13 May 1961 |
Born in Kyoto |
1984 |
Bachelor studies in flute, Kyoto City University of Arts |
1987 |
Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA |
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Japan assistant to Seiji Ozawa |
1988 |
Assistant to Leonard Bernstein on tours with the Orchestra of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival to Germany and the Soviet Union |
1989 |
Winner of the Concours international de jeunes chefs d’orchestre, Besançon |
1990 to 1997 |
Sapporo: Conductor in Residence, Pacific Music Festival |
1992 |
Tokyo: Idemitsu Music Award |
1993 to 2010 |
Paris: Principal Conductor, Orchestre Lamoureux |
1994 to 1997 |
Osaka: Principal Conductor, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra |
1995 |
Grand Prix, Leonard Bernstein Jerusalem International Music Competition |
1999 to 2012 |
“Yutaka Sado Young People’s Concert”, Japan |
1999 |
Debut with the Orchestre de Paris |
Since 1999 |
Osaka: Director of “Suntory Presents Beethoven’s 9th” with 10,000 singers |
2000 |
Debut with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin |
2003 |
“La Traviata” with the Orchestre de Paris at the Aix-en-Provence Festival |
2004 |
Debut with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden |
2005 |
Aichi: Conductor of the Super World Orchestra at the Expo opening |
since 2005 |
Nishinomiya: General Music Director and Artistic Director of the Hyogo Performing Arts Centre (HPAC), Principal Conductor of the HPAC Orchestra |
2006 |
Debut with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig |
2007 |
Debut with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in London |
since 2008 |
Japan director and conductor of the weekly TV show “Untitled Concert” |
2010 |
“Peter Grimes” in Turin, directed by Willy Decker |
2011 |
Debut with the Berlin Philharmonic |
2012 |
Debut with the London Symphony Orchestra |
14 March 2013 |
Debut with the Tonkunstler Orchestra at the Vienna Musikverein |
2013 |
Debut with the NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg |
from September 2015 |
Music Director of the Tonkunstler Orchestra, Vienna, St. Pölten, Grafenegg |
1 October 2015 |
First concert with the Tonkunstler Orchestra as Chief Conductor |