ATSUKO MATSUI is a soprano singer from Japan. With degrees, - both bachelor’s and master’s from the Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo, Atsuko then completed the course at the Opera Training Institute of the New National Theatre of Tokyo. Later, she received a grant from the Nomura Foundation and went to Mantova, Italy. She was the first ever Japanese soloist at both the Venice and the Treviso International Organ Festival in Italy and was praised by the papers as “having a warm, rich voice that descends from the heavens.” Since the start of the pandemic, Atsuko has returned to her home country where recitals and concerts have kept her busy. Now, along with her operatic and lyrical songs from the West, Atsuko always includes Japanese songs in her program. “There are so many beautiful songs in Japan that do not get sung much any more. I want my audience to remember - or even newly discover - the Japanese soul". Atsuko debuted in 2016, as Leonora in G.Verdi's "Il Trovatore”, directed by Lorenzo Mariani and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrea Battistoni. In 2018, Atsuko appeared in the Japan tour of G.Verdi's "Aida" conducted by Andrea Battistoni and directed by Giulio Ciabatti. Atsuko performed "Charity Chapel Concert 2022" at Anniversaire Omotesando Chapel with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. In the same year, she won the President's Prize of the Giuditta Pasta Foundation at the 1st Giuditta Pasta Memorial Kumamoto Reconstruction International Opera Singers Competition. In 2023, she was a finalist at the Giuditta Pasta International Opera Competition in Italy and received a scholarship award.