First prize in the competition “International Vocal competition Basel 2021“ (2022)

Third prize and special prize in the competition “Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne” (2022)

Japanese soprano Sawako Kayaki was born 1999. She started her vocal education at the age of sixteen. She studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts and at the International Opera Academy (IOA) in Ghent.
She sang leading roles in the IOA’s production of “Private View”, and in “Lost & Found” by the Belgian composer, Annelies Van Parys.
She is also an active interpret of Lied. Recently she was invited by the Oxford Lied Festival in Berlin. This summer, 2022 she won third prize and special prize in the competition “Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne”. Additionally she also won first prize at the Internationaler Gesangswettbewerb Basel 2021.
Her operatic repertoire includes the roles of Lakmé in Lakmé ( Delibes ), Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos ( R. Strauss ), Morgana in Alcina ( Händel ), Ännchen in Der Freischütz ( Werber ), Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail ( Mozart ), Oscar in Un ball in maschera ( Verdi ) etc.
She is currently on tour with the production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Rosina (soprano version), directed by Tom Goossens.

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