Katsunori Kono Baritone Concert

Schumann was one of the most famous composers of the German Romantic period. The leading German lieder singer delicately and colorfully sings "The Poet's Love," a supreme collection of songs written at the height of his happiness after his marriage.

＜Profile of Katsunori Kono
After completing the graduate course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Kono studied at the Munich State Conservatory of Music as a German Government Scholarship student. He has won prizes at the Geneva and the Hertogenbosch International Music Competitions. Performed recitals, operas, orchestras, and religious works in Europe and the United States. In Japan, she has appeared as a soloist with the NHK Symphony Orchestra and other orchestras, as well as with Saito Kinen, and at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, in numerous roles, including Papageno in "The Magic Flute" when it opened. He has performed with Seiji Ozawa, Kazushi Ohno, Kent Nagano, Tatsunori Numajiri, Junichi Hirokami, Oliver Nassen, K. Mazur, G. Bertini, E. Inbal, and many other famous conductors in Japan and abroad. He was awarded the Excellence Prize at the 2004 Japan Arts Festival. Currently, he teaches at Yokohama National University, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and other universities. Yamaguchi Hometown Ambassador

＜Yui Amano (Piano) Profile
Born in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture. After studying composition at Tokyo University of the Arts, she entered the master's program in composition at the same university's Graduate School of Music in April of this year. In addition to composing and arranging a wide variety of music, he is also active as a pianist and chamber musician. He won second prize in the 19th Hirosaki Sakura-no-en Composition Competition in the general category. He won the second prize at the 15th Contemporary Music Performance Competition "Competitive Music XV". Gold Prize and Concerto Prize at the 23rd Chopin International Piano Competition in ASIA, Concerto B Division.