Nana Morimoto

Nana Morimoto is a classically trained pianist, opera singer, organist, and vocal coach with an extensive background in both performance and teaching across Japan and the United States. Originally from Kobe, Japan, she studied piano and voice at the Showa University of Music and the Showa School for Performing Arts, receiving multiple scholarships and awards.

She relocated to the U.S. to work with Maestro Anton Guadagno, then Music Director of Palm Beach Opera, where she performed as a soprano, rehearsal pianist, prompter, and backstage conductor. She has since collaborated with Palm Beach Opera, Miami Lyric Opera, and South Florida Opera Company in over 50 productions as a pianist, soloist, coach, and chorus member. She currently sings with the Palm Beach Opera Chorus.

Ms. Morimoto studied bel canto technique and voice pedagogy with legendary soprano Virginia Zeani, and trained as a rehearsal pianist under conductor Massimo Morelli while working with Palm Beach Opera. She also served as pianist and coach at the Altamura Summer Institute, working with esteemed artists such as Anton Coppola and Licia Albanese.

As founder of Opera & More Entertainment, she presents operatic and musical theater programs at private clubs and charity events throughout South Florida. She currently serves as organist, pianist, and cantor at St. Jude Catholic Church in Tequesta, and offers personalized classical music instruction at her private studio, Nana Morimoto Piano & Voice Studio, in West Palm Beach.