A Reki Mizuno Tenor Concert 2025

Part 1...The World of Spanish Music
Joaquin Rodrigo: Aranjuez in Love
Federico Monpau: All Flowers on You
Manuel de Falla: The Moorish Weave
Fernando Obradorz: With your thinnest hair
and others

Part 2: Fun Stage
Songs will be announced on the day of the concert.


Tenor Akemi Mizuno
Born in Wako City, Saitama Prefecture. Lives in Nara City. Graduated from Tokyo College of Music, majoring in vocal music. Completed the graduate school of Tokyo College of Music, where she majored in solo voice. While a student, she performed the roles of Eisenstein in the operetta "Die Fledermaus (performed in Japanese)" and Camille in "The Merry Widow," and was the soloist in Mozart's "Coronation Mass. She has sung in the chorus of TV programs such as "Ongame no Nai Ongakukai" and "Nihon Meisaku Albume", sang tenor solo in the soundtracks of Daisuke Miura's "Ai no Uzuru" and Hajime Hashimoto's "Zutaboro", and was the singing coach for "Kita no Canaries", the 60th anniversary film of Toei Company. She also sang in "A Reki Mizuno Tenor Recital" at Sumida Triphony Hall Small Hall (2016, 2023) and Lutheran Ichigaya Hall (2017). She has been involved in a wide range of activities in the field of vocal music, including the premiere of "Kimi ni Koishite" (composed by Onnaka On), the premiere of "Chain Songs on Poems by Yagi Shigekichi" (composed by Hojo Mikayo), the solo singing of the national anthem at the Nara City coming-of-age ceremony in 2020, and as a juror for the International Vocal Music Competition in Tokyo. She received the 2nd Prize of Excellence at the 33rd Soleil Music Competition. She won the 2nd Prize and the Spanish Ambassador's Prize at the 6th International Competition of Spanish and Latin American Music. He has studied voice under Kenji Mizuno and Shigehiro Sano, and Spanish songs under Yoichi Hattori. He is a member of the Japanese Society for Music Education and the Japanese Society for Musical Expression. After working as a part-time assistant at Tokyo College of Music, he is currently an associate professor at Nara University of Education.


Piano Hiroko Takimoto
Born in Bando City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Graduated from Toho Girls' High School. Graduated from the same college. Completed the graduate school of Tokyo College of Music, Department of Accompaniment. She has won prizes and awards at the Ibaraki Student Music Competition, the Japan Piano Education Association Competition, the Osaka International Competition, and the Pitina Competition. Performed concertos with the Polish National Krakow Orchestra. Performed concertos with I Solisti Ibaraki. Performed in various concerts such as Ibaraki Prefecture Newcomers Concert, La Folle Journée Area Concert, Taiwan Goodwill Concert, and accompaniment for vocal and instrumental recitals. After working as an assistant accompanist in the vocal department of the Tokyo College of Music, she is currently an assistant accompanist in the conducting department of the Tokyo College of Music.


Cooperation: Accor Vivre, T&N Planning
Supported by: Nara University of Education Music Education Course, Japan Society for Musical Expression