Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
| Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra 東京フィルハーモニー交響楽団 | |
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| Founded | 1911 |
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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.
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:
- Honorary Music Director: Myung-Whun Chung
- Conductors Laureate: Tadaaki Otaka, Kazushi Ono & Dan Ettinger
- Special Guest Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev
- Resident Conductor:
- Associate Conductor:
- Permanent Honorary Member and Conductor Laureate: Norio Ohga
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