John Ken Nuzzo

John Ken Nuzzo (Japanese: ジョン・健・ヌッツォ) is an American tenor of Japanese origin.

Biography Nuzzo was born in Tokyo on 5 May 1966 to a Japanese mother and an American-Italian father. Nuzzo was involved in theater in middle school and attended an international high school. While in high school, the school's music teacher Don Campbell, who would later go on to write the musical therapy book The Mozart Effect, urged him to join the Boy's Chorus.

After high school, Nuzzo moved to the United States and attended Chapman University in California. Despite initially enrolling as a business major, Nuzzo became interested in a career in music during his third year.

In 1997, he won first prize in the Japan Vocal Competition, a Japanese singing competition. The following year, he won the Japan round of the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Vienna, which led to an opportunity to perform with the Vienna State Opera.

Discography (CD) Franz Schubert: 11 selected songs from “Die schöne Müllerin, Op.25, D.795” - Fontec NUZZO meets PUCCINI - Fontec Rare Live Track 2020 - Fontec BEETHOVEN×SCHUBERT - Fontec Serenata(Italian Art Songs) -Fontec “DICHTERLIEBE Op.48” -Fontec NUZZO JAZZ _ Italian Aria – Fontec Tenorissimo – Universal Classics & Jazz NHK Taiga Historical Drama Shinsengumi! Original Soundtrack- Universal Classics & Jazz Treasure Voice – Universal Classics & Jazz Petr Turrini/Friedrich Cerha [Der Riese Vom Stenfeld]- ORF Zemlinsky [DER KONIG KANDAULES] Salzburg Festival 2002 -Andante Benjamin Britten [Billy Budd] - Orfeo d'or

Discography (DVD) Shigaki Saegusa [KAMIKAZE] - Sony Music Japan International Giuseppe Verdi [SIMON BOCCANEGRA] - ORF