Kyushu Symphony Orchestra
The symphony orchestra Kyūshū ( Japanese 公益 財 団 法人 九州 交響 楽 団 , Kōeki Zaidan Hōjin Kyūshū Kōkyō Gakudan , short: Kyūkō ( 九 響 ), English. The Kyushu Symphony Orchestra ) is a professional Japanese symphony orchestra, which in 1953 was called an amateur orchestra Philharmonic Orchestra ”( 九大 フ ィ ル ハ ー モ ニ ー オ ー ケ ス ト ラ ) at Kyūshū University . It was under the direction of the conductor and composer Hiroshi Ishimura and played for NHK Fukuoka, but without a permanent contract. After the reorganization in 1973, it became a professional orchestra that mainly gives concerts in Kyushu . The orchestra has been a legal foundation since 1975 and has been a non-profit organization since 2013. It is a regular member of the Japanese Orchestra Association .
The orchestra gives regular subscription concerts from April to July and September to December in the Across, the Philharmonic in Fukuoka with 1871 seats. In addition, there are four tenjin concerts in the FFG hall every year. There are also two concerts in the Performing Arts Center and the Hibiki Hall in Kitakyūshū and a concert in the Ishibashi Bunka Hall in Kurume .
From 1983 the orchestra recorded all of Mozart's symphonies and piano concertos on CD. In addition, the orchestra performed the piano concertos by Beethoven and Brahms between 1998 and 2003 with Heiichirō Ōyama as conductor and Takahiro Sonoda as pianist.
Conductors of the orchestra
- 1953-1956 Hiroshi Ishimura
- 1956–1980 Tadashi Mori and Takeichirō Yasunaga (and 1981 to 1998 honoris causa )
- 1968–1981 Karl Österreicher (honoris causa)
- 1976–1980 Volker Renicke
- 1981-1988 Hideomi Kuroiwa
- 1989-1995 Kazuhiro Koizumi
- 1996-1998 Kazufumi Yamashita
- 1999-2004 Heiichirō Ōyama
- 2006-2013 David Geringas
- 2013– Kazuyoshi Akiyama and Kazuhiro Koizumi
Tōru Yasunaga , the son of the conductor Takeichirō Yasunaga, is also concertmaster with the Berlin Philharmonic .
Discography
- Famous works of the Strauss <?> Family ( シ ュ ト ラ ウ ス ・ フ ァ ミ リ ー 名曲 集 ) under the direction of Yōichirō Ōmachi
- Ritt der Valkyries Akiyama / Kyūkō Super Sounds ( ワ ル キ ュ ー レ の 騎行 秋山 / 九 響 ス ー パ ー ・ サ ウ ン ズ ) under the direction of Kazuyoshi Akiyama
- Petrushka / Daphnis and Chloe ( ペ ト ル ー シ ュ カ / ダ フ ニ ス と ク ロ エ ) under the direction of Kazuyoshi Akiyama
- Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony ( チ ャ イ コ フ ス キ ー マ ン フ レ ッ ド 交響曲 ) conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama
- Gustav Mahler First and Ninth Symphonies under the direction of Kazuyoshi Akiyama
- Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique ( 幻想 交響曲 ) conducted by Kazuhiro Koizumi
- Ludwig van Beethoven 9th Symphony conducted by Kazuhiro Koizumi
Web links
- Kyushu Symphony Orchestra. ders., accessed on March 4, 2017 (English, website of the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra (English / Japanese)).
Remarks
- ↑ The term tenjin ( 天神 ) is not used here in the usual word meaning "gods". What is meant is the district of the same name in Fukuoka.