Kyushu Symphony Orchestra Kyushu Symphony Orchestra (Kyushu Symphony Orchestra) is one of the Japanese orchestras, the only one in Kyushu based in Fukuoka City, the professional orchestra, a regular member of the Japan Orchestra Federation . In the local regional orchestra in Japan, it is an old-fashioned organization, and it is a leader in the Kyushu musical instrument. Known as "Kuon Hiki".
In 1953, it was established as a predecessor of the Fukuoka Symphony Orchestra formed by members of volunteers such as Kyushu University Philharmonic Orchestra who is a student oke of Kyushu University and NHK Fukuoka broadcasting orchestra of the time, and conductor Hiroshi Ishimaru 1973 It was reorganized into a professional orchestra in the year and started the activity (foundation foundation in 1975, it became a public foundation foundation in 2013). It performs about 100 to 130 performances a year mainly in Fukuoka prefecture and all over Kyushu.
The post of chief conductor was initially assumed by Hiroshi Ishimaru (currently permanent honorary music director), followed by Tadashi Mori, Takeichiro Yasunaga (currently permanent honorary conductor), Volker Renicke, Hideomi Kuroiwa, Kazuhiro Koizumi, Kazufumi Yamashita, Heiichiro Ohyama, and Kazuyoshi Akiyama. Kazuhiro Koizumi has been serving as music director since April 2013. With Kazuyoshi Akiyama as conductor laureate and Kenichiro Kobayashi as honorary guest conductor, the lineup of conductors is continually enriched.
The Kyushu Symphony Orchestra has been highly received for its impressive performances, which have gradually been cultivated through its long-term activities, particularly, its concerts in Tokyo and Osaka in 1983, in Tokyo in 1991, 1998, and 2001, in Tokyo and Iida in 2004 in commemoration of its 50th anniversary, and in Tokyo in 2006.
In 1990, the orchestra gave its first performance in the city of Busan, and since 1991 has jointly performed with orchestra members from Asia and New Zealand. It is working hard to make international exchanges a suitable activity for Kyushu and Fukuoka in a region open to Asia.
In 2013, the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra celebrated its 60th anniversary. It has been engaging more actively in youth development activities and in regional and social contribution activities. It gives outreach concerts in hospitals and welfare facilities and participates in local events.
The Kyushu Symphony Orchestra earned high praise for its performances and recordings from 1998 to 2000 of all of Beethoven's piano concertos, with Heiichiro Ohyama as conductor and Takahiro Sonoda as soloist. In 2006, it began releasing the nine Kyukyo Series CDs from Fontec. In October 2013, it released a CD of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique in commemoration of Kazuhiro Koizumi's becoming music director.
The Kyushu Symphony Orchestra has been awarded the Fukuoka City Culture Prize, the Nishinippon Culture Prize, the Award of Regional Cultural Merit from the Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, and the Fukuoka Prefectural Culture Award, among others.
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