soloist, she is actively involved in chamber music, guest performances with orchestras, concert planning, and produce. She has produced many concerts focused on Romanian classical music.
Official website: http://hirokosax.com/

Miyu Uemura
Miyu Uemura(Piano)
Miyu Uemura

Miyu Uemura(Piano)

Born in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Graduated from Hamamatsu Kita High School, currently enrolled in the Diploma Course at Toho Gakuen College of Music, and a graduate of the École Normale de Musique de Paris.

While in France, performed in numerous chamber music concerts and was selected to play in all of the distinguished-performer concerts at the international masterclasses she attended.

Currently, in addition to appearing in many concerts each year, she serves as a resident pianist for opera, ballet, and musical productions, including work with K-Ballet Company and Tokyo Theatre Place.

She also plans and produces concerts and opera performances as a presenter and collaborative pianist. In recent years, she has written and directed original productions, holding regular performances in Tokyo and Hamamatsu.

Gerald Kawasaki
Gerald Kawasaki（Percussion）
Gerald Kawasaki

Gerald Kawasaki（Percussion）

Born in Tokyo. He started playing drums at the age of 13. Graduated from Musashino University of Music's percussion department. He started his career as a professional player while he was in school. He is now a multiplayer who transcends genre boundaries from timpani to frying pan with a wide range of musical qualities including classical music, pop music and folk music. Presiding the music room of Gerald Kawasaki (Marimba Classroom). He is a member of the Japan Castanets Association. He lives in Nishi-Tokyo City.

Second stage
Choir

Traditional Romanian Christmas carols, “Colinde”, sung a cappella.

Heartwarming melodies that touch the soul.

Conductor

Răzvan Apetrei
Răzvan Apetrei
Răzvan Apetrei

Răzvan Apetrei

Răzvan Apetrei was born in 1988, in the city of Bacău (Romania), into a family of actors, but with a musical tradition spanning several generations, on his mother's side.
He began studying piano at the age of 7 at the "George Apostu" Art High School in Bacău, which he continued at the National University of Music in Bucharest.

Between 2011-2017, within the same institution, he completed his bachelor's and master's studies in orchestra conducting. Between 2020-2022, he followed the second master's program, at the "George Enescu" National University of Arts in Iași, specializing in Cultural Management and Artistic Entrepreneurship. In 2024, he obtained his PhD in music (orchestra conducting specialization) at the "George Enescu" National University of Arts in Iași.
As a conductor, he collaborates with Philharmonic Orchestras from Romania and Republic of Moldova (Brașov, Bacău, Pitești, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Chișinău), Comic Opera for Children in Bucharest, Opera Clandestina, Royal Camerata, Royal Choir, "Gavriil Musicescu" Academic Choir of the "Moldova" Philharmonic in Iași, "Symbol" Children and Youth Choir of the Romanian Orthodox Church, etc., performing symphonic, vocal-symphonic, operatic, ballet and choral works from the entire history of universal music.

He participates as a conductor in the "George Enescu" International Festival in the 2019 and 2021 editions, within the Royal Concert, an event under the auspices of the Royal Family of Romania, performing works the first Romanian audition of J.-B. Lully, H. Purcell, G. F. Handel, P. I. Tchaikovsky, etc.
In 2016, he founded Opera Clandestina, an independent opera, ballet and theater company, through which he stages opera performances and vocal-symphonic works by H. Purcell, G. F. Handel and W. A. Mozart. In 2018, he performed, in memory of His Majesty King Michael I of Romania, the first Romanian audition of Henry Purcell's "Funeral Sentences", in the presence of the Royal Family of Romania, and the first Romanian audition of Igor Stravinsky's ballet Pulcinella.
He is a founding member of the Royal Camerata and the Royal Choir (which he currently leads as conductor), ensembles under the High Patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Radu of Romania and decorated by Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown. Since 2009, he has frequently collaborated with the Royal House of Romania to organize musical events.
Since 2017, he has been working as a professor of orchestra, choir and chamber music at various pre-university education institutions in Bucharest (the "George Enescu" National College of Music, the "Iosif Sava" Junior High School of Arts, the Junior High School of Arts no. 3), as well as an assistant professor (associate teacher) at the "George Enescu" National University of Arts in Iași in the department of orchestra conducting.
He composes works for solo piano or chamber ensembles, as well as theater music, musical theater and dance theater, in productions by UNATC, the Bucharest Comedy Theater, the Bucharest Small Theater, the "Excelsior" Theater, the "Bacovia" Municipal Theater in Bacău, the "George Ciprian" Theater in Buzău, where he appears in the dual role of composer-performer.
In 2024, he was decorated by Her Majesty Margareta of Romania with the Custodian of the Romanian Crown Medal.

Chorus members

Soprano

Chika Okada
Chika Okada
Chika Okada

Chika Okada

Graduated from the Vocal Music Department of Showa University of Music.
Completed a short-term Russian language study program at the Derzhavin Institute in Saint Petersburg.
Completed a preparatory course as a research student at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and subsequently graduated from the conservatory’s undergraduate Vocal Music Department.
Invited to perform at the East Japan Earthquake Memorial Concert (Zhukovsky). Appeared in an interview with a Russian news agency. Invited to give a lecture at a local Japanese language school (Moscow).
Currently works as a vocal instructor at York Culture Center Chigasaki and Yurindo Totsuka Culture Center.Registered artist at Ajisai Plaza, the Seya Ward Cultural Center in Yokohama (2024-2025).
Winner of First Prize at the 12th All-Russian Vocal Competition “Fortissimo” held in Tula in 2019.
Studied under mezzo-soprano Elena Okolisheva, a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.

Ena Konuma
Ena Konuma
Ena Konuma

Ena Konuma

She graduated with top honors from the Vocal (Soprano) Concentration of the Music Major in the College of Arts and Sciences at J. F. Oberlin University. she demonstrated exceptional performance, including being selected to perform in the 10th Annual Honors Recital organized by the Music Major.

As a soprano, she has performed roles such as Barbarina in ” Le nozze di Figaro “ ( Mozart ) and Ida in ” Die Fledermaus ” ( Strauss ).

She began studying piano in early childhood and is currently active both as a soloist and accompanist. In addition to performing in recitals, she also gives individual lessons and performs as a guest artist at student concerts. She holds a Diploma A teaching certificate from the Japan Eurhythmics Research Center (NPO), as well as a qualification to teach Eurhythmics in kindergartens and nursery schools. Furthermore, she possesses a Teacher’s License in Music for both junior high and high school.
Currently, she teaches voice and piano at“Mizonokuchi Music Salon “.

Kana Kobayashi
Kana Kobayashi
Kana Kobayashi

Kana Kobayashi

Born in Ibusuki City, Kagoshima Prefecture, and raised in Tama City, Tokyo. On the opera stage, she has performed roles such as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Naiade in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, and Kiyora in Minami Nagai’s The Ship Eventually Fell Asleep(world premiere). In the field of sacred music, she has appeared as soprano soloist in works including Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elias and Bach’s Mass in B Minor.

She graduated from the Department of Vocal Music, College of Arts and Sciences, J. F. Oberlin University, and completed the 39th term of the Opera Singer Training Division of the Japan Opera Foundation. She is an associate member of the Fujiwara Opera, an associate member of the Japan Opera Association and a member of Yokohama City Opera.

Rieko Kusakari
Rieko Kusakari
Rieko Kusakari

Rieko Kusakari

Born in Japan, studied at Kunitachi College of Music, Vocal Music Department and graduate program in Vocal Music, Toho Gakuen School of Music.Completed the Nikikai Opera Training Institute Master Class. Sung role such as Kokozow（Der Graf von Luxemburg）,Manja（Gräfin Mariza）,Hanna（The Merry Widow）from Operetta and Fiordiligi （Cosi fan tutte）,Frau Fluth （The Merry Wives of Windsor） ,La Contessa （Le nozze di figaro）from opera.

As a world premiere in opera "A story of Chiune Sugihara" at the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, played the role of Sara a Jewish woman.

In addition to performing classical music, also active in other fields such as participating chorus in rock band, game music and television program. Member of Nikikai.

Mezzo-soprano

Akane Utsugi
Akane Utsugi
Akane Utsugi

Akane Utsugi

Graduated from the Graduate School of Showa University of Music.
Made her operatic debut in 2016 as Dorabella in Così fan tutte at Showa University of Music.
In 2017, participated as an alto chorus member in the Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project Carmen.
In 2018, performed the role of Mistress Quickly in Falstaff at the same university.
In 2020, appeared as Third Lady in the inaugural production of The Magic Flute by Odawara Opera.
In 2022, performed as Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana with Opera Novella, and as Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro at Showa University of Music.

Currently a semi-member of the Fujiwara Opera Company.
Maiko Kawasaki
Maiko Kawasaki
Maiko Kawasaki

Maiko Kawasaki

Originally from Fukushima Prefecture, she graduated at the top of her class from both the undergraduate and graduate programs in vocal performance at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in 2017. Her operatic roles include the Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte and the Witch in Hänsel und Gretel. As a soloist, she has performed in Mozart’s Requiem K.626, Michael Haydn’s Requiem MH.155, Handel’s Messiah, and Leonard Bernstein’s Jeremiah Symphony, among others.She won 3rd Prize at the 3rd Juditta Pasta Memorial Kumamoto Reconstruction International Opera Singer Competition, 1st Prize at the 6th Kawasaki Newcomer Vocal Competition, 1st Prize in the University Division of the 73rd All Japan Student Music Competition, and 3rd Prize at the 37th Soleil Music Competition.From 2022 to 2024, she was a member of the chorus for the Seiji Ozawa Opera Project. In 2024, she served as the cover for the role of Ciesca in the opera Gianni Schicchi at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival OMF Opera. She has studied voice under Masao Neginokane and Masumi Aida.

Maki Sekizuka
Maki Sekizuka
Maki Sekizuka

Maki Sekizuka

Ms. Maki Sekizuka began her music education and classical vocal training at the Tokyo College of Music High School and continued her studies at the Tokyo College of Music, where she majored in the Vocal Performance Course. She earned both her Bachelor's degree and a Graduate Diploma.

Ms.Sekizuka has participated in several prestigious international programs. She attended the International Summer Academy at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg in Austria. She later received a scholarship to take part in a masterclass at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, awarded by the “Les Splendides” Music Competition. During her time in Vienna, she studied under Ms. Claudia Visca and performed in the final concert featuring selected participants.

She also attended the summer seminar at the Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester), where she performed in the concert for selected students. She was the recipient of the Howard Hanson International Student Scholarship, awarded by the Eastman School of Music, and subsequently graduated from its graduate program, earning a Master of Music degree under the mentorship of Ms. Rita Shane.

Ms. Sekizuka has received numerous accolades, including First Prize at both the “Les Splendides” Music Competition and the Japan Artists Voice Competition, Second Prize at the Cho-ko Cup International Music Competition, and the George Enescu Award at the Romanian International Music Competition. She has also been a finalist in competitions such as the All Japan Students of Music Schools Competition, the Osaka International Music Competition, and the All Japan Saimei Music Competition. She passed the Fresh Concert Audition hosted by the Japan-Europe Cultural Association and received the Encouragement Award.

Operatic performances include roles in *Il turco in Italia* and *Dialogues des Carmélites* with Eastman Opera Theatre. In addition to her stage work, she is an active concert artist, appearing in recitals and concert engagements across Japan, the United States (New York), Canada, Austria, and Germany. Her solo appearances include works such as Beethoven’s *Symphony No. 9* with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Mr. Leos Swarowsky.

Ms. Sekizuka has recorded two CD albums featuring a collection of Japanese art songs inspired by the poetry and artwork of Yumeji Takehisa (1884–1934), a renowned Japanese poet and painter.
Kaori Shinke
Kaori Shinke
Kaori Shinke

Kaori Shinke

Born in Hiroshima.Graduated from Osaka College of Music, receiving the Excellence Award. Studied at Broadway Dance Center, New York. Operatic debut as Third Knabe (Die Zauberflöte, Hiroshima Opera Renaissance). Roles include: title role (Carmen), Cherubino and Second Bridesmaid (Le Nozze di Figaro), Paoluccia (La Cecchina), Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus, Japanese translation), Mistress of the Novices (Suor Angelica). Performances with Biwako Hall Opera Academy, Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, and Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival. Represented Japan with the Asia Pacific Youth Choir 2015 at Expo Milano and Macau. Other work includes commercial and film recordings, dinner concerts aboard Nippon Maru and Pacific Venus, and various recitals. Performed the national anthem as soloist at Mazda Stadium for a professional baseball game in 2024. Invited to sing at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. Completed the Masterclass Program of the Japan Opera Foundation. Also active as a voice instructor.

Tenor

Koyo Isozaki
Koyo Isozaki
Koyo Isozaki

Koyo Isozaki

A native of Aichi Prefecture, he graduated from Aichi University of the Arts with a degree in Vocal Music and later established his base in Tokyo. He completed the 41st Opera Singer Training Program at the Japan Opera Foundation and was a prizewinner in the Vocal Music Division (General A category) of both the 23rd and 24th Japan Performers Competition.

He has appeared with ensembles such as the Fujiwara Opera, the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, and the Tokyo Opera Singers. As an operatic soloist, his engagements include Count Belfiore in La finta giardiniera, Borsa in Rigoletto, Giuseppe in La traviata, John Styx in Orpheus in the Underworld, and Marcellus in Hamlet, among others.

He studied voice under Takashi Otsuki and is currently an Associate Member of the Fujiwara Opera and the Japan Opera Association.
Buntaro Kawajiri
Buntaro Kawajiri
Buntaro Kawajiri

Buntaro Kawajiri

Born in Ishikawa Japan.
Graduated from Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and completed the specialized course at the same university.Graduated from the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Training Institute. Currently a regular member of the Nikikai.
He appeared in the operas "L'elisir d'amore" as Nemorino and "Gianni Schicchi" as Rinuccio, among many other productions.
In recent years, he received high praise for his excellent performance as Monostatos in "Die Zauberflöte" in 2023. He was selected to sing the national anthem at the 2024 Liberal Democratic Party convention. In 2025, he performed Mozart's Requiem as tenor soloist.

Masaki Shimizu
Masaki Shimizu
Masaki Shimizu

Masaki Shimizu

Completed master's program at Musashino College of Music.
While continuing his activities as an opera singer, he began working as a musical actor in 2018.
He has appeared in many operas, including the role of Ferland in ``Cosi fan tutte'', the role of Cavaradossi in ``Tosca'', and the role of Yohei in ``Yuzuru''. In musicals, he has played the role of Norio Hikage in ``Trouble Show,'' Noboru Tomita in ``Time Flies,'' the role of the Laughing Traveler in ``Sight,'' Jean Buoor in ``Miracle at Lourdes,'' Eddie Miles in ``Murder on Broadway,'' and many others.
Instructed vocal music to Kentaro Matsumura, Yushi Otaki, and Minoru Kamoshita.

Hirotaka Tomita
Hirotaka Tomita
Hirotaka Tomita

Hirotaka Tomita

Hirotaka TOMITA　Tenor
Born in Kanagawa, he graduated from Showa University of Music and completed the opera specialization course at the university’s affiliated music research institute. He studied under W. Matteuzzi, R. Cortesi, Ken Matsuura, and Yojiro Oyama.
During his studies, he participated in numerous concerts and was awarded the Excellence Prize upon graduation. While enrolled in the specialization program, he received a scholarship from the Tsuda Memorial Scholarship Foundation.
He has deepened his studies in Italy through more than ten short-term study stays, attending various masterclasses and collaborating four times with the Orchestra Filarmonica Veneta.
He has performed numerous operatic roles, including in La traviata, Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, Così fan tutte, and Il barbiere di Siviglia. In recent years, he also took part in a production of Così fan tutte in Bulgaria. Additionally, he has worked as director or stage director for independent productions of Le nozze di Figaro, Lucia di Lammermoor, and Così fan tutte.
In addition to opera, he has appeared as a soloist in sacred works such as Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Handel’s Messiah.
He has received recognition in various competitions, including selection for the Concorso di Canto Lirico Italiano, second prize at the Tokyo Vocal Competition, and both the Excellence Award and the Kobe Educational Committee Prize at the Kobe International Competition.
In 2024, he participated in the inaugural edition of the Sawakami Opera Academy.

Bass-Baritone

Haruhisa Ogawa
Haruhisa Ogawa
Haruhisa Ogawa

Haruhisa Ogawa

A native of Miki-cho, Kagawa, Haruhisa Ogawa graduated from Sakaide High School and went on to complete both his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts. While there, he was selected to perform in the university's graduation concert. He is also a graduate of the 64th master class at the Nikikai Opera Training Institute.

Haruhisa Ogawa has performed roles such as Papageno in The Magic Flute, Publio in La clemenza di Tito, Peter in Hänsel und Gretel, and Doctor Grenvil in La traviata. He has also appeared as a bass soloist in J.S. Bach's "Cantata No. 36" and Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9." He is a Nikikai Associate Member.

Shuhei Ohkura
Shuhei Ohkura
Shuhei Ohkura

Shuhei Ohkura

Graduated from the Vocal Music Department of Kunitachi College of Music.
He has mainly worked on the opera stage,
appearing in roles such as Alfio in "Cavalleria Rusticana,"
Schaunard in "La Bohème," Le Dancaïre in "Carmen,"
Samuel in "Un Ballo in Maschera," Dr. Granville in "La Traviata,"
Pin in "Turandot," and Fasolt in "Das Rheingold."
He studied under Ryoichi Shimizu.

Jumpei Niimi
Jumpei Niimi
Jumpei Niimi

Jumpei Niimi

Jumpei Niimi was born in Japan in 1985. He began studying vocal music at the age of 17 and studied in Tokyo, Vienna and The Hague.
He has Experienced the role of Bass-Baritone in various productions in Japan. For example, Ottone in the Monteverdi opera "L'Incoronazione di Poppea", the King of Handel's opera "Ariodante", Papageno in the Mozart opera "The Magic Flute", the Count and Bartolo of "Le nozze di Figaro", Caspar of Weber's opera "Der Freischütz", Escamillo and Zuniga of Bizet's opera "Carmen", Frank of J. Strauss II's operetta "Die Fledermaus", Marcello and Benoit of Puccini's opera "La bohème" etc.
He has also sung soloists for Bach, Handel and Beethoven's oratorio. And from 2011 to 2020, he participated in Bach collegium Japan. He won the 2013 Soleil Music Competition(Tokyo,Japan). 2014 Ljuba Welitsch 1st International Vocal Competition Special Award (Vienna), Matsukata Hall Music Award Competition 2nd prize (Hyogo,Japan). In 2015 he won the 19th Japan Mozart Music Competition (Tokyo,Japan).
He performed at last year's Seiji Ozawa Music Academy and Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto music festival. As Benoit of Opera "La bohème".
He is a member of Tokyo Nikikai, Oita Nikikai.

Masato Nomura
Masato Nomura
Masato Nomura

Masato Nomura

Graduated from the Vocal Music Department, Faculty of Music, Tokyo College of Music.
Studied under Makoto Tashiro and Toshinori Kitamura.
Has appeared in numerous operas including:
Così fan tutte: Guglielmo
The Magic Flute: Papageno
La Bohème: Marcello・ Schonard
Gianni Schicchi: Gianni Schicchi
Cavalleria Rusticana: Alfio
Continues to pursue advanced studies.
Director of Il vento Music School.
Member of Tokyo Nikikai.

At the Hachioji performance
on Friday, December 19, 2025,
there will be a pre-concert by theHachioji Kids Singersbefore the main performance

Prior to the main performance on December 19, 2025, a pre-concert will be presented by the Hachioji Kids Singers.

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Venue Kitazawa Town Hall
Address 2-8-18 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 155-0031, Japan
Access 5-minute walk from Shimokitazawa Station
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Address 24-1 Honcho, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-0066, Japan
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Venue Takatsu Civic Hall
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Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 213-0001, Japan
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We welcome gifts and refreshments for the artists and staff.
Your support is a great encouragement to us.
We sincerely appreciate your kindness.

【差し入れ】お水 1ケース

【Support Gift】 1 Case of Water

¥5,000

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【差し入れ】お菓子

【Support Gift】Sweets

¥8,000

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【差し入れ】出演者&スタッフへのお弁当

【【Support Gift】Lunch Boxes for Performers & Staff

¥50,000

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Asterism Co., Ltd.