Jump to content

Toshiyuki Kamioka

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Richard David Ramsey (talk | contribs) at 22:39, 12 January 2011 (Category:Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Toshiyuki Kamioka Kazuyoshi Akiyama (上岡　敏之, Kamioka Toshiyuki, born January 20 September 1960 in Tokio) is a Japanese conductor and pianist, who lives and works predominantly in Germany since 1984.

Professional career

Toshiyuki Kamioka studied from 1979 to 1983 conducting, composition, piano and violin at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he was awarded the Ataka prize in 1982. A scholarship of Rotary International enabled him to continue his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg with Klauspeter Seibel.

After positions in Kiel and at the Aalto Theatre in Essen Kamioka was appointed Generalmusikdirektor at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden in 1996, where he worked until 2004. From 1998 to 2006 he was also Generalmusikdirektor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie in Herford.[1] In January 2000 he conducted them in Einojuhani Rautavaara's Symphony No.7 (Angel of Light) in Detmold, Paderborn, Herford, Bad Salzuflen and Minden.[2]

Since 2004 Kamioka has been Generalmusikdirektor of Wuppertal and a Professor for conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Saarbrücken. Since 2009 he has been also Generalmusikdirektor at the Saarländisches Staatstheater.

Kamioka has conducted as a guest the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Bamberg Symphony and German radio orchestras.

In 2010 he is awarded the Von der Heydt Prize of the city of Wuppertal as conductor of the Symphony Orchestra Wuppertal[3]

References

  1. ^ "Gründungsgeschichte" (in German). Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  2. ^ "18 January 2000". Boosey & Hawkes. 18 January 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Toshiyuki Kamioka erhält den Von-der-Heydt-Preis" (in German). Westdeutsche Zeitung. 1 Oktober 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toshiyuki_Kamioka&oldid=407552553"