Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
| Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra 東京フィルハーモニー交響楽団 | |
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| Founded | 1911 |
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The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (東京フィルハーモニー交響楽団 Tōkyō Firuhāmonī Kōkyō Gakudan) claims to be the oldest classical orchestra in Japan, having been founded in Nagoya in 1911. It moved to Tokyo in 1938 and has some 166 members as of 2005.
The orchestra plays at Orchard Hall, part of the Bunkamura (文化村) shopping and entertainment complex in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Conductors
- Chief Conductor: vacant
- Honorary Music Director: Myung-Whun Chung
- Conductors Laureate: Tadaaki Otaka, Kazushi Ono & Dan Ettinger
- Special Guest Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev
- Principal Guest Conductor: Andrea Battistoni
- Resident Conductor: Kazumasa Watanabe
- Associate Conductor: Min Chung
- Permanent Honorary Member and Conductor Laureate: Norio Ohga
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