Conductor Change Announcement: Joint Concert & OMF Opera / Opera for Children
Due to the withdrawal of Andris Nelsons from the Orchestra Concert Program B and Program C, we will also be changing the conductors for the following events:
Welcome Parade / Joint Performance
Aug. 18 (Sun) 2024 Parade 9:00-* / Joint Performance 10:30-*
Parade: Matsumoto City, Matsumoto Castle Park
Joint Performance: Matsumoto Castle Ninomaru Goten Ruins Square
Conductor: Takuya Nemoto replaces Nodoka Okisawa (OMF Principal Guest Conductor)
This year's joint concert will feature a performance conducted by Takuya Nemoto. Additionally, video footage of the late Director Seiji Ozawa will be projected on a large screen. Both performers and audience will share a moment of reflection on the enduring legacy and music of Director Ozawa.
* In case of rain: Kissei Bunka Hall (Nagano-ken Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan)
* The event time has been changed from the initial announcement.
Puccini: “Gianni Schicchi”
Aug. 25 (Sun) 15:00
Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Main Hall
【Educational Program】
Opera for Children
Aug. 26 (Mon) 11:00 / 15:00
Aug. 27 (Tue) 11:00 / 15:00
Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Main Hall
Conductor: Toshiaki Murakami replaces Nodoka Okisawa (OMF Principal Guest Conductor)
Please note that no refunds will be issued for tickets due to this change.
Conductor: Takuya Nemoto
Takuya Nemoto obtained an MMus in conducting from Tokyo University of the Arts. As a student, he was discovered by the late Hiroshi Wakasugi for his rare talent of grasping theatrical works in their original languages, such as English, German, French, Italian, Latin, Russian, and Czech. He has since supported performances year-round as music staff in the opera section of New National Theatre, Tokyo, and as chorus master, diction coach, lecturer on works, and more for key Japanese opera companies including Tokyo Nikikai, OMF, and Nissay Opera, making him an integral presence in the industry. He earned a diploma in basso continuo at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon. He plays the harpsichord in the duo Jugong Boys with a baroque cellist and others, and is a composer. He has composed two operas (Kagetora, 2018 and La veuve Aphrodissia [Aphrodissia, The Widow], 2021), the cantata RINSHISEN (2016), and other vocal pieces. http://nemototakuya.info/
Conductor: Toshiaki Murakami
Tokyo native Toshiaki Murakami studied conducting under Seiji Ozawa, Hideomi Kuroiwa, and Kazuyoshi Akiyama at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. While a student, he became assistant to Ozawa for the New Japan Philharmonic, SKO, and later for the Mito Chamber Orchestra and Wiener Staatsoper. In 1997, he moved to Germany and studied at Universität der Künste Berlin and Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien. He was affiliated with Landestheater Linz 2004 06 and Staatsoper Hannover from 2006, where he was Kapellmeister 2008-12 conducting operas and ballets. He was invited to work with Berliner Symphoniker and the Lithuanian National Symphony, etc. Returning to Japan in 2015, he has conducted at OMF, Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, New Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo City Philharmonic, Kanagawa Philharmonic, Osaka Symphony, Kyoto Symphony. This year, he launched an opera group "Tokyo Opera NEXT" and is working energetically to promote classical music and opera culture. He is also a chamber music and lied pianist and currently teaches at Tokyo University of the Arts and the Toho Gakuen College Music Department.
photo : Namiko Kitaura