Welcome Back Classic Vol.3

Performer/ Takashi Masu (Baritone) Piano accompaniment: Keiko Fujie

<Profile of Performer
Graduated from the Department of Voice at Osaka College of Music. Completed the 5th term of the Opera Training Institute of the New National Theatre, Tokyo. Grand Prize at the 37th Italian Vocal Concorso Milano. Awarded the 23rd Gotoh Memorial Cultural Prize for Newcomers in Opera. Awarded the 30th Tokitada Sakai Music Award. She has appeared in major opera productions in Japan, including the New National Theatre, Seiji Ozawa Music School Opera Project, Yutaka Sado Produced Opera, and Nissay Theatre, as well as performing the bass solo in Verdi's Requiem at the Vatican International Music Festival 2018 (St. Peter's Basilica). She has appeared on NHK-FM's "Masterpiece Recital" and "Recital Nova," TV Asahi's "Untitled Concert," and other media. She is a member of the Tokyo Nikikai, the Japan Federation of Musicians' Organizations, the Nishinomiya Music Association, and the Sakai City Opera.

＜What is "Welcome Back Classics"?
Takarazuka Vega Hall holds the Takarazuka Vega Music Competition every two years for piano, voice, and woodwind, and has produced many artists over the past 30 years. In the "Okaeri Classics" program, artists who have competed in past competitions will reappear to promote their current activities.