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Songs : Toshiharu Nakajima(CT)Takuya Okamoto(G)+Guitar Arrangements

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Collection of Toru Takemitsu songs heard by countertenor with guitar! Toshiharu Nakajima (countertenor) / Takuya Okamoto (guitar)Toshiharu Nakajima (countertenor) graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts with a Bachelor's degree in vocal music, and received a Master's degree from Tokyo University of the Arts. He completed his postgraduate studies in Lieder and Oratorio at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and his master's degree in Baroque Voice at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music, both with unanimous honors. She has performed as a soloist with many of Europe's leading musicians, including J. van Veldhoven, E.L. Banzo, A. van der Spoel, and C. Meier. He has been invited to perform at festivals throughout Europe, including the Vienna Schubertiade, the Utrecht Festival of Ancient Music, and the Prague Spring Festival, and is expanding his activities internationally.She has also won prizes at the Japan Music Competition, the Brahms International Competition in Pertsach, the International Petirek Contemporary Song Competition in Vienna, and the Friendship German Song Competition, and has been highly acclaimed in the field of songwriting. In addition to the Gotoh Memorial Culture Award for Newcomers to Opera, she has received the Shiga Prefecture Next Generation Culture Award, the Matsukata Music Award Encouragement Prize, and the Kyoto Arts and Culture Special Encouragement Prize, among others. He has studied in Europe as a recipient of the Nomura Foundation Overseas Study Grant, Rohm Music Foundation Scholarship, and as a recipient of the Agency for Cultural Affairs Overseas Study Program for Emerging Artists. Takuya Okamoto (Guitar) Born in Chiba, Japan, Okamoto began playing guitar at the age of 10 and studied under the late Yasushi Hiratsuka, Masashi Shinohara, and Alvaro Pielli at the Vienna State University of Music. 2018, he completed the master's program at the same university with the highest unanimous score. He studied historical performance with Ingomar Rainer and lute performance with Luciano Contini.In addition to winning second prize at the Alhambra International Guitar Competition in Spain, he has won many national and international competitions and prizes. His solo albums "Seven Rings" (2019) and "One" (2021) were both selected as Record Art Special Selections. He has been invited to give master classes and recitals at the Vienna Forum International Guitar Festival and other international guitar festivals in Austria, Hungary, Romania and Serbia. In addition to solo and chamber music, he is also a member of the guitar quartet "Talega Guitar Quartet" (Gen Matsuda, Aoi Hui Park, Shinichiro Tokunaga, Takuya Okamoto), which he formed in 2015. Tobu Shoji Co.