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Soprano, Andover Educator
Hiroko Kawai's
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Hiroko Kawai
Hiroko Kawai is Lyric Soprano from Japan who has studied in Germany and
the Netherlands. Before her European training, she earned a BA in Music
Education from Hiroshima National University and a MA in Music Education
and Singing Performance from Tokyo-Gakugei National University, as well
as training at the Tokyo-Nikikai Opera Studio.
In 1987, Hiroko began to study at the
Musikhochschule Stuttgart (the Academy of Music Stuttgart) in Germany, and also
studied singing performance from an Alexander Technique perspective with Jean
Stawski in Munich. In 1994, she was granted a Netherlands government scholarship
and studied at the Conservatory Utrecht 1994. Since coming back to Japan in
1995, Hiroko has made several trip back to Europe to continue her singing
training and to learn the Audio-Vocal course of the Tomatis
Method.
Hiroko has performed with Ernst Ottensammer, the principal
clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as with the Stravinsky
String Quartet from St.Petersburg, and with the Dvorak Chamber Orchestra from
Slovakia. She has also performed in numerous solo recitals throughout western
Japan.
Her major teachers include Marianne Blok, Elly Ameling, Rudolf Jansen,
and Takehisa Kinoshita (for singing); Yehezkel Ein-Shay and Barbara Conable
(for the Alexander Technique); Alfred Tomatis and Dominique Cannet (for
the Tomatis Method); and Masaaki Hayakawa (for conducting).
She taught at Fukuyama University and Fukuyama-Heisei University, and is
currently a vocal instructor at Chugoku College and the Asahi Culture Center.
In addition, she offers private lessons for voice and body mapping in her
home studio. Since 2000, she has also conducted the Fontana Kurashiki Chamber
Choir.
Currently, Hiroko lives in western Japan, and is available to teach the
Andover courses " What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body"
and "What Every Singer Needs to Know about the Body" at any location.
Hiroko Kawai mail：andover-hiro@mx1.tamatele.ne.jp Tel/Fax：+81(86)525-2835
Barbara Conable
the Tomatis Method
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