Ryusuke Numajiri (Ryusuke Numajiri, 1964 ) is a Japanese conductor, pianist, composer.
Ryusuke Numajiri divides most of his time between Germany, where he has been musical director of the Theater Lubeck since September 2013, and Japan, where he is both head of the Tokyo Mitaka Philharmonia (formerly Tokyo Mozart Players) and artistic director of the Biwako Hall in Otsu.
In 1990, Numajiri was propelled to the forefront of the international conducting spotlight by winning First Prize in the Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors. This victory resulted in invitations to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Sydney Symphony, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Staatskapelle Weimar and Darmstadt, China Philharmonic Orchestra and NHK Symphony Orchestra. Other recent major highlights include engagements with the Konzerthausorchester in Berlin, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa , the Orchestra Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste; and a production of Madame Butterfly at the Opera Australia, acclaimed by the press as being "great, from beginning to end, […] a world class production" (Bachtrack).
A strong advocate of contemporary music, Ryusuke Namjiri recorded in 1999 The Canticle of the Sun by Sofia Gubaidulina with EMI, featuring Mstislav Rostropovich and the London Symphony Orchestra. He also directed the Japanese premieres of several major contemporary works including Philip Glass' Peace Symphony, Busoni's Concerto for Piano and Doktor Faustus, Zemlinsky's Der Zwerg and Schoenberg's Notturno. Other notable mentions include works by Messiaen, Andriessen, Gecki, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Berio, Dutilleux, Xenakis, Birtwistle, Matthews and Rottand Ichiro Nodaira. Finally, in 2006 he led the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester of Berlin for a concert commemorating Tōru Takemitsu, who died ten years earlier.
Since his opera debut, Mozart's Il Seraglio, in 1997, Ryusuke Numajiri has been invited to conduct at the New National Theatre Tokyo (The Marriage of Figaro, Tosca, Carmen), the Cologne Opera (Krenek's Johnny spielt auf), Komische Oper Berlin (Mozart's Don Giovanni), and Theater Basel (Cosi fan tutte). In 2014, Ryusuke composed his own opera Bamboo Princess, taking inspiration from an old Japanese folk tale, with performances in Japan and Vietnam.
Down to his eclectic taste and curiosity, Ryusuke Numajiri's discography includes a wide variety of composers such as; Gubaidulina (EMI), Takemitsu (3 CDs Denon); Messiaen, Mahler and Mendelssohn (Century Orchestra); and Beethoven (Tokyo Mitaka Philharmonia.)
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Shige Okita (Argentine Shigeo, March 15, 1959 [1] -) is a conductor in Japan. His wife is a soprano singer, Shinobu Sato. He was born in Tokyo and grew up in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture. After graduating from Chiba Prefectural Chiba Senior High School , he attended undergraduate course at the Tokyo University of Music College under the direction of Miyashi Seiichi and Shiodawa Yasuhiko . After that, he proceeded to the Tokyo National University of the Arts. During his time at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, she won the 1985 Akasaka Prize. He debuted in 1986 with the opera " Hansel and Gretel " for the second term association. In 1987 he became a conductor of the New Japan Symphony Orchestra. At the regular concert of the New Japan Symphony Orchestra in 1988 he directed Mahler 's Symphony No. 5. In 1996 he became a conductor of the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2000 he became a permanent conductor of the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra. Currently he is also a permanent conductor of the Junior Orchestra Hamamatsu.
Akiyama Kazuke (Kazuyoshi Akiyama, January 2, 1941) is a well-known conductor in Japan, graduated from Toho Gakuen Music College. He is a conductor at Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra Honorary and president of the Japan Conductor Association (fifth generation). He is well versed in brass bandnes, and he is a special conductor and art advisor to musical band groups.
Kazuyoshi Akiyama was born into a musical family, he studied piano at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, but was fascinated by the conducting activities of a fellow student, Seiji Ozawa. He decided to study conducting with Hideo Saito. In 1974, Akiyama made his debut with the Tokyo Symphony, and within two months, he was named the orchestra’s Music Director and Permanent Conductor.
The debut performance was at the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in 1964, next the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, then he became the deputy conductor of Toronto Symphony Orchestra of Canada. The conductor took over as Vancouver Symphony Orchestra music director and a music director of the American Symphony Orchestra and Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. He has performed as guest at numerous international concerns such as: American, Canadian and European, etc,.
Naoto Otomi is a Japanese famous condutor. he has been also Music Director of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra since April 2013, Honorary Guest Conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra since April 2014, Conductor Laureate of the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra since 2008 and Music Advisor to the Ryukyu Symphony Orchestra since 2001.
Born in 1958, Naoto Otomo graduated from the Toho Gakuen School of Music having studied conducting under Seiji Ozawa, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Tadaaki Odaka and Morihiro Okabe. His studies took him to Tanglewood where he worked with conductors such as André Previn, Leonard Bernstein and Igor Markevitch.
While still a student at Toho Gakuen, Naoto Otomo was named Assistant Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, and upon the recommendation of its members, made his debut with the orchestra at the age of 22. During his career, Naoto Otomo has regularly made appearances with major orchestras both in Japan and overseas. Having previously held the posts of Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, etc,.
In recent years, Otomo has also been actively involved in education, and his contributions include the organization of the international music seminar “Music Masters Course Japan” alongside fellow conductor Alan Gilbert.
Naoto Otomo is the recipient of the 8th Akeo Watanabe Music Foundation Award (2000) and the 7th Hideo Saito Memorial Fund Award (2008).
Saito Ichiro is a conductor born in Ohno city, Fukui Prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo Gakugei University and Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He won the Yasu Award while being in college.
Since 1998 he has studied at Vienna as an overseas trainee of the Art Center Agency for Cultural Affairs.
In 1997, he debuted with the Osaka Century Symphony Orchestra (currently the Japan Century Symphony Orchestra). In 2002, he had first appeared in regular performance at the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra 2003. From April 2014 he became music director of the Kyoto Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.
Junichi Hirokami (広上 淳一 , Hirokami Jun'ichi, born May 5, 1958) is a Japanese conductor.
Born in Tokyo, Hirokami studied conducting, piano, musicology, and viola at the Tokyo College of Music. He won the first Kondrashin International Conducting Competition in Amsterdam in September 1984 at age 26. One of the judges of that competition, pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, then engaged Hirokami to conduct the NHK Symphony Orchestra on a tour of Japan with Ashkenazy in May 1985.
From April 2013, he became a visiting professor at Kyoto City Arts University.
In November 2016, he was awarded the 36th Arima Award for contributing to raising the voice of the NHK Symphony Orchestra with a great collaboration with excellent musicality and unique strong performances .
From April 2017, he became the Friendship Guest Conductor of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra .
Umeda Toshiaki is a conductor from Tokyo Metropolitan. While studying at Toho Gakuen, he is in charge of keyboard instruments with N Eiko and after that he attended the Otmar · Switzerar class as an auditor of the Vienna State College of Music in 1986, and at the same time he attended the practice of the Vienna Raku Friends Association and gained the training of command.
Currently, Umeda Toshiaki is guest at various major orchestras such as NHK Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra. In 2006, he participated in the drama "Nodame Cantabile" which became a big boom by command guidance and performance, attracted attention.
Yukio Kitahara is a Japanese conductor. After graduating from Toho Gakuen University where he studied under prominent Japanese conductors including Tadaaki Otaka and Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Yukio Kitahara was offered the opportunity to work at the NHK Symphony Orchestra as a Conductor Trainee. He later continued his studies with Seiji Ozawa and Leonard Bernstein at Tangle wood.
Since 1989, Yukio Kitahara’s recognition has been growing to become a popular guest conductor with Japan’s prominent orchestra, such as NHK Symphony Orchestra. His NHK Symphony Orchestra performance of Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 was recorded live and later released on CD. In February 2001, Kitahara was invited to perform with Israel Northern Symphony Haifa as their guest conductor and had an outstanding success with them.
Daimei Shimizu is a Japanese conductor. He won the first place, Masuzawa Prize, Special Prize in the 57th Japan Music Competition and co-stared NHK Symphony Orchestra with "Young Bud Concert". He received a scholarship from the Cultural Agency of Quality of Life Culture Foundation and studied at the Vienna City Conservatory. Conductor co-starred with the school orchestra while studying abroad and also joined recitals in Germany, France, USA.
After returning to Japan in 1998, he was active as a concertmaster of the New Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra until November 2001. In addition, he has been engaged in various activities such as a special lecturer at Toho Gakuen Orchestra, part-time lecturer at Ueno Gakuen University music school, conductor of Arkas SASEBO Junior Orchestra, guidance and other concerts of amateur orchestra, etc,.
Seiji Ozawa (小澤 征爾 , Ozawa Seiji, born September 1, 1935) is a Japanese conductor known for his advocacy of modern composers and for his work with the San Francisco Symphony, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is the recipient of numerous international awards.
In 2001, Ozawa was recognized by the Japanese government as a Person of Cultural Merit. In 2002, he became principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera. He continues to play a key role as a teacher and administrator at the Tanglewood Music Center, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer music home that has programs for young professionals and high school students. On New Year's Day 2002, Ozawa conducted the Vienna New Year's Concert.
In 2005, he founded Tokyo Opera Nomori (fr) and conducted its production of Richard Strauss's Elektra. On February 1, 2006, the Vienna State Opera announced that he had to cancel all his 2006 conducting engagements because of illness, including pneumonia and shingles. He returned to conducting in March 2007 at the Tokyo Opera Nomori. Ozawa stepped down from his post at the Vienna State Opera in 2010, to be succeeded by Franz Welser-Möst.
In October 2008, Ozawa was honored with Japan's Order of Culture, for which an awards ceremony was held at the Imperial Palace. He is a recipient of the 34th Suntory Music Award (2002) and the International Center in New York's Award of Excellence. On 6 December 2015, Ozawa was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors.
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