Emiko Iiyama (Japanese: 飯山恵巳子, born 16 April 1934 in Tokyo)is a Japanese

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

. She was in 1968 a singer in

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt or historically Johann Nikolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; () (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music ...

's recording of Bach's

Mass in B minor The Mass in B minor (), BWV 232, is an extended setting of the Mass ordinary by Johann Sebastian Bach. The composition was completed in 1749, the year before the composer's death, and was to a large extent based on earlier work, such as a Sanctu ...

, pioneering

historically informed performance Historically informed performance (also referred to as period performance, authentic performance, or HIP) is an approach to the performance of Western classical music, classical music, which aims to be faithful to the approach, manner and style of ...

s in 1968, singing the second soprano part. She recorded 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 Erich Urbanner (born 26 March 1936) is an Austrian composer and teacher. Biography Born in Innsbruck, Urbanner studied from 1955 to 1961 at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, in the composition classes of Karl Schiske and Hanns ...

, she sang with bravura ("mit Bravour") Bojidar Dimov's ''Incantationes I'',

Kurt Schwertsik Kurt Schwertsik (born 25 June 1935) is an Austrian contemporary composer. He is known for creating the "Third Viennese School" and spreading contemporary classical music. Life Schwertsik was born in Vienna. A pupil of Joseph Marx and Karl Schisk ...

's ''Liebesträume'', and ''Sommerpoesie – Winterpoesie'' by .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iiyama, Emiko Japanese sopranos 1934 births Living people 20th-century Japanese women opera singers