Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died, his management ...

Renowned Japanese orchestra director Kazuyoshi Akiyama has died. Akiyama passed away of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on ...

A longtime conductor and contributor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO), Akiyama died in a hospital in Japan on Jan.

Trailblazing maestro Yoichiro Omachi, the first Japanese conductor who chose opera houses in Europe as his base and who conducted both operas and orchestras, died on Feb. 18. He was 90.

Nodoka Okisawa was recently appointed as the new Chief Conductor for the City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra in Japan at the age of 35. She will be the first female chief conductor for the orchestra.

Toyama debuted as a conductor with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in 1956. He went to Vienna in 1958 to study and while there he composed pieces that used traditional Japanese instruments such as the ...

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa was born on September 1st 1935, and is recognised for his interpretations of large-scale Romantic works. He’s probably best known as the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s ...

Then in 1992, to rebuild the orchestra, fueled by the belief that "first-class countries have first-class orchestras," the orchestra leader invites Japanese conductor Sakura Kazuo to Vietnam to be ...

While the Vietnam Symphony Orchestra faces a threat to its survival, a Japanese conductor is chosen to save it! The story's protagonist is a young Japanese conductor, Sakura Kazuo. Following a ...

This video portrait shows the Japanese conductor in her element and points out the challenges involved in a position that carries so much responsibility. As the first woman to serve as CEO of the ...