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	NHK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,TOKYO
		NHK Symphony Orchestra last season started a new era with Vladimir Ashkenazy as its new Music Director, and the 2005/06 season will be a period to consolidate this collaboration.
		The year 2006 marks the 80th anniversary of NHK Symphony Orchestra, which coincides with the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, the 150th anniversary of Schumann's death, the centenary of the birth of Shostakovich and the 10th anniversary of Takemitsu's death.
		As in past years, NHK Symphony Orchestra will proudly present a wide repertoire of works throughout the 2005/06 season which is sure to delight its listeners.
	www.nhkso.or.jp /en/seasons.html (500 words)

	NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The orchestra continues to flourish under the batons of Vladimir Ashkenazy (Music Director), Charles Dutoit (Music Director Emeritus), Wolfgang Sawallisch (Honorary Conductor Laureate), Honorary Conductors Otmar Suitner, Horst Stein, and Herbert Blomstedt, and Permanent Conductors Hiroyuki Iwaki, Yuzo Toyama, and Hiroshi Wakasugi, as well as Guest Conductors Nello Santi, and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.
		Today the NHK Symphony Orchestra performs around 120 concerts a year including 54 subscription concerts with 27 programmes at the NHK Hall and Suntory Hall in Tokyo.
		NHK Symphony Orchestra commemorates the 80 th anniversary of its foundation in 2006, and this tour will be its 6th visit to the United States since 1960.
	www.celebrityseries.org /06_PRESS/NHKSymBio.htm (298 words)

	NHK Symphony Orchestra
		Der in Lausanne geborene Chefdirigent des NHK Symphony Orchestra's, Charles Dutoit, wurde an den Konservatorien in Genf und Lausanne ausgebildet, wo er dirigieren, komponieren, Bratsche und Schlagzeug lernte.
		Das NHK Symphony Orchestra unter der Leitung von Charles Dutoit: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Auszüge); Symphonie Nr.
		NHK Symphony Orchestra unter der Leitung von Charles Dutoit auf der Höhe seiner Aufgabe.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /cosmo31/nhk.htm (1272 words)

	NHK Symphony Orchestra
		The history of the NHK Symphony Orchestra began with the New Symphony Orchestra, Japan’s first professional orchestra, which was established on October 5, 1926, with its first subscription concert held on February 20 of the following year.
		NHK Symphony Orchestra commemorates the 80th anniversary of its foundation in 2006; this tour will mark its sixth visit to the US since 1960.
		She performs regularly in the leading music centers and with major orchestras worldwide, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Tonhalle Zürich, St Petersburg Philharmonic, and NHK Symphony Orchestra, the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
	www.carnegiehall.org /article/box_office/events/evt_6755_ma.html?selecteddate=10232006 (1460 words)

	NHK Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, cond., Hélène Grimaud, piano soloist, Friday, October 20, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The NHK Symphony Orchestra has a music director who has spent a lifetime as a conductor, chamber musician, and pianist of renown.
		By 1855 he wrote to Joachim, referring to the work as a symphony (and it would be in D minor, the key of Beethoven’s Ninth, which Brahms had recently heard for the first time).
		The Gewandhaus orchestra had taken a dislike to the piece, and there was open hostility in the audience.
	www.celebrityseries.org /01_PERFORMERS/702_nhk.htm (4197 words)

	NHK Symphony Orchestra - 10 March 2002 - INKPOT
		A pity, then, that the SSCL chose to present this orchestra at one of the worst acoustical halls in Singapore (bar the Indoor Stadium).
		This was especially notable in the second movement, with paired clarinets and pizzicato strings accompanying the soloist's rendition of the main theme, although there were some instances in the movement where Min abandoned delving into the (heavy) Russian spirituality and tended to run away with her idiosyncracies.
		But on to the music itself, and the NHK was as good (at least) as its reputation promised.
	inkpot.com /concert/nhk020310.html (1103 words)

	Philharmonic playbill
		The NHK Symphony Orchestra began life on October 5, 1926 as the "New Symphony Orchestra," Japan's first professional orchestra, and gave its first subscription concert under Hidemaro Konoe on February 20 of the following year.
		After a change of name to the "Japan Symphony Orchestra" in 1942, Kazuo Yamada and Hisatada Otaka were appointed Principal Conductors and subscription concerts continued unbroken during the Second World War and postwar turmoil.
		The Orchestra continues to flourish under the batons of Charles Dutoit (Music Director), Wolfgang Sawallisch (Honorary Conductor Laureate), honorary conductors Otmar Suitner, Horst Stein, and Herbert Blomstedt, and permanent conductors Hiroyuki Iwaki, Yuzo Toyama, and Hiroshi Wakasugi, as well as guest conductors such as Andre Previn and Heinz Wallberg.
	www.philharmonia.spb.ru /persa/nhk.html (369 words)

	Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Performer Details
		The orchestra continues to flourish under the batons of Vladimir Ashkenazy (Music Director), Charles Dutoit (Music Director Emeritus), Wolfgang Sawallisch (Honorary Conductor Laureate), Honorary Conductors Otmar Suitner, Horst Stein, and Herbert Blomstedt, and Permanent Conductors Hiroyuki Iwaki, Yuzo Toyama, and Hiroshi Wakasugi, as well as Guest Conductors Nello Santi and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.
		Activities and performances of the NHK Symphony Orchestra such as innovative plans of semi-staged opera, a complete range of commissioned works, and CD recordings with major recording companies have earned its high reputation worldwide.
		The NHK Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the support of All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd., Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd., KDDI Corporation, NEC, Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Nichia Corporation, Sega Sammy Holdings Inc., Toyota Motor Corporation, Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan, Hoso Bunka Foundation, and Rohm Music Foundation in the presentation of this U.S. tour.
	www.laphil.org /resources/performer_detail.cfm?id=2681 (283 words)

	NHK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,TOKYO
		The history of the NHK Symphony Orchestra began from the âNew Symphony Orchestraâ, Japanâs first professional orchestra established on October 5, 1926.
		The Orchestraâs performance standard has vastly improved after appointing Joseph Rosenstock as chief conductor, and its subscription concerts, which are its core activities, continued even during the World War II ever since the first held on February 20, 1927.
		Up to the present day, the NHK Symphony Orchestra has had many historical performances by inviting worldâs leading conductors, such as Herbert von Karajan, Joseph Keilberth, Ernest Ansermet and Lovro von MataÄiÄ, as well as the soloists of the time.
	www.nhkso.or.jp /en/profile.html (300 words)

	Kimmel Center, Inc. > News Releases > NHK Symphony Orchestra Led by Vladimir Ashkenazy Opens Kimmel Center ...
		Tickets for the NHK Symphony Orchestra are $115, $100, $80, $65, $59, $35 and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at www.kimmelcenter.org, or at the Kimmel Center box office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings.
		The history of the NHK Symphony Orchestra began with the "New Symphony Orchestra," Japan's first professional orchestra established on October 5, 1926.
		The NHK Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 80th anniversary of its foundation in 2006, and this tour will be its 6th visit to the United States since 1960.
	kimmelcenter.org /news/item.php?item=2006-09-23 (1015 words)

	An Interview With Koji Okazaki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Kaoru Yamahata of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo.
		At present you hold the position of principal bassoon in the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
		One year before leaving Germany to return to Japan, I auditioned and was hired for the principal bassoon position in the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
	idrs.colorado.edu /Publications/DR/DR11.3/DR11.3.Fletcher.Okazaki.html (1314 words)

	Charles Dutoit's Biography
		Charles Dutoit became Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in 1977 since when he has firmly established the orchestra as one of the greatest in the world.
		On this showing it is by far the finest French orchestra today." Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra established themselves as second to none in the French repertory, not only because of their idiomatic musicality but also because of their sound, ever rich and warm.
		In addition to his summer activities with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit is Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of two of North America's most prestigious summer festivals: the Philadelphia Orchestra's concert series at the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia and at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.
	www.geocities.com /laosw/Classical_Html/dutoitBio.htm (700 words)

	TOKYO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
		At the age of 21, Naoto Otomo was named assistant conductor of the NHK symphony Orchestra and made his debut with the orchestra at the age of 22.
		Among the many top-class orchestra's to which Iimori has been invited as guest conductor are the Moscow Radio symphony Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Koln Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Prague Symphony Orchestra.
		Currently, Iimori is a resident conductor of Tokyo symphony Orchestra, a permanent conductor of the Osaka Opera House Orchestra, a conductor of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra.
	www.tokyosymphony.com /aboutTSO/E-cond_profile.html (1525 words)

	NHK Symphony Orchestra, 10/23/06 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Carnegie Hall presents the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, on Monday, October 23 at 8:00 p.m.
		The NHK Symphony Orchestra is Japan’s oldest professional orchestra.
		It was originally founded as the New Symphony Orchestra in 1926, and changed its name to NHK Symphony Orchestra in 1951, upon receiving full financial support from the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK).
	www.carnegiehall.org /article/press/press_release/103311.html (748 words)

	classical music - andante - penderecki's concerto grosso for three cellos and orchestra
		In Tokyo, Charles Dutoit and the NHK Symphony give the world premiere of the Polish composer's new work, along with Prokofiev's First Piano Concerto and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
		The NHK Symphony used to prefer the German Romantics, especially under the baton of Wolfgang Sawallisch, honorary conductor from 1967-1994 (now honorary laureate).
		For the final concert of the season, the NHK Symphony presented a world premiere (postponed from its scheduled debut in December 2000): Krzysztof Penderecki's sumptuous new Concerto Grosso for Three Cellos and Orchestra.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=10469 (721 words)

	Charles Dutoit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While head of the Bern Symphony, he also conducted the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico from 1973 to 1975, and Sweden’s Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra from 1975 to 1978.
		Following in the footsteps of such luminaries as Otto Klemperer and Zubin Mehta, in 1977 Charles Dutoit became the Artistic Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
		In 1996 he was appointed principal conductor of Tokyo's NHK Symphony Orchestra.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Dutoit (471 words)

	The Korea Times : Japan's NHK Orchestra to Tour Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The NHK Symphony was launched as Japan’s first professional orchestra in October 1926.
		Initially called the New Symphony Orchestra, in 1942 it became the Japan Symphony Orchestra before another name change in 1951 to its current one _ NHK Symphony Orchestra.
		Pianist and conductor Ashkenazy, 68, who has worked with the orchestra since 2004, is largely credited with building the orchestra to become one of the world’s most prominent.
	times.hankooki.com /lpage/culture/200606/kt2006060618324711700.htm (367 words)

	Bios - Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
		Highlights of his 2002-03 season in North America include a debut with the Baltimore Symphony and re-engagements with the Saint Louis Symphony and the Toronto Symphony.
		Markl has also led concerts with the Orchestra de Paris, the Bavarian State Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the NDR Symphony Orchestra (Hamburg), the Berlin State Opera Orchestra, the Stuttgart Radio (SWR) Symphony Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Philharmonique du Luxembourg and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, among others.
		Upcoming engagements in Europe include debuts with the Orchestra National de Lyon and the Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France and re-engagements with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra and the Cologne Radio (WDR) Orchestra.
	www.indianapolissymphony.org /musicians/artist.aspx?ID=175 (516 words)

	Nippon Hosso Kyokai (NHK) Orchestra - 10 March 2002 - INKPOT
		The 3rd movement was alike to the first in terms of the dull and flat music produced, and even the runup to the conclusion fail to produce any climax to the piece at all.
		It was amazing, the level of transparency and clarity each section of the orchestra contributed their part to the whole, such that never have I heard individual parts and simultaneously the whole so vividly before.
		My mouth was left open for much of the symphony, and the audience cannot wait for the symphony to end to burst out into clamorous applause.
	www.inkpot.com /concert/nhk020310a.html (1047 words)

	Event Details
		Japan’s first professional orchestra celebrates its 80th anniversary on this United States tour.
		Grimaud is a tremendous pianist, and tremendously enjoyable" (Boston Globe).
		Music Director Vladimir Ashkenazy leads the Orchestra in a luscious depiction of the sea in Debussy’s La Mer.
	www.sfsymphony.org /templates/event_info.asp?nodeid=250&callid=93&eventid=1101 (134 words)

	Oregon Symphony News Releases: Lilya Zilberstein Debut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Elgar did not begin composing his first Symphony until 1908, at the age of 50, after his reputation was established, and it lived up to both his own and the public’s expectations.
		He made his professional broadcasting debut in 1971 with the NHK Symphony Orchestra and was for 20 years Permanent Conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, during which time he toured extensively with them in the Far East and Europe, becoming their Conductor Laureate in 1991.
		Principal Conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra between 1992 and 1998, his recordings with them include notable symphonic and operatic releases and, in his final season, he led their extensive and well-received European tour.
	www.orsymphony.org /news/0203/mar07_CL12.html (1506 words)

	The Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
		His professional broadcasting debut was in 1971 (NHK Symphony Orchestra) and followed by further studies in Vienna with Professor Hans Swarowsky and Professor Spannagel.
		From 1981 to 1986 he was Chief Conductor of the Sapporo Symphony and from l992 to 1998 was Chief Conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.
		He is also now scheduled to travel with Sapporo Symphony Orchestra on their UK Debut 7-concert Tour in October/November 2001 as a major part of the Japan 2001.
	www.sso.or.jp /sso_e/info02.html (1124 words)

	NEC Navigates JAPAN'S CLASSICAL MUSIC ARTISTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Otaka Award, presented by the NHK Symphony Orchestra, was established in 1952 in honor of the late composer Hisatada Otaka, who left behind a tremendous legacy in music in this country.
		For the 54th Award selection, the NHK Symphony Orchestra requested 41 musical institutions, including colleges of music and organizations, for their recommendations, and received 27 from 14 institutions.
		The Award winning work is scheduled to be performed by the NHK Symphony Orchestra in its concert entitled Music Tomorrow 2006 on Saturday, July 8th, 2006, from 4:00 p.m.
	japansclassic.com /news/060327/01.html (554 words)

	NHK Symphony Orchestra - Music - Review - New York Times
		In one sense the concert was a Japanese orchestra showing off its country’s marquee composer and finishing the evening with gorgeous sounds calculated to flatter the talents of players like these.
		Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting the NHK Symphony Orchestra, of Japan, with the pianist Hélène Grimaud at Carnegie Hall.
		Whether he has created the quality of this orchestra in its present state or merely served as its maintenance man, he must be thanked for an ensemble that is acutely responsive and blessed with lovely strings and horns.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/10/25/arts/music/25nhk.html?ex=1319428800&en=6bace7d3d2d5c341&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (623 words)

	Baltimore Symphony Orchestra > Press Room > Press Releases
		Now in his third season as Music Director of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Hege is widely recognized as one of America’s finest young conductors, earning critical acclaim for his fresh interpretations of the standard repertoire and for his commitment to creative programming.
		His previous positions include Music Director of the Haddonfield Symphony (New Jersey), Associate Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony, Music Director of the Encore Chamber Orchestra in Chicago and Music Director of the Chicago Youth Symphony, where he was twice honored by the American Symphony Orchestra League for innovative programming.
		Hege’s 2001-02 season include debuts with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic and the North Carolina and Wichita symphonies, and re-engagements with the Colorado Symphony and the Rochester and Naples Philharmonics.
	www.baltimoresymphony.org /pressroom/pressreleases/view.asp?id=30000052 (652 words)

	NHK Symphony Orchestra Tickets - NHK Symphony Orchestra Concert Tickets - NHK Symphony Orchestra Ticket Broker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
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