NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo
orchestra
The NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo was founded in 1926 as the New Symphony Orchestra. In 1930, it was the first orchestra in the world to make an electric recording of a Mahler symphony: the Fourth.
It came under the financial support of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and was renamed the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo
NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo
Today they play about 120 concerts each season. The orchestra played the Japanese premieres of Mahler’s First, Fourt hand Eighth Symphonies. Fabio Luisi has been their Chief Conductor since 2022. Other conductors who are closely associated with the NHK Symphony Orchestra include Charles Dutoit, Herbert Blomstedt, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Paavo Järvi, Tadaaki Otaka, and Tatsuya Shimono.
The NHK Symphony Orchestra performed for the first time in The Concertgebouw in the summer of 2001, along with pianist Martha Argerich. The 2025 European tour is supported by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan Arts Council, and sponsored by ANA Holdings Inc., Iwatani Corporation, Aisin Corporation, East Japan Railway Company, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. and Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Today they play about 120 concerts each season. The orchestra played the Japanese premieres of Mahler’s First, Fourt hand Eighth Symphonies. Fabio Luisi has been their Chief Conductor since 2022. Other conductors who are closely associated with the NHK Symphony Orchestra include Charles Dutoit, Herbert Blomstedt, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Paavo Järvi, Tadaaki Otaka, and Tatsuya Shimono.
The NHK Symphony Orchestra performed for the first time in The Concertgebouw in the summer of 2001, along with pianist Martha Argerich. The 2025 European tour is supported by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan and Japan Arts Council, and sponsored by ANA Holdings Inc., Iwatani Corporation, Aisin Corporation, East Japan Railway Company, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. and Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Bijgewerkt op donderdag 08 mei 2025