
Kurt Kanazawa (he/him) is an accomplished actor and opera singer, born on the ancestral homelands of the Tongva and Chumash Nations, of Japanese (yonsei) and Filipino (Ilocano) descent, and a graduate of The Juilliard School (GD), Manhattan School of Music (MM), and Columbia University (BA). As an actor, he has worked with BBC World Service, LA LGBT Center, Rogue Artists Ensemble, Pan Asian Repertory (solo show "L'OPERA!"), El Teatro Campesino, Detroit Public Theatre, L.A. Theatre Works, Boston Court Pasadena, IAMA, Artists At Play, and the Ojai Playwrights Conference (where, additionally, he was a member of the reading committee). TV/Film credits include: Grey's Anatomy, Bosch: Legacy, The Lincoln Lawyer, A Life in Pieces: the Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami (Tribeca Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Japanese American National Museum's permanent collection) and No No Girl. As an opera singer, his credits include the New World Symphony, The Industry-LA, NCPA-Beijing, and Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, as well as the recipient of the "Premio Speciale" at the Riccardo Zandonai Concorso (Riva Del Garda, Italy) opera singing competition. Kurt is also a 6x award-winning audiobook narrator, including New York Times' best sellers If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch and To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara. Thank you to Anna Lyse, Stacey, Susan, and the LATW world for your continual support!
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