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Nocturne Glinka Harpist Kaori Otake kaoriotake 19,971 views Tour in Japan. Live Performance by Vancouver Harpist Kaori Otake. www.otakekaori.com
Concert Fantasy on Lara's Granada Harpist Kaori Otake kaoriotake 2,405 views Concert Fantasy on LarasGranada Arr. Carlos Salzedo Tour in Japan. Live Performance by Vancouver Harpist Kaori Otake at famous Yoko Kirishima's place. www.otakekaori.com
Sonata in c minor by Dussek Harpist Kaori Otake kaoriotake 8,666 views Sonata in c minor by Dussek Allegro Andantino Rondo Allegro Tour in Japan. Live Performance by Vancouver Harpist Kaori Otake at famous Yoko Kirishima's place. www.ot...
Prayer by Alphonse Hasselmans Harpist Kaori Otake kaoriotake 4,210 views Tour in Japan. Live Performance by Vancouver Harpist Kaori Otake at famous Yoko Kirishima-san's place. www.otakekaori.com
Sarabande and Ground (William Croft) Harpist Kaori Otake kaoriotake 5,124 views Vancouver Harpist Kaori Otake. Tour in Japan. Live Performance. www.otakekaori.com
Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini Rachmaninoff Kaori Otake kaoriotake 9,049 views Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (18th Variation) by Rachmaninoff Harpist Kaori Otake Tour in Japan Live Performance by Kaori Otake, Harp www.otakekaori.com
Moldau Smetana Harpist Kaori Otake kaoriotake 5,990 views Tour in Japan. Live Performance by Kaori Otake, Vancouver Harpist. www.otakekaori.com
Concerto in B-flat Major Handel Harpist Kaori Otake kaoriotake 4,343 views Tour in Japan. Live Performance by Kaori Otake, Harpist. www.otakekaori.com
Fur Elise ..... Beethoven Harpist Kaori Otake kaoriotake 29,675 views Tour in Japan. Live Performance by Kaori Otake, Harpist www.otakekaori.com
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Harpist Kaori Otake kaoriotake 3,065 views Tour in Japan. Live Performance by Kaori Otake, Harpist. www.otakekaori.com

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Harpist Kaori Otakes powerful, radiant performance and vibrant energy of her soaring on majestic wing will reverberate in your heart. Ms Otake has given solo recitals and concerto performances around the world. She has performed the Debussy Danses with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Handel Concerto with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra conducted by Ken Hsieh. She has also performed the Mozart Concerto with the Nippon Phil conducted by Kenichiro Kobayashi. She has performed at the EXPO in Aichi, Japan where she was born and was invited to do a solo recital in Osaka, Fukui, Chiba, Tokyo, and Sapporo. She was appointed as one of the most active musician living outside of Japan. Some of her other highlight concert includes Prize Winner Concert in Genevas World Harp Congress and Focus on Youth in Tacomas World Harp Congress. She was invited as a guest performer at New Yorks Carnegie Hall in a harp duo with her sister, Miya Otake, and appeared in several television programs.
Winner of the International Harp Contest, Ms Otake has won numerous competitions including 1st prize of the Japan International Harp Competition in all divisions including the Professional Division, Advanced Division and Junior Division. She was the winner of the Indiana University Harp Concerto Competition where she appeared as a soloist with the IU Concert Orchestra under the guest conductor, Sergiu Comissiona, a former music director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She was also awarded the Marilyn Costello Memorial Prize in the USA International Harp Competition.
She has graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana under Susann McDonald, The Juilliard School in New York under Nancy Allen and the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia under Marilyn Costello. In earlier years, she studied at the Vancouver Academy of Music and the Victoria Conservatory under Taka Kling where she received many prizes and awards from the Conservatory and various music festivals.
Born in Aichi, Japan, Kaori Otake began studying the harp at the age of five in Japan and moved to Canada at the age of nine to continue her harp studies. She currently resides in Vancouver, Canada. www.otakekaori.com

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