Subscription Concerts 2024-2025Program C
No. 2041 Subscription (Program C)

Can you imagine a conductor who was born in 2000? Moreover a young conductor who enjoys multiple positions with orchestras in many parts of the world. The Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski studied under Jorma Panula at the age of fourteen, continued studies under Sakari Oramo at the Sibelius Academy, and then went under the tutelage of Hannu Lintu, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. He jumped into the limelight in January 2022 when he was appointed as Principal Guest Conductor of The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, then he continued to make headlines by being appointed as Music Director and Artistic Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in May the same year, Principal Guest Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in September, then in December, Music Director of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. It is virtually unprecedented for a conductor to have built such an international career in such a short span of time. Furthermore, he will assume the position of Music Director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra in the 2026–27 season. In the operatic field, he has built up his career by conducting Wagner’s complete cycle of Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Eurajoki Bel Canto Festival.
As for recordings, he released a collection of three symphonies of Mozart with The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen from a prestigious label. In addition to his bold and innovative interpretations, he has aroused public attention by inserting his own piano improvisations between the works on the streaming.
He also actively works on Mahler, therefore, it is our pleasure to see what kind of sound he will draw out from the NHK Symphony Orchestra.

[Yoichi Iio, music journalist]

Born in Stockholm in 2001, Daniel Lozakovich started to learn violin at the age of six, and two years after that, he had already made his concert debut playing a concerto with the Moscow Virtuosi conducted by Vladimir Spivakov. His concerts have always been received with high acclaim, and Le Figaro, the French newspaper, praised his concert as “Perfect mastery. An exceptional talent.” Having been highly impressed by his talent, virtuoso violinist, Ivry Gitlis, invited him to Tel Aviv to perform Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins together in a festival.
Lozakovich studied at Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien with Professor Dora Schwarzberg and at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe with Josef Rissin. He has already worked with world’s major orchestras, and signed an exclusive contract with a long-established German record label in 2016, becoming the company’s youngest artist under an exclusive contract. This is going to be his first appearance with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, performing Violin Concerto, a masterpiece by Korngold, a gifted composer who was popular in the United States. Lozakovich is expected to delight his audience with his beautiful sound and superb technique.

[Takuya Katagiri, music critic]