No. 2062 Subscription (Program C)

One of Japan’s leading conductors, Tatsuya Shimono has been Permanent Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra since 2023. He is currently Principal Guest Conductor of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra after having served as its General Music Director for seven years. He has also been Music Director of the Hiroshima Wind Orchestra since 2011.
Trained in orchestral conducting at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, Japan, and at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Italy, he attracted much attention by winning the First Prize and the Hideo Saito Award at the Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting in 2000 and the First Prize at the Besançon International Competition in 2001. He has since been a much-sought-after conductor among Japan’s major orchestras and has guest conducted renowned orchestras around the world such as the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre national Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Sinfonia Varsovia and the Wiener KammerOrchester.
Since his debut with the NHK Symphony Orchestra performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in 2005, he has conducted them on many occasions including their subscription concerts and tours. This time, he will collaborate with them for a unique program featuring four composers including two Japanese as part of the projects marking the orchestra’s 100th anniversary year. Furthermore, he will soon lead the orchestra joined by pianist Kyohei Sorita in Singapore to give a special concert commemorating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Singapore and Japan.

The winner of the silver medal at Warsaw’s 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition, Japanese pianist Kyohei Sorita is a favorite on the international classical music scene today.
After winning the First Prize at the Music Competition of Japan in 2012, he pursued advanced studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. His international career gained momentum in 2023 with a lauded debut with the Münchner Philharmoniker, followed by his dazzling 2024 performance with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg as both pianist and conductor. In 2025, he made his highly anticipated debut at the Salzburger Festspiele alongside the Mozarteumorchester, becoming the first Japanese artist to perform in the dual role of soloist and conductor at this prestigious festival.
Multitalented, he is also the founder, producer and conductor of the Japan National Orchestra and operates his own record label.
He made his NHK Symphony Orchestra debut in 2017 and most recently, in 2024, he collaborated with them playing Scriabin’s Piano Concerto with Keitaro Harada conducting. This time, he will perform Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Tatsuya Shimono leading the orchestra, before departing for Singapore together with them for their concert commemorating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Singapore and Japan.