Hiromitsu Maeda was born in Japan
where he was educated at the Kunitachi College of Music and at the Tokyo
Conservatoire Shobi, specialising in singing.
Hiromitsu has had much solo singing experience
in his native Japan and England including the operatic roles of Gherard
(Gianni Schicchi), Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte), Idomeneo (Idomeneo), Oronte
(Alcina) and Acis (Acis and Galatea). He has sung solo parts in many
oratorios, cantatas and masses, including Morzart's Coronation Mass,
Requiem, Handel's Messiah and Bach's Christmas Oratorio..
As a concert performer, he has given several
recitals of English lute songs, Baroque and early Classical music through
to German Lieder, and contemporary works in England, Germany, Hungary
and Japan.
He completed his postgtaduate study at the Royal
Academy of Music in 2004 and took part in master classes with Robert
Tear, Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb and Anthony Rooley.
Previous Performances
2004
·Acis (Acis and Galatea)
Benslow Baroque Opera (conducted by Laurence Commings)
·Oronte (Alcina)
Hampstead Garden opera
·Idomeoneo (Idomeneo)
Floral Opera
·Tenor Solo (Bach “Cantata BWV 74”)
Tilford Bach Society
·Tenor Solo (Elger “Coronation Ode”)
·Recital of English Songs
Chiba, Hiroshima in Japan
·Lunchtime Recital(An die ferne Geliebte, English songs)
St Mary Abbots
2005
·Ramon (La Navarraise)
Consort Prod (Directed by Mary Hill)
·Lunchtime Recital (Dichterliebe, English songs)
St Olave’s Church
·Lunchtime Recital (Dichterliebe, Liszt songs)
Hampstead Garden Suberb
·Vocal Ensemble Concert
St. Cecilia Consort
·Tenor Solo (Mozart “Requiem”)
Orisis Ensemble
2006
·Tenor solo (Theile "St Mathew Passion")
The Lantana Ensemble (Directed by Peter Holman)
·Early Music concert (Medieval to Baroque Music)
La Nuova Stella Ensemble
·Lunchtime Recital (Dichterliebe, Songs by Schumann)
St Martin Ludgate Hill
·Tenor Solo (Kelly "Crucifixion")
Chiltern Choir
·Lunchtime Recital (Dichterliebe, Songs by Schumann)
St Mary-le-Strand
·Song Recital (An die ferne geliebte, English and Japanese songs)
Burge House, Hampstead in London
·La Nuova Stella (Works by Pepusch, Purcell and Monteverdi)
Fringe programme of the Holland Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht
