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Chief Conductor of
NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo
(2022.9-)Fabio Luisi
Music Director EmeritusCharles Dutoit(2003-)
Honorary Conductor LaureateHerbert Blomstedt(2016-)
Conductor LaureateVladimir Ashkenazy (2007-)
Honorary ConductorPaavo Järvi(2022.9-)
Permanent ConductorTadaaki Otaka(2010-)
Permanent ConductorTatsuya Shimono(2023-)
CONDUCTOR
| CONDUCTOR | PERIOD | |
|---|---|---|
| Hidemaro Konoe | 1926.1-1935.2 | |
| Josef König | 1927.4-1929.4 | |
| Nicolai Schiferblatt | 1929.7-1936.7 | |
| Joseph Rosenstock | Chief | 1936.8-1946.9 |
| Principal | 1956.3-1957.3 | |
| Honorary | 1951.8-1985.10 | |
| Hisatada Otaka | Chief | 1942.4-1951.2 |
| Kazuo Yamada | Chief | 1942.4-1951.7 |
| Shin'ichi Takata | Chief | 1944.4-1951.5 |
| Kurt Wöss | Principal | 1951.9-1954.8 |
| Niklaus Aeschbacher | Principal | 1954.8-1956.3 |
| Wilhelm Loibner | Principal | 1957.3-1959.2 |
| Wilhelm Schüchter | Principal | 1959.2-1962.3 |
| Alexander Rumpf | Principal | 1964.8-1965.7 |
| Joseph Keilberth | Honorary | 1967.1-1968.7 |
| Lovro von Matačić | Honorary | 1967.1-1985.1 |
| Wolfgang Sawallisch | Honorary | 1967.1-1994.10 |
| Honorary Laureate | 1994.11-2013.2 | |
| Hiroyuki Iwaki | Permanent | 1969.2-2006.6 |
| Otmar Suitner | Honorary | 1973.1-2010.1 |
| Horst Stein | Honorary | 1975.3-2008.7 |
| Yuzo Toyama | Permanent | 1979.2-2023.7 |
| Tadashi Mori | Permanent | 1979.2-1987.5 |
| Herbert Blomstedt | Honorary | 1986.1-2016.12 |
| Honorary Laureate | 2016.12- | |
| Hiroshi Wakasugi | Permanent | 1995.4-2009.7 |
| Charles Dutoit | Principal | 1996.9-1998.8 |
| Music Director | 1998.9-2003.8 | |
| Music Director Emeritus | 2003.9- | |
| Vladimir Ashkenazy | Music Director | 2004.9-2007.8 |
| Laureate | 2007.9- | |
| André Previn | Principal Guest | 2009.9-2012.8 |
| Honorary Guest | 2012.9-2019.2 | |
| Tadaaki Otaka | Permanent | 2010.1- |
| Paavo Järvi | Chief | 2015.9-2022.8 |
| Honorary | 2022.9- | |
| Fabio Luisi | Chief | 2022.9- |
| Tatsuya Shimono | Permanent | 2023.10- |
