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The Japanese soprano, Emiko Iiyama, was born in Tokyo. After completing primary and secondary school, she entered the State Music Academy in Tokyo in April 1956. After graduating in 1960, she was already active on stage and sang in concerts and on the radio. She has been in Vienna since July 1963, where she complete her singing training at the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien from September 1963 in the singing class of Professor Köhler, in the Lied and oratorio class of Professor Dr. E. Werba & Professor Schmidek, in the opera class of Professor Kolo. She graduated in Lied and oratorio and opera in June 1966, in singing in 1967.
After graduating, Emiko Iiyama appeared as a soloist in the following concerts and operas:
Aug 1964: radio recording in Salzburg (Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder)
Feb 1965: at the Musikverein Wien (Bruckner: D minor Mass)
Mar 1965: at the Konzerthausgesellschaft Wien (Monteverdi: Marienvespro with Wiener Kammerorchester and Wiener Kammerchor conducted by Hans Gillesberger)
Mar 1967: at the Wien Konzerthausgesellschaft (Nono: Canziones a Guiomar with ensemble "Die Reihe" conducted by Friedrich Cerha)
Jun 1967: Wiener-Festwochen (Dimov: Incantaziones II with ensemble "Die Reihe", premiere)
May 1967: in Barcelona - Competition "Maria Canals" a district medal
Dec 1967: in Klagenfurt - radio recording (Rüdenauer: Lieder Tanka; Anton Webern: Lieder Op. 12, Op. 23)
Jan 1968: in Bulgaria - Opera guest performance (Madama Butterfly) Russe, Stara zagora, Burgas, performed 5 times
Feb 1968: in Mainz, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Aquile, Rome, concert and radio recording (A. Webern: Lieder Op. 12, Op. 2; Dimov: Incantaziones II with ensemble "Die Reihe" conducted by Friedrich Cerha)
Mar 1968: in Vienna Radio recording (Dimov: Incantaziones II with ensemble "Die Reihe)
Nov 1968: in Vienna - Record "Wox" (Igor Stravinsky: 3 Japanese songs 2 Balmont songs; Satie Socrate with ensemble "Die Reihe" conducted by Friedrich Cerha)
Feb 1969: at Wien Konzerthausgesellschaft (Hundziak Liryki for soprano and 10 instruments)
Feb 1969: in Beutelsbach near Stuttgart (Stanford in Germany) recital (Lieder by W.A. Mozart, Johannes Brahms, H. Wolf, Gustav Mahler, Alban Berg
Feb & Mar 1968: in Hilversum - Concert and radio recording (A. Webern: 3 Lieder Op.posth. Leise Düfte with NOS Rundfunkorchester conducted by Friedrich Cerha)
Jan 1968: in Köln - Concert and radio recording (A. Webern: 4 Lieder Op. 13, Op.posth. Leise Düfte - World premiere with ensemble "Die Reihe" conducted by Friedrich Cerha)
Mar 1969: in Reims, Lancy concerts (J.S. Bach's Matthäus-Passion BWV 244)
ay 1969: in Innsbruck - Österreichsche Jugend Kultur Woche prize winner concert (secments from with ensemble "Die Reihe" conducted by Friedrich Cerha)
May 1969: in Aachen (J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor BWV 232 with Aachener Domchor conducted by Rudolf Pohl)
Jun 1969: in Scheveningem - Holland Festival (I. Stravinsky: 3 Japanese songs, 2 Balmont songs with NOS Rundfunkorchester conducted by Roelof Krol)
Aug 1969: in Tokyo - Radio recording (NHK) (Lieder by R. Strauss & A. Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder)
Sep & Oct 1969: Concets in Aachen & Nivelles (W.A. Mozart C minor Mass; J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D major BWV 243 with Aachener Domchor conducted by Rudolf Pohl)
Oct 1969: in Innsbruck - Leder recital (Robert Schumann, A. Berg, Japanese songs, H. Wolf)
Nov 1969: in Berlin - Concert (W.A. Mozart: Exsultate. jubilate; J.S. Bach: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51 with chamber orchestra conducted by Frits Weiese).
May 1970: France in Aix-les-Bain, Rödes, Troyes (L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9)
May 1970: in Dortmund - Pierre Boulez: Improvisation sur Mallarme with Dortmunder Kammerensemble conducted by Werner Seiss
May 1970: France in Auxerre, Le Mans, Orleans (L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9)
Jun 1970: France in Paray-le-Monial, Le Puy, Clemont-Ferran (L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9)
Aug 1970: San Diego - San Diego Symphony - Chamber Concert (W.A. Mozart: Concert Aria Bella mia Fiamma...; George Frideric Handel: German Aria Flamende Rose; R. Strauss: Scholagende Herzen; L.v. Beethoven: Scottish Lieder)
Aug 1970: in San Diego (Opera W.A. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro as Susanna)
Sep 1970: in Krefeld (L.v. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis)
Sep 1970: in Laon (L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9)
Oct 1970: in Calais (L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9)
Nov 1970: in Rouen (L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9)
Nov 1970: in Vienna (Dimov: Raumspiel I & II Teille with ensemble "Die Reihe")
Jan 1971: in Hamburg (Dimov: Raumspiel I & II)
Jan 1971: in Hannover - NDR concert & broadcast (A. Webern: Cantatas I & II, with NDR-Chor & NDR Orchester under Helmut Franz)
Mar 1971: in Heilbronn (J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor BWV 232 with Heinrich Schütz-Chor Heilbronn & Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn under Fritz Werner)
Mar 1971: in France (L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9)
Mar 1971: in Hemscheid (J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244)
Apr 1971: in Köln - WDR concert (Limov: Raumspiel I & II)
Apr 1971: in Heilbronn - recording (Erato) J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 51, BWV 30, BWV 92 with Marice André)
May 1971: Vienna - ORF conoert (Bussotti: Manifesto per Kalinowsky vith Ensemble "die Reihe" under Friedrich Gerha)
Jun 1971: France at Toulon-Festival, in Sete, Beaune, Carcassonne, Angouleme (L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9)
Nov 1971: in Wuppertal (W.A. Mozart: Davidde Penitente under Hanns-Martin Schneidt)
Feb 1972: in Würzburg (J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion BWV 245) under Günter Jena with Bach-Orchester and Chor)
Apr 1972: in Vienna - ORF concert (Maurice Benhamu: Mizmor 114 with ensemble "Die Reihe" under Friedrich Cerha)
Apr 1972: in (J. Brahms: Ein Deutsche Requem)
Jun 1972: in Tokyo: Lieder recital with Erik Werba (R. Schumann, H.Wolf, Arnold Schoenberg, R. Strauss)
Aug 1972: in Karuisawa, Japan (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater)
Oct 1972: in Tokyo - NHK broadcast (W.A. Mozart: Lieder)
Nov 1972: in Queekhoven, Holland (A. Webern: Lieder Op. 3, 12, 25)
Nov 1972: in Troisdorf (W.A. Mozart: Dir, Seele des Weltalls)
Dec 1972: in Kawasaki, Japan (L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9)
Jan 1973: in Tokyo (G.F. Handel: Italian Cantata Tra le fiamme)
Feb 1973: in Tokyo - Lieder recital (W.A. Mozart, G. Mahler)
Apr 1973: in Tokyo (J.S. Bach: Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51 with Marice André) |
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Emiko Iiyama was in 1968 a singer in Nikolaus Harnoncourt's recording of J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232, pioneering historically informed performances in 1968, singing the second soprano part. She recorded J.S. Bach cantatas for solo soprano, conducted by Fritz Werner, including Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51, with Maurice André performing the solo trumpet part. She performed contemporary music in a concert in honour of prize winners of an Austrian composition competition. Conducted by one of them, Erich Urbanner, she sang with bravura ("mit Bravour") Bojidar Dimov's Incantationes I, Kurt Schwertsik's Liebesträume, and Sommerpoesie– Winterpoesie by Günter Kahowez.
Emiko Iiyama came back to Japan in 1971 and was teaching at Aichi University of the Arts. She is an Honorary professor of the university now. She is living happily in the care house in Tokyo, Japan. |
