Toyo Tanaka

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Toyo Masanori Tanaka (born January 19, 1959 in Tokyo , Japan , † late July 2015 in Munich , Germany ) was a Japanese musician , actor , opera director and festival director .

Life

Training in Japan
His father is a composer, his mother an opera singer. Graduated from high school, studied psychology and literature at Keiō University , studied acting, dramaturgy and directing at the Tokyo Actor Studio .
Training in Germany
His aunt, the famous singer Michiko de Kowa-Tanaka , brought him to Germany to study. Tanaka took acting lessons at the Max Reinhardt School in Berlin and studied singing, piano and composition at the Berlin University of the Arts .

Film career

Toyo Tanaka was already successful as an actor during his studies and played theaters in Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Zurich and St. Gallen, and appeared in many movies, such as Dorian Gray in the tabloid press , The Summer of the Samurai or Die is healthier , in TV films like Die Kluge Witwe , Momoko or Shops and in TV series like Büro, Büro , Tatort , Großstadtrevier , Alarm für Cobra 11 or Flash , a co-production of ZDF Mainz / BBC London / RAI Rome / Antenne 2 Paris.

Opera direction and artistic direction

Toyo Masanori Tanaka directed around 300 radio plays and audiobooks and was the artistic director of the series Views of a President , initiated by Federal President Roman Herzog and continued by Federal President Johannes Rau with Brigitte Fassbaender , Siegfried Jerusalem , René Kollo and soloists of the Komische Oper Berlin in Schloss Bellevue Berlin and the awarding of the Warburg Prize to George Bush , President of the United States of America, with Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and soloists of the Komische Oper Berlin in Schloss Charlottenburg Berlin. Artistic direction at concerts and events of the Alfred Herrhausen Society with Stella Grigorian , Ophelia Sala, Neil Shicoff , Sir Ben Kingsley , Mario Adorf, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Jürgen Flimm , Ioan Holender , Udo Zimmermann , Sir Simon Rattle , the Vienna Boys' Choir, the 12 cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker in the Philharmonie Berlin. Artistic director of the Salzburg encounters with Pierre Boulez as part of the Salzburg Festival. Director u. a. Handel, “Acis and Galatea” with Annette Dasch, the Favola in Musica orchestra, conductor: Christoph Hammer in the Pergamon Altar in the Pergamon Museum Berlin and Monteverdi / Gluck “Orfeo and Euridice” in the rotunda in the Altes Museum Berlin.

Artistic director and festival director

Toyo Masanori Tanaka has been the artistic director of the MúsicaMallorca festival since 2003 . Congratulated: u. a. Christa Ludwig, Angelika Kirschlager, Barbara Bonney, Mauricio Pollini, Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Placido Domingo. Thomas Hampson, Zubin Mehta. Under his leadership, the MúsicaMallorca festival has become a highly acclaimed, world-renowned festival for classical music far beyond the Balearic Islands. His philosophy of giving young musicians and singers a platform for professional performances alongside renowned artists became a great success. Since 2013 he has also been the artistic director of the MúsicaMallorca festival. In 2014 Toyo Masanori Tanaka was appointed artistic director of the Musica Allegro festival in the A. Borsig estate / Brandenburg.

Founder and artistic director of the master class

Toyo Masanori Tanaka received international attention and recognition by founding the MúsicaMallorca master class singing. His personal concern was the constant promotion and care of young, highly talented singers.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ page on Facebook
  2. ↑ On the death of Toyo Tanaka: The Japanese on duty. In: Mallorca Zeitung , August 25, 2015. Accessed August 25, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Tanaka, Toyo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tanaka, Toyo Masanori (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese musician, actor, opera director and festival director
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo , Japan
DATE OF DEATH July 2015
Place of death Munich , Germany