The NHK Symphony Orchestra (NHK交響楽団, Enuetchikei Kōkyō Gakudan^?) in Tokyo, Japan began as the New Symphony Orchestra on October 5, 1926 and was the country's first professional symphony orchestra. Later, it changed its name to Japan Symphony Orchestra and in 1951, after receiving financial support from NHK, it took its current name. Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the capital and one of the forty-seven prefectures of Japan. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... NHK NHK (日本放送協会, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), or Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japans public broadcaster. ...

Vladimir Ashkenazy is the orchestra's music director and Charles Dutoit is music director emeritus. Wolfgang Sawallisch serves as honorary conductor laurate. Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (sometimes transliterated Ashkenazi) (Russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович А́шкенази) (born July 6, 1937) is a conductor and, more notably, a pianist. ... Charles Édouard Dutoit (born October 7, 1939) is a conductor. ... Wolfgang Sawallisch (born August 26, 1923) is a German conductor and pianist. ...

Permanent Conductors

• Vladimir Ashkenazy (2004–) (music director)
• Charles Dutoit (1996–2003)
• Tadashi Mori (1979–1987)
• Alexander Rumpf (1964–1965)
• Wilhelm Schuchter (1959–1962)
• Wilhelm Loibner (1957–1959)
• Joseph Rosenstock (1956–1957)
• Niklaus Aeschbacher (1954–1956)
• Kurt Wöss (1951–1954)
• Shinichi Takeda (1944–1951)
• Kazuo Yamada (1942–1951)
• Joseph Rosenstock (1936–1946)
• Hidemaro Konoye (1926–1935)

Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (sometimes transliterated Ashkenazi) (Russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович А́шкенази) (born July 6, 1937) is a conductor and, more notably, a pianist. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Édouard Dutoit (born October 7, 1939) is a conductor. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joseph Rosenstock (born 27 January 1895 in Krakow, died 17 October 1985 in New York) was a Polish conductor. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Kazuo Yamada , born 19 October 1912—13 August 1991) was a Japanese conductor. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Joseph Rosenstock (born 27 January 1895 in Krakow, died 17 October 1985 in New York) was a Polish conductor. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Honorary/Guest Conductors

• Charles Dutoit (2003–) (music director emeritus)
• Hiroshi Wakasugi (1995–)
• Herbert Blomstedt (1986–)
• Horst Stein (1975–)
• Otmar Suitner (1973–)
• Hiroyuki Iwaki (1969–2006)
• Lovro von Matačić (1967–1985)
• Joseph Keilberth (1967–1968)
• Joseph Rosenstock (1951–1985)

Charles Édouard Dutoit (born October 7, 1939) is a conductor. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hiroshi Wagasugi is a Japanese conductor, born in Tokyo on 31 May, 1935. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Herbert Blomstedt was born 1927 in Springfield, Massachusetts to Swedish parents, and moved to Sweden at age 2. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Horst Walter Stein (born 2nd May 1928 in Elberfeld) is a German conductor. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Otmar Suitner (born Innsbruck, 6 May 1922) is an Austrian conductor. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Hiroyuki Iwaki (born 6 September 1932) is a Japanese conductor. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lovro von Matačić (born February 14, 1899 in Sušak, died January 4, 1985 in Zagreb) was a Croatian conductor. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joseph Keilberth ( born April 19, 1908 in Karlsruhe, died July 20, 1968 in Munich) was a German conductor. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Joseph Rosenstock (born 27 January 1895 in Krakow, died 17 October 1985 in New York) was a Polish conductor. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
• List of symphony orchestras

The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (東京交響楽団; or TSO) is a Japanese classical orchestra. ... This list of symphony orchestras contains orchestras with entries in the Wikipedia plus other particularly noted orchestras. ...

External links

• Official Web site