Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
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 symphony orchestra in Japan,[1] having been founded in Nagoya in 1911. It relocated to Tokyo in 1938 and has some 166 members as of 2005.
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| Founded | 1911 |
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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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