CALENDAR

19/10/2025 5 p.m. Regional Cultural Center in Prievidza, SK
Operatic concert
Dušan Šimo - tenore
Karin Sarkisjan - piano


15/08/2025 7 p.m. Church of Kojetín, CZ
Organ concert
Petr Otáhal - organ


29/06/2025 6 p.m. Synagogue in Vrutky, Slovakia
"Ej Láska Láska" Slovakia tour
Nao Higano ＆ Karin Sarkisjan


08/06/2025 from 9-21 Komagome, Tokyo
Nao Higano Belcanto masterclass
Toshihiko Nakamura - piano
www.facebook.com/events/569693872244355


07/06/2025 6 p.m. Geijutsuka no Ie, Meguro, Tokyo
Chamber concert with Czech music
Chiaki Yamazaki - violin
Akiko Osedo - piano


01/06/2025 3:30 p.m. Waseda hoshien, Waseda, Tokyo
"Journey through Slovakia with folksongs"
Tetsuaki Nakano - guiter

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20/04/2025 9 a.m. Big Church in Kojetín, Czech Republic
Easter messa
Cézar : Panis Angelicus, Stradella : Piera signore, Mozart : Laudate dominum
Petr Otáhal - organ, conducter

14/03/2025 6 p.m. Kultur Centre Senec, Slovakia
"Ej Láska Láska" Slovakia tour
Nao Higano ＆ Karin Sarkisjan

03/12/2024 Brno
Concert of Comtemporary music 
Compositions by Iris Szeghy, Peter Graham
Jan Fic - organ etc.

26/10/2024 7 p.m. Spirit and Jusuit Celler, Staré Město, CZ
Bonsai days Gala
Japanese songs
Band Mladí Burčáci

24/10/2024  7 p.m. Turčian gallery, Martin, Slovakia
Operatic Concert with Dušan Šimo and Karin Sarkisjan
Operetta duets, Japanese and slovak songs
Dušan Šimo - tenore
Karin Sarkisjan - piano

05/10/2024 Shopping Center Europa, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
"New York - Milano - Tokyo" Fashion Show
Japanese songs

Nao Higano Vocal masterclass 
15/09 Tokyo
23/09 Nagoya

08/09/2024 Okura Gallary, Gotemba 
Autumn concert
Slovak folk songs, Japanese autumn songs
Akiko Osedo - piano

05/09/2024 Curian, Shinagawa culturel hall, Tokyo
Czech Music Year Concert
Smetana, Dvořák and other czech compositions
Chiaki Yamazaki, Tatsuya Shiro - violin, Yusuke Kinoshita - viola, Yosuke Inda - cello, Jiří Rohan - contrabass

16/08/2024 7p.m. Cathoric Church in Kojetín
Soprano and Organ recital 
Petr Otáhal - organ
Caccini, Durante, Hoang thi Kieu Anh, Schneider-Trnavský, Schubert, Dvořák, Bach

26/07/2024 7:30 p.m. Theatre of Luhačovice, CZ
Final concert of Vocal masterclass Vladimír Chmelo

26/06/2024 8 p.m. Church St.Morice, Kroměříž, CZ
Forfest Music festival
Petr Kolař - organ
Hnilička, Štědroň (World premiere), Beneš (World premiere), Messiean

18/05/2024 6:30 p.m.
19/05/2024 1 p.m.
Invento Shimotakaido, Tokyo
Czech Wine Tasting Concert
Akiko Niino Osedo - piano
Mayumi Endo - sommelier
Songs by Mozart, Schubert, Tomášek, Haydn, Smetana, Fibich etc.  

12/05/2024 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Nao Higano Vocal Masterclass in Tokyo, Komagome
Toshihiko Nakamura - piano

27/04/2024 Mutsuzawa Yuai-kan hall, Chiba - Japan
Vocal koncert 
Nanso La Musica Choir and other soloists
Japanese song and Czech aria 

13/04/2024 6 p.m. Basic Music School of Banská Štiavnica, SK
Liederabent
program : F. Schubert, W.A.Mozart, A.von Zemlinsky, K. Yamada, I. Zeljenka 
Zuzana Manera Biščákova - piano

06/04/2024 Church of Martin Luther in Hainburg, Austria
07/04/2024 5 p.m. Prievidza, Slovakia
Liederabent 
program : F. Schubert, W.A.Mozart, A.von Zemlinsky, K. Yamada, H.T.K.Ahn, A. Dvorak and others
Zuzana Manera Biščákova - piano

30/01/2024 Church of st.Vavřinec, Praha
Shakuhachi recital by Marek Matvija
Marek Matvija - shakuhachi
Vlastislav Matoušek : Calligraphy for voice and bamboo
 
20/01/2024 Hall od Conservatoire Prague
New Year Concert -by Czech Japanese Association
Japanese and Czech vocal music
Petr Smetáček - piano 
Choir of the Japanese School in Prague

14/12/2023 Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
Vernisage of Fine Arts
Ilja Zeljenka : Waka 
Zuzana Manera Biščáková - piano
 
01/12/2023 Synagogue, Nitra, Slovakia 
Christmas concert
L. Vaňková - piano, O. Šaray - conductor
Mixed choir Nitria

30/11/2023 Synagogue Nitra, Slovakia
Japan-Slovakia 30th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations Concert
L. Vaňková - piano, O. Šaray - conductor
Mixed choir Nitria

16/09/2023 Castle Kvasiny, Czech Republic
Memoriam concert for Karel Janeček
Bohuslav Matušek - violin
Martina Mergentelová - piano etc.
program : L.Sluka etc. 

10/10/2023 Okura Gallary Gotemba, Japan
Czecho-slovakia concert
Akiko Niino Osedo - piano
program : Dvořák, Janáček, Czech and Slovak songs etc.

09/09/2023, 4 p.m. Invento Space, Shimotakaido, Tokyo 
Czecho-slovakian Wine concert 
Akiko Niino Osedo - piano, 
Mayumi Endo - sommelier
program : Dvořák, Janáček, Czech and Slovak songs etc.
https://www.facebook.com/events/6351298528259444

01/09/2023 Vocal Masterclass Nao Higano in Nagoya
26-27/08/2023 Vocal Masterclass Nao Higano in Tokyo, see below : 
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25/08/2023 Slovak Embassy in Tokyo
Recture "Meeting to listen to Soprano Singer Mrs. Nao Higano" 

20/08/2023 Mutsuzawa Yuai - kan Hall, Chiba, Japan
Mutsuzawa Town 40th Anniversary Commemorative Project
Nao Higano & Toshiaki Murakami "Czech, Slovakia & Japanese Songs" Concert
Toshiaki Murakami - tenore
Toshihiko Nakamura - piano
Aiko Wakana - soprano, Tokio Ichihara - tenore, Kaoru Arai - piano, 
Nanso La Musica Chorus
program : Dvořák, Janáček, Yamada, Japanese, Czech and Slovak songs etc.

28/08/2023 Luhačovice
Final koncert of Masterclass Vladimír Chmelo
Robert Pechanec - piano
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219578698532912&set=ecnf.1678776771

20/05/2023 Butkov - the sanctuary place of pilgrimage, Slovakia
Holy mass
Gustáv Beláček - bas, Juraj Hort - piano, The Gospel Family
program : Panis Angelicus by C. Franck

18/05/2023 Rajecké Teplice, Slovakia
Presentation of new book by Denisa Ogino
program : Japanese and Slovak songs

May/2023 ONLINE
Jury of the vocal department
Music Competition Musica Panenka in Nagoya

05-30/04/2023 House of Culture Kroměříž
Vernisage of group exhibition, artists from Kroměříž
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10226772574652009&set=a.1045301624335

10/11/2022 National dome Prostějov
Presentation of new book by Peter Štrelinger

29-30/10/2022 Festival Melodrama in Prague
Jury of Melodrama competition

24/09/2022 Lefantovce, small castle, Slovania
opening of castle Lefantovce
Zuzana Biščáková - piano
program : Schneider, Dvořák, Yamada

04/09/2022  Mobara Chiba, Culture House Tobudai 
Recital Nao Higano
Akiko Osedo - piano
program : Dvořák, Novák, Schneider, Martinu, Šťastný etc. 

03/09/2022 Tokyo, Geijutsu no ie 
Concert Czech and Slovak music
Chiaki Yamazaki - violin
Akiko Osedo - piano
program : Janáček, Dvořák, Novák, Schneider, Martinu, Šťastný etc. 

29-30/08/2022 Nagoya
Vocal Masterclass Nao Higano
Sachiko Sakakibara - piano 

28/08/2022 Gotemba Shizuoka, OKURA Gallary 
Concert Czech and Slovak music and Czech Wine tasting 
Akiko Osedo - piano
program : Dvořák, Novák, Schneider, Martinu, Šťastný etc. 

20-22/08/2022 Tokyo Komagome
Vocal Masterclass Nao Higano
Toshihiko Nakamura - piano 

30/07/2022 Český Krumlov, Castle
Final Concert of Masterclass Vladimír Chmelo
Robert Pechanec - piano

07/07/2022 19:00 Olomouc, Convict hall
LICHTZWANG - Czech and portugal comtemporary music
Monika Štreitová (flute), Marek Keprt (piano) and others
program : Kadeřábek, Szeghy, Graham, Peixinho etc. 

04/07/2022  Velehrad, Altan - countyard
Opening of the Symposium Photographic
Monika Štreitová (flute)

30/06/2022  Bruntál, City office building-B
Vernisage Jindra Štreit
Monika Štreitová (flute)

29/06/2022  Kroměříž, Museum, festival Forfest 
Recital with Monika Štreitová - Duerte  (flute)
program : Schoenberg, Graham, Hattori, Szeghy, Kozakura, etc. 

16/06/2022  Olomouc, Gallary Jola
Vernisage Torerance show 
program : K. Weil, G. Gershwin

15/06/2022  Prague, Church od st.Vavrince
"TWENTY" Ensamble Konvergence + guests
program : Lukeš etc. 
http://www.konvergence.org/aktualne/dvacet/

17/05/2022  Prague, Invalidovna
Recital with Jiří Lukeš (accordeon)
program : Messiaen, Graham, Lukeš, Weill etc. 

19/04/2022 Bratislava, Dome st.Martin
Concert for Ukraine
Vladimír Chmelo  (baritone)
Žofia Bendíková  (organ)
program : Durante, Stradella, Gounoud, Donizetti, etc. 

17/04/2022 Kroměříž, church of St. Moriz
Easter Concert Rotary Club for Ukraine
Vladimír Chmelo  (baritone)
Ludmila Dvořáková Macková  (organ)
program : Durante, Stradella, Gounoud, Donizetti, etc. 

15/10/2021 Ostrava 
Song Recital for Japanese days
Japanese songs
Martin Pančocha (piano)

13/09/2021 Kroměříž
30/09/2021 Brno 
Song Recital, program : Mozart, Schubert, Strauss, Haas
Karel Košárek (piano)

28/06/2020  Gallary Orlovna – Forfest Kromeriz, Czech Republic
Maria Vaitova (piano)
Mantra : OM Shanti for voice and bells
Iris Szeghy (1956) : Psalm for voice, lyric by Paul Celan (1993) Czech premiere 
Maria Jasurdova (1980) : Cantus for soprano and piano (2014) Czech premiere 
Dusan Martincek (1936–2006) : 12 preludes for piano I, II,III, V, VI (1976)
Kazuhiko Hattori (1944) : Maila I, II for soprano (2012) Czech premiere
Kukiko Masumoto (1937) : 3 songs from medieval Japan for soprano and piano, Czech premiere 
Jozef Malovec (1933-98) : 2 spiritually songs for soprano and organ (1989) 

12-18/07/2020 Kamyk nad Vltavou, Czech Repubilc
Painting camp
17/07/2020 6.pm Velka, Czech Republic - Vernisage

06-09/08/2020 Castle Kotesova, Slovakia
Painting camp
08/08/2020 5.pm. Castle Kotesova, Slovakia - Vernisage 

20-23/08/2020 Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia
Painting camp
22/08/2020 Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia - Vernisage

27/09/2020 Spa Jesenik, Czech Republic 
Songs recital by T. Takemitsu, R. Kubelik, J. V. Tomasek, M. Schneider - Trnavsky 
Marek Keprt (piano)