Yukako Aoyagi is a classically trained Soprano and Pianist. She graduated from a music university with a long and distinguished history and which has produced many famous classical music artist.
During her junior high school days, she took part in a Youth Exchange School (YES) program which included a homestay in Guam, USA. After graduation, she attended a private high school named Shukutoku Yono High School and was a member of the advanced English program. During her high school years, she was fortunate to again go overseas and participate in a homestay in England, U.K. as well as study English at Chertnam College.
[Music Credentials:]
・Graduate of Kunitachi Music University.
･Passed through the 45th term of the training institute of Nikikai Opera Studio representative a opera association of Japan.
Passed audition to enter the Mozarteum National Music University of Salzburg in Austria; Participated in the 2000 Summer Master class, and studied under Professor Barbara Ann Martin, performed at the concert in the Mozarteum Music University Hall, then received diploma.
・Third prize recipient at the 1st Annual Japan Beethoven Festival Music Contest.
・Competition winner at the 4th Annual Osaka International Music Contest.
・Soloist performer of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (2002 and 2004) in the main Hall at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Ikebukuro.
・Invited Soloist performer at the 2004 Memorial (55-year Anniversary) Gyoda City concert – Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
・Performed as a Soloist with the Poland National Radio Symphony Orchestra (May 2004) in Warsaw, Poland - Stabat Mater (A. L. Dvorak).
・Opera performance (Sister Angelica by G.Puccini) at the New National Theatre Tokyo. Played the role of Converse (November 2005).
・Invited Soloist performer of Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Universal Philharmonic Orchestra Tokyo (December 2006)
・Invited Soloist performer of the Requiem by G.Faure with the Theater Orchestra Tokyo （November 2010）
・Soloist performer with numerous orchestras in Japan, as well as overseas.
・Piano accompanist collaborations with numerous vocal and instrumental performers.
･Accepted the piano teacher excellence certificate at the North Kanto Piano Competition in 2010 and 2019 by the Japan Piano Association.