vocalconsort initium;

国立音楽大学声楽科卒業後、合唱指揮を学ぶため2011年に渡欧。ウィーン国立音楽大学にてErwin Ortnerに師事した後、グラーツ芸術大学に移り、Johannes Prinzのもとで合唱指揮専攻の学士・修士課程を修了。文化庁新進芸術家海外研修制度（2016年）による支援を受ける。2016年、ヴロツワフ（ポーランド）にて開催された第7回国際合唱指揮コンクール《Towards Polyphony》においてルネサンス音楽最優秀演奏賞を受賞。特別賞としてNFM Choir（ヴロツワフ）を2018年に指揮。現在、首都圏を中心に合唱指揮者として活動し、Hugo Distler Vokalensemble、Tokyo Bay Youth Choir、男声アンサンブル聲の常任指揮者を務める。vocalconsort initium 共同主宰・指揮者。

After graduating in voice from Kunitachi College of Music, Kaoru Tani moved to Europe in 2011 to study choral conducting. She studied with Erwin Ortner at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, then transferred to the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, where she completed her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in choral conducting under Johannes Prinz. Her studies were supported by the Overseas Study Program for Upcoming Artists of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan (2016). In 2016 she was awarded the prize for the best performance of Renaissance music at the 7th International Choral Conducting Competition Towards Polyphony in Wrocław, Poland; as a special prize, she conducted the NFM Choir in Wrocław in 2018. Active today as a sought-after choral conductor in the Greater Tokyo area, she serves as permanent conductor of Hugo Distler Vokalensemble, Tokyo Bay Youth Choir, and the male vocal ensemble Koe. Co-founder and conductor of vocalconsort initium.

ザール音楽大学（ザールブリュッケン）にて指揮を学ぶ。合唱指揮をGeorg Grün、指揮を上岡敏之に師事。在学中にドイツ音楽評議会・指揮者フォーラムの奨学生に選出され、ベルリン放送合唱団、北ドイツ放送合唱団、ベルリン・フィルハーモニー合唱団、ザールブリュッケン室内合唱団をはじめとする各地の著名合唱団を指揮。2017年の帰国後、vocalconsort initium、室内合唱団vox alius、横浜合唱協会をはじめとする多数のアンサンブルで常任指揮者・音楽監督を務める。横浜合唱協会の演奏会シリーズを通じて、Promusica Baroque Academy（東京）と定期的に共演。2024年には横浜合唱協会を率い、amici musicae Leipzig（合唱団・管弦楽団）とトーマス教会（ライプツィヒ）にて合同公演を行った。

Kota Yanagishima studied conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Saarbrücken — choral conducting with Georg Grün and orchestral conducting with Toshiyuki Kamioka. During his studies he was selected as a fellow of the Dirigentenforum of the Deutscher Musikrat (German Music Council) and conducted leading ensembles including the Rundfunkchor Berlin, NDR Chor, Philharmonischer Chor Berlin, and Kammerchor Saarbrücken. Since returning to Japan in 2017, he has served as conductor and music director of numerous ensembles, including vocalconsort initium, chamber choir vox alius, and the Yokohama Choral Society. Through the Yokohama Choral Society concert series, he collaborates regularly with the Promusica Baroque Academy (Tokyo). In 2024 he conducted the Yokohama Choral Society in a joint concert with amici musicae Leipzig (choir and orchestra) at the Thomaskirche, Leipzig.