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Chief Conductor of
NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo
(2022.9-)Fabio Luisi
Message from Fabio Luisi
I am thrilled and excited to start my first season as Chief Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, an Orchestra that for many years has been my most beloved recurring appointments in my activity. Having been chosen as the new Chief Conductor is a source of great happiness and pride for me. The great tradition of this Orchestra should again be brought into focus: exploring and deepening this tradition and enriching it with the dynamic and energy of today, will be the goal of my tenure as Chief Conductor. Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, some Richard Strauss and, of course, sneaking in of unusual repertoire, like the now neglected Symphony by César Franck, are the beginnings of a musical expedition which will explore the repertoire that has made the NHK Symphony Orchestra one of the Orchestras favored by so many famous conductors of the past - and of the present. I won't neglect modern and contemporary music either: tradition is not the worship of ashes but the preservation of fire. This fire will accompany me and my musicians in our journey through the beauty of music.
Chief Conductor NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo
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-)
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- |
