About 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 a rehearsal pianist and coach with Palm Beach Opera, she collaborated with renowned conductors including Julius Rudel and Bruno Aprea.

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.

  • 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, where she was awarded numerous scholarships and accolades.

    She studied with renowned Japanese tenor Sakuzo Takada, whose pedagogical lineage traces back to Arrigo Pola, teacher of Luciano Pavarotti. She also trained in bel canto technique and voice pedagogy under legendary soprano Virginia Zeani, and developed her skills as a rehearsal pianist under conductor Massimo Morelli while working with Palm Beach Opera.

    Ms. Morimoto moved to the United States to work with Maestro Anton Guadagno, then Music Director of Palm Beach Opera. Under his mentorship, she worked as a soprano, rehearsal pianist, prompter, and backstage conductor. He once planned to bring her to Vienna State Opera as his assistant, a plan left unrealized due to his sudden passing.

    At Palm Beach Opera, she performed roles such as the Queen of Hearts and Dormouse in Alice in Wonderland (education tour), and the Page in Tannhäuser (mainstage). She also covered Elvira in I Puritani and Oscar in Un ballo in maschera. In total, she has worked on more than 50 opera productions as a rehearsal pianist, soloist, prompter, or chorus member with Palm Beach Opera, Miami Lyric Opera, South Florida Opera Company, and Tokyo Artescénica Opera Institute. With South Florida Opera, she also performed and played for Tosca, Norma, and Carmen. She is currently a member of the Palm Beach Opera Chorus.

    She has also coached and accompanied at the Altamura Summer Institute in New York, where she collaborated with Anton Coppola and Licia Albanese, and founded Opera & More Entertainment, which presents opera and musical theater programs throughout South Florida at clubhouses and charity events including Mar-a-Lago and The Breakers Palm Beach.

    As a rehearsal pianist and coach with Palm Beach Opera, she collaborated with renowned conductors including Julius Rudel and Bruno Aprea.

    Currently, Ms. Morimoto serves as organist, pianist, and cantor at St. Jude Catholic Church in Tequesta, Florida. She teaches classical piano and voice at her private school, Nana Morimoto Piano & Voice Studio, in West Palm Beach. She is an active member of MTNA, FSMTA, and PBCMTA.

Nana Morimoto, founder of Opera & More Entertainment and classical soprano based in West Palm Beach, seated in an elegant lobby setting, offering professional performances for events and private clubs.

Performance Highlights

Organ Prelude in A Minor, BWV 543
by J.S. Bach
Performed at St. Luke Catholic Church

Neapolitan Song, “Dicitencello vuie”

“Élégie”
by Gabriel Fauré
Cello & Piano Performance
Performed at The First Presbyterian Church

“Col piacer della mia fede”
from Arsilda, Regina di Ponto by Vivaldi
Performed at The First Presbyterian Church

“Laudate Dominum”
from Vesperae solennes de confessore by W.A. Mozart
Performed at First Presbyterian Church, West Palm Beach

Photo Gallery

“Cuius animam gementem”
from Stabat Mater by Pergolesi
Performed at St. Luke Catholic Church

Nana Morimoto in a black and gold opera gown and headscarf, preparing for a classical vocal performance, photographed in the backstage hallway before an opera production.
Nana Morimoto performing a classical piano solo on stage in a floral dress, playing a grand piano under blue lighting with a large screen in the background.
Nana Morimoto performing in an intense opera scene, dressed in black with long black hair, center stage, extending her arms in a dramatic moment during a theatrical production.
Nana Morimoto performing in an opera production, dressed in a historical costume on stage with wooden columns and a scenic backdrop of the sea and sky.
A musical performance in a church with a pianist, four violinists, and a female singer. The violinists are wearing masks, and the church interior has stone walls, candelabras, and religious icons.
Theater performance with five women sitting on stage in dark costumes, appearing to act out a scene with the central woman in a white outfit holding an object, illuminated against a black background.
Woman dressed in a red and gold ornate costume, smiling, with dark hair, earrings, and a necklace, against a dark background.