TOKYO 〓 New National Theatre Tokyo of Japan Extends Contract with Kazushi Ono, Artistic Director of Opera Department

2024/03/14

The New National Theatre Tokyo announced on March 13 that the current artistic director of the opera department, Kazushi Ono, has been reappointed for the 2026/2027 season. Ono has held the position since 2018, and the renewal of his contract will extend his term of office by four years to August 31, 2030.

Ono is 64 years old and was born in Tokyo. He studied conducting at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and upon graduation, at the age of 25, he moved to Europe, where he won the 1987 Arturo Toscanini International Conducting Competition, and in 1988 became the permanent conductor of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra in Croatia.

He has since served as General Music Director of the Baden State Opera in Karlsruhe, Germany (1996-2002), Music Director of the Royal Théâtre de la Monnaie in Belgium (2002-2008), Chief Conductor of the Opéra National de Lyon in France (2008-2017), and Music Director of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra (2015-2022). He is also Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Brussels in Belgium from 2022.

Meanwhile, in Japan, he served as the Permanent Conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (1992-2001) and has been the Music Director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra since 2015.

PHOTO:New National Theatre Tokyo


  Click here for details ▷


How about this ?

  1. MAGDEBURG 〓 A female singer on role of Wotan of Der Ring des Nibelungen!?

  2. CLEVELAND 〓 Cleveland Orchestra Fires concertmaster and principal trombone For Sexual Misconduct

  3. R.I.P 〓 Peter Seiffert(71)German Tenor Singer

  4. TOKYO 〓 The New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra appointed Yutaka Sado as the next music director

  5. R.I.P 〓 Seiji Ozawa(88)Japanese conductor

  6. [ Opera Flash 2018 ] Salzburg Festival … L’ incoronazione di Poppea

  7. CHICAGO 〓 Klaus Mäkelä to be the 11th Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

  8. CHICAGO 〓 Two Veteran Chicago Symphony Players Retire, 45 and 39 Years with the Symphony

  9. VIENNA 〓 Vienna Philharmonic have named Andris Nelsons

  10. DRESDEN 〓 The Saxony State Opera postpones the performance of the new production of “Madama Butterfly” by Amon Miyamoto, after a member of staff is infected with Covid-19

  11. TOKYO 〓 Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo named Trevor Pinnock as principal conductor

  12. LONDON 〓 English National Opera has decided to free some performances to under-18s

  13. LONDON 〓 The English National Opera has announced the performance line-up for its new 2022/2023 season

  14. BOLOGNA 〓 Teatro Comunale di Bologna presents its program for 2019

  15. TOKYO 〓 Royal Opera House will come to Japan in September next year

  1. No comments yet.

  1. No trackbacks yet.