Motomi Tanaka, a soprano from Yokohama, Japan, embraces a broad range of repertoire from early to contemporary music. Her recent opera roles include Giulietta (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Miss Wordsworth (Albert Herring), Ninfa (L'Orfeo), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), and Sandman (Hansel and Gretel). In concert works, she has performed as a soloist with The Princeton Festival and Russian Chamber Chorus of New York, among many others. She was a finalist at the Linn Maxwell Keller Distinguished Bach Musician Award in 2019.
As an avid ensemble singer, Motomi often sings with Musica Sacra, the Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine in NYC, Princeton Festival Chorus, Bard Festival Chorale, and the New York Virtuoso Singers. She was a former VOCES8 US Scholar in 2022-2023.
She was a featured Young Artist with ARTEK's Madrigal Madness in 2018. As an active recitalist, she has recently given a concert at the Pipe Organ Promenade Concert at Saitama Arts Theater in Japan, and given full performances in New York and at the former Sonoda House in Tokyo. She enjoys working with composers and has premiered many of their works.
She holds a Bachelor of Art’s degree in Art History from Keio University and Master of Music in vocal performance from Musashino Academia Musicae in Japan. She moved to New York to continue her vocal studies, and completed a Professional Studies Certificate at Manhattan School of Music. She is currently based in the New York City area and is pursuing doctoral studies at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Motomi is a member of AGMA.
Schedule 2024
Avro Pärt's Passio
Artefact Ensemble & The Experiential Orchestra
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Friday, January 26, 7pm
Saturday, January 27, 7pm
Spirit and Splendor: Schütz & Handel
Musica Sacra
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Tuesday, March 19th, 7:30pm
Children of Abraham: Shared Pathways
The Cathedral Choir with Rose of the Compass
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Tuesday, April 9th, 7:30pm
Brahms Requiem
Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra & Chorus
Symphony Hall, Boston
Friday, April 19th, 7:30pm
Sunday, April 21st, 3pm
Ecliptic
Nightingale Vocal Ensemble & Juventas New Music Ensemble
Charles Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science, Boston
Wednesday, May 1st, 7:30pm
Shall We Gather at the River
with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Wade Thompson Drill Hall, Park Avenue Armory
Tuesday, May 21st, 7:30pm
Ockeghem Marathon
The Clarion Choir and Orchestra
The Met Cloisters
Wednesday, June 12th, 3-8pm
Schedule 2023
VOCES8 & Christopher Tin: The Lost Birds
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford, CA
Saturday, February 25, 7:30pm PT
Light of Paradise
Great Music in a Great Space
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Wednesday, March 8, 7:30pm
Bach's St. Matthew Passion
New York Philharmonic, Musica Sacra
Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
Thursday, March 23, 7:30pm
Friday, March 24, 8:00pm
Saturday, March 25, 8:00pm
Magic.
Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
St. Peter's Episopal Church, Cambridge, MA
Saturday, April 22, 8:00pm
Old South Church, Boston, MA
Sunday, April 23, 4:00pm
The Unadorned Bach - Cantatas #205-215
The New York Virutoso Singers
Merkin Concert Hall
Saturday, April 29, 7:30pm
Venice, City of Light
Cathedral Choir & Rose of the Compass
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
May, 16, 7:30pm
Musica Sacra, Sing for Hope & Mostly Modern
Oculus World Trade Center
Thursday, May 25, 1:00-3:00pm
Sorrel Hays Rediscovered
Mary Flager Cary Hall at The Dimenna Center
The North/South Symphony Orchestra & NY Virtuoso Singers
Tuesday, June 6, 8:00pm
Boston Early Music Festival Fringe Concert
Early 17th-Century Roman Opera Scenes
New York Continuo Collective
Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, Boston
Thursday, June 8, 12:00pm
The Fairy Queen
The Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College
LeFrak Concert Hall
Saturday, June 17, 1:00pm
Bard Music Festival Special Event
Music for Parish, Home, and School Part II
Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck
Friday, August 11, 3:00pm
Bard Music Festival Program Nine
A New Elizabethan Age?
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Saturday, August 12, 8:00pm
Bard Music Festival Program Eleven
Vaughan Williams and Shakespeare: Sir John in Love
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Sunday, August 13, 3:00pm
Diana Wege: Earth Requiem and Rebirth
The Village Trip Singers
St. Marks in the Bowery
Saturday, September 9, 3:00pm
Poe & Gesualdo : The Cask of Amontillado
Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
Old North Church, Boston
Thursday, September 21, 8pm
Saturday, September 23, 8pm
Choral Evensong: Bach Cantata No. 61, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
Synod Hall, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Sunday, December 3, 4pm
Christmas Concert: The Joy of Christmas, Peace on Earth
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Saturday, December 9, 7pm
Handel's Messiah
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, New York Philharmonic
Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall
Tuesday, December 12, 7pm
Wednesday, December 13, 7pm
Thursday, December 14, 7pm
Saturday, December 16, 7pm
New Years Eve Concert for Peace
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Sunday, December 31, 7pm
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