Soprano Asako Tamura has been praised by the press for her exquisite tone, artistic sensitivity, mesmerizing stagecraft as well as a first-class singing actress, brilliant jewel of a voice, blessed with glittering soprano. Asako has performed a wide variety of roles in Europe and USA since 2002 when she sang with Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, and Luciano Pavarotti as the female soloist in the Three Tenors Concert in Yokohama before the World Cup Championship. Won numerous international voice competitions and was honored to sing the National Anthem as the first foreign opera singer at the Exhibition Game of the Yankees vs the Nationals. She appeared in many opera companies in diverse countries including the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at Hungary State Opera, Romanian National Opera, Teatro Lirico di Cagliali, National Trapani Summer Opera Festival. Another title role of Madame Butterfly at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Uruguay National Opera in Teatro Solis, the Dubuque Symphony, Lyric Opera Baltimore, Sarasota Opera and the Japanese Embassy in Washington D.C. and Violetta of La Traviata with Teatro Filarmonico, Kalamazoo Symphony, El Paso Opera, Hungary State Opera, etc. As orchestral engagements, Chicago Phil, Rome Festival Orchestra, BBC orchestra in London, Los Angeles Symphony, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, etc. She was also invited by numerous important orchestras all over Japan as a guest singer. Her other engagements include some solo concerts in the first class venue like Carnegie Hall, Freer Sackler Hall at Smithsonian Museum (DC), Pasadena Auditorium(L.A.), Zilka Hall(Houston), Villa Kerylos (Beau-lieu sue mer), Suntory Hall(Tokyo), etc.

Lives in New York, Kyoto-Joyo goodwill ambassador.