Japan Century Symphony Orchestra (Nihon Century Symphony Orchestra) is a professional orchestra, a public utility corporation based in Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture (in Hattori Fudo Park ). It is also a regular member of the Japan Orchestra Federation . In 1989, it was established as Osaka Century Symphony Orchestra in the form of developing as a professional brass band of Osaka's administration(at that time, the only brass band managed by the prefecture). After that, it has operated the current name since April, 2011.
Japan Century Orchestra was founded in 1989 under the management of Osaka Prefecture Government as the name of Century Orchestra Osaka. In April 2014, Norichika II MORI became Chef conductor.
Their subscription concert series are held at The Symphony Hall 10 times a year.
Additionally, they participate the joint operation of new concert hall in Toyonaka called Toyonaka Performing Arts Center. From 2017 they will be held famous classical series 4 times a year at the hall.
Besides concert activities as above, they have a friendship agreement with Toyonaka city since 2012 about music activities. The city hold a music festival with them every autumn. They actively promote music appreciation classes aimed at refining the sensibilities of the younger generation, who will be tomorrow's leaders.
They are dedicated to fulfilling their mission to become an orchestra that is loved and respected by not only classical music lovers but also all the people in every walk of life.
The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (Tōkyō Firuhāmonī Kōkyō Gakudan) is recognized as the oldest classical orchestra in Japan, having been founded in Nagoya in 1911. It moved to Tokyo in 1938 and has some 166 members as of 2005.
The orchestra plays frequently at Tokyo Opera City, in Shinjuku, Orchard Hall, part of the Bunkamura (文化村) shopping and entertainment complex in Shibuya, and Suntory Hall, in Akasaka, Tokyo.
In 2011, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated its 100th anniversary as Japan’s first symphony orchestra. With about 130 musicians, TPO performs both symphonies and operas regularly. TPO is proud to have appointed Maestro Myung-Whun Chung, who has been conducting TPO since 2001, as Honorary Music Director, Maestro Andrea Battistoni as Chief Conductor and Maestro Mikhail Pletnev as Special Guest Conductor.
TPO has established its world-class reputation through its subscription concert series, regular opera and ballet assignments at the New National Theatre, and a full, ever in-demand agenda around Japan and the world, including broadcasting with NHK Broadcasting Corporation, various educational programs, and tours abroad. In March, 2014, TPO became a global sensation in its centennial world tour of six major cities: New York, Madrid, Paris, London, Singapore and Bangkok. In December 2015, TPO held Beethoven’s 9th symphony concerts in Seoul and Tokyo with Mastro Myung-Whun Chung, with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra combined into one orchestra. TPO has partnerships with Bunkamura Orchard Hall, the Bunkyo Ward in Tokyo, Chiba City, Karuizawa Cho in Nagano and Nagaoka City in Niigata.
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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