Yukari Nonoshita, soprano, was born in the Oita prefecture, Japan. After graduating from the Tokyo Geijutsu University (Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music), she continued her studies in France. Her teachers have included Hiroko Nakamura, Toshinari O’hashi, Mady Mesplé, Camille Maurane and Gérard Souzay, and she has won prizes in eminent competitions. Since making her début at Rennes (as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro), she has sung numerous operatic rôles. Her repertoire ranges from mediæval to modern music, with an emphasis on French, Spanish and Japanese songs. She has taken part in various world première performances