Takashi Asahina

Takashi Asahina ( Japanese 朝比奈隆 , Asahina Takashi ; born July 9, 1908 in Ushigome , Tokyo city (today: Shinjuku , Tokyo ), Japan; † December 29, 2001 in Kobe ) was a Japanese conductor .

In 1947 he founded the Kansai Symphonic Orchestra (since 1960 Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra ) and directed it as chief conductor until his death. He made his first international appearance as a conductor in 1956 with the Berliner Philharmoniker . After meeting Wilhelm Furtwängler in the 1950s, he developed a lifelong closeness to the music of Anton Bruckner , whose complete symphonies he recorded several times. For many years he worked with the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg . In the last years of his life he made several appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra .

He received the Japanese Academy of Arts Prize in 1976 and the Asahi Prize in 1978 for his services to symphony. In 1989 he was honored as a person with special cultural merits , in 1994 he was awarded the Order of Culture . The asteroid (5230) Asahina was named after him.

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SURNAME	Asahina, Takashi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	朝比奈隆 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 9, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ushigome , City of Tokyo (today: Shinjuku , Tokyo )
DATE OF DEATH	December 29, 2001
Place of death	Kobe , Japan