TOKYO 〓 Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra extended the contract with music director Kazushi Ohno

2018/12/14
【最終更新日】2019/11/03

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra extended the contract with music director Kazuya Ohno. The term of office extends until March 2023. Ohno first co-started with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra in March 1984 with his professional debut. After that, he joined the conductor from 1990 to 1992, and since April 2015 he has served as the fifth music director for five years. In 2015, the European tour which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the orchestra’s establishment has been successful.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1965. It was founded by the Tokyo metropolitan government as a memorial culture project of the Tokyo Olympic Games held in the previous year. The first conductor is Heinz Hofmann, and the headquarters is the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, in Ueno. The current conductor members consisted of Alan Gilbert, principal guest conductor, Kazuhiro Koizumi in Honorary Conductor for Life, and Eliahu Inbal in Conductor Laureate.

Photo：Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestr　/　Rikimaru Hotta


　　　　Click here for details　▷


How about this ?

  1. VIENNA 〓 Franz Welser-Möst cancels conducting of new production of “The Magic Flute” at the State Opera due to bad health

  2. FORT WORTH 〓 The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition has announced the 30 contestants

  3. CLEVELAND 〓 Cleveland Orchestra has announced an audition for its vacant concertmaster’s seat

  4. AMSTERDAM 〓 On performance by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano in Concertgebouw, three climate change activists shouted slogans and were forcibly removed from the hall

  5. LONDON 〓 Sakari Oramo extended the contract with BBC Symphony Orchestra until 2022

  6. NASHVILLE 〓 Leonard Slatkin, who served as music advisor, has been appointed Music Director of the Nashville Symphony

  7. CHICAGO 〓 The Lyric Opera of Chicago has announced its 2021-22 season

  8. MUNICH 〓 Jurowsky to General Director of Music at the Bavarian State Opera

  9. TORONTO 〓 Pieczonka will be appointed to the top of the vocal section of the Royal Conservatory

  10. ATLANTA 〓 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra extends contract with Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann

  11. STOCKHOLM 〓 Blomstedt is back

  12. VIENNA 〓 Austrian Music Theatre Award Ceremony at the Volksoper

  13. NEW YORK 〓 Metropolitan Opera celebrates the 50th anniversary of Domingo’s theater debut

  14. PARIS 〓 The Long-Thibaud-Crespin International Music Competition in November has already announced its cancellation

  15. BAYREUTH 〓 Gergiev will make his Bayreuth debut next summer for “Tannhuiser”

  1. No comments yet.

  1. No trackbacks yet.