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.
The company changed its name in 1951 after joining the Japanese public broadcasting system, the NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai).
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, Fourthand Eighth Symphonies. Fabio Luisi has been their Chief Conductor since 2022. Former conductors are 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 de 2001, along with pianist Martha Argerich. The 2025 European tour is made possible 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, Fourthand Eighth Symphonies. Fabio Luisi has been their Chief Conductor since 2022. Former conductors are 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 de 2001, along with pianist Martha Argerich. The 2025 European tour is made possible by ANA Holdings Inc., Iwatani Corporation, Aisin Corporation, East Japan Railway Company, Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. and Mizuho Bank Ltd.
Bijgewerkt op zondag 13 april 2025