AYAKA ONO graduated and received her doctoral degree in singing from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Ono was awarded 2nd Prize of the 26th Sougakudo Japanese Songs Competition and received the Kinoshita Prize  (silver medal). She also was awarded 3rd Prize of the 87th Competition of Japan and won the Kinoshita Prize. Ono was given the Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. Prize. (2015), the Yonako-Nagano Scholarship, the Mouri-Jun Scholarship, and  the Mutou-Mai Scholarship (2016). Following her debut as Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro in Geidai opera Regular Concert Series, She performed as a solo singer for J.S.Bach's Johannes-Passion, Messe in h-moll, Beethoven's Symphony no.9,  Händel's Messiah. In 2017, Ono played the role of Petrovna in Stravinsky's Mavra in the commemorative workshops of the Kyoto Prize (won by Richard Taruskin). Her recital 'The World of Russian Songs'(2018) and 'Recital of Japanese Songs'(2019) are highly regarded.

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