Orchestra ensemble Kanazawa
The Kanazawa orchestra ensemble ( Japanese オ ー ケ ス ト ラ ・ ア ン サ ン ブ ル 金 沢 , Ōkesutora Ansanburu Kanazawa for English Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa ) is a professional Japanese chamber orchestra with around 40 international musicians.
history
The orchestra was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture . The orchestra is a regular member of the Japanese Orchestra Association . The founder and first musical director was Hiroyuki Iwaki , who led the orchestra from 1988 to 2006 and who was followed by Michiyoshi Inoue in 2007 as musical director. The orchestra gives around 100 concerts at home and abroad every year. With around 90 CD recordings, it is particularly dedicated to contemporary classical music .
Conductors
- since 2001 Günter Pichler (guest conductor)
- Seikyo Kim (guest conductor)
- Kazuki Yamada (Guest Conductor in the 2012-2013 season)
- Orie Suzuki (guest conductor)
Discography
- 2010 trumpet concerts by Haydn, Hummel and Tartini under the direction of Kenneth Hsieh
- 2011 Beethoven: Symphonies No. 4 & 8 under the direction of Seikyo Kim
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography. (No longer available online.) OEK, 2014, archived from the original on December 13, 2014 ; accessed on December 12, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Discography. (No longer available online.) OEK, 2014, archived from the original on December 13, 2014 ; accessed on December 12, 2014 (English, full discography). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
