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Conductor: Mayana Ishizaki

Mayana Ishizaki, conductor

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Winner of the 2017 Nino Rota International Conducting Competition, promising female conductor
Born in 1986. Graduated from Tokyo College of Music, majoring in conducting, and completed conducting research at the same graduate school. He studied conducting under Junichi Hirokami, Ken Takaseki, Tatsuya Shimono, Yasuhiko Shiozawa, Yasufumi Tokito, and Masanori Mikawa. He also attended lectures given Michiyoshi Inoue and Gianluigi Gelmetti. In 2016, he was elected to the PMF Conducting Academy, where he studied under John Axelrod.
In 2011, he was selected as a conducting researcher of the Nippon Steel & Sumikin Cultural Foundation, and has been studying at the Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo (currently the Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra).
In 2017, he won the Nino Rota Prize (winner) and the Audience Prize (in Matera and Taranto) at the 2nd Nino Rota International Conductor Competition in Italy. In 2012, he won the 16th Tokyo International Music Competition <Conducting> (no 1st to 3rd prizes) and received the Audience Award at the same time.
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Symphony Orchestra, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Yamagata Symphony Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Okayama Philharmonic Orchestra, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra, Kansai Nikikai, Hiroshima Wind Orchestra, Panda Wind Orchestra, etc.
In opera, he has conducted Mozart's The Magic Flute, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Puccini's The Sister Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi. In addition, he is also studying as a music staff at Nissay Theater, Japan Opera Promotion Association, Kanagawa Prefectural Hall, etc.