Staff
Satoshi Kanazawa
Piano, Composition & Music Theory
A native of Japan, Satoshi Kanazawa is a New York City based composer of classical and contemporary music. His original music and arrangement works are performed in the U.S, Canada, Belgium and Japan. Kanazawa received many awards and grants such as City Artist Corps Grants, Queens Arts Fund for New Work Grant, Shelley Pinz Professional Development Grant, Hirosaki Sakurano Sono Composition Competition (Grand Prize with Hirosaki City Mayor Award and Hifumi Shimoyama Award), Lin Yao Ji International Competition for Composition (Grand Prize), NYFA Artists’ Fellowship with the additional title of Gregory Millard Fellow, and the 6th JFC Composers Award. He is also active as a pianist and frequently performs in and around New York. He released his first debut CD, entitled "Flowing Blue", by Mar Creation Records, New York in 2009 to showcase his unique style of music.Kanazawa's music encompasses a wide variety of styles and genres - from tonal music to atonalism, and from serious music to children's music. His works include solo, vocal, chamber and orchestral pieces.
Kanazawa has more than 25 year experiences for teaching piano and composition as well as music theory and ear training from the age of 5 to preparatory students and adults.
Kanazawa has more than 25 year experiences for teaching piano and composition as well as music theory and ear training from the age of 5 to preparatory students and adults.
Naoko Nakagawa
Voice
Naoko Nakagawa (soprano), a native of Japan, was a graduate of the Tokyo University of the Arts and continued performing in many concerts. Ms. Nakagawa made her role debut in New York as Masha in “A Feast in the Time of the Plague” written by César Cui at the Little OPERA THEATRE of NY. She resides in New York City and has studied at the Mannes College, Westchester Summer Vocal Institute, and has also worked with the Martina Arroyo Foundation and Amore Opera. She has appeared at the Fort Lee library concert twice before and was honored to perform there. Her teachers and mentors include Martina Arroyo, Jean Ronald LaFond, Steven Crawford, a conductor of the Metropolitan Opera, and Joan Krueger. During the COVID period, she had online streaming concerts with her husband and daughter through YouTube, and as a social contribution, the profits from the concerts were donated to Prevent Child Abuse America to help families and children who lost income due to the impact of COVID-19 and the American Civil Liberties Union founded in 1920 in support of human rights activities. She also made a success of her first solo recital in New York City in 2024 with a full house audience. Lately, she has given lecture concerts at Columbia University presenting Japanese poetry and art songs.
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Ms. Nakagawa has taught voice for more than 20 years and her students are from 2nd grade children through adults, from musical to classical styles of singing.
Ms. Nakagawa has taught voice for more than 20 years and her students are from 2nd grade children through adults, from musical to classical styles of singing.
