VV Chitose Matsumoto 1934-2019

  • Born in Sagashi, Nagasaki Prefecture Japan

    Born in Sagashi, Nagasaki Prefecture Japan
    Born in Sagashi, Nagasaki Prefecture Japan
  • Love of Opera WWII Radio Gov Mandated Curfew

  • Plays Turkish March on the Piano

    Chitose plays Turkish March at 10 years old, and wanted to go back at 80 to play again.
  • Nagasaki A-Bomb Refuge in Music

  • NAT U Fine Arts/Music Tokyo Soprano Singing

    National University of Fine Arts and Music Tokyo. 1947? Specialized in singing Soprano.
  • Scholarship in Paris Arrives After 30 Days by Ship

    Arrives in Europe at the age of 17 by boat for 30 days.
  • Learns Her First Italian Operas

    Sometime in 1954, Chitose was taught to sing Boheme and Traviata
  • Arrives in Italy

    Came to Italy by boat.
  • Lives in Segrate Problems with Union

  • Arrives at Casa Verdi

  • VV Key Interview 2014

  • VV Interview Discusses Zen Philosophy

  • Passes Away

    Passes away at 85