Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
| Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra 東京フィルハーモニー交響楽団 | |
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| Founded | 1911 |
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The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (東京フィルハーモニー交響楽団, Tōkyō Firuhāmonī Kōkyō Gakudan) is recognized as the oldest classical orchestra in Japan [1], having been founded in Nagoya in 1911. It moved to Tokyo in 1938 and has some 166 members as of 2005.
The orchestra plays frequently at Tokyo Opera City, in Shinjuku, Orchard Hall, part of the Bunkamura (文化村) shopping and entertainment complex in Shibuya, and Suntory Hall, in Akasaka, Tokyo.[2]
Conductors
- Chief Conductor: Andrea Battistoni
- Honorary Music Director: Myung-Whun Chung
- Conductors Laureate: Tadaaki Otaka, Kazushi Ono & Dan Ettinger
- Special Guest Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev
- Resident Conductor: Kazumasa Watanabe
- Associate Conductor: Min Chung
- Permanent Honorary Member and Conductor Laureate: Norio Ohga
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