Conductor

Introduction of Music Director and Conductor

New Japan Philharmonic
major past conductors

Hideo Saito
Hideo Saito
Chief Conductor (September 1972-September 1974)
Permanent Conductor (June 1975-)
Seiji Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa
Principal Conductor (September 1972-August 1990)
Honorary Artistic Director (October 1991-August 1998)
Conductor Laureate / Emeritus (October 1999-)
Naozumi Yamamoto
Naozumi Yamamoto
Executive Secretary (September 1972-June 2002)
Honorary Friend)
Kazuyoshi Akiyama
Kazuyoshi Akiyama
Executive Secretary (February 1973-May 1980)
Yukinori Tezuka
Yukinori Tezuka
Executive Secretary (February 1973-July 1992)
Kazuhiro Koizumi
Kazuhiro Koizumi
First Music Director (January 1975-December 1979)
Executive Secretary (January 1975-July 1992)
Takashi Asahina
Takashi Asahina
Chief Conductor (March 1975-July 2002)
Honorary Friend)
Michiyoshi Inoue
Michiyoshi Inoue
2nd Music Director (September 1983-February 1988)
Principal Guest Conductor (September 2000-August 2003)
Leon Fleisher
Leon Fleisher
NJP conductor (September 1992 - September 1998)
Szymon Goldberg
Szymon Goldberg
NJP conductor (September 1992 - July 2002)
Yutaka Sado
Yutaka Sado
NJP 指揮者(1992年9月~1995年7月)
ミュージック・アドヴァイザー(2022年4 月~2023年3月)
第5代音楽監督(2023年4月~)
Ken Takaseki
Ken Takaseki
NJP conductor (October 1994 - August 2000)
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Friend of Seiji (from September 1995)
Gerhard Bosse
Gerhard Bosse
Principal Guest Conductor (September 2000-August 2003)
Music Advisor (February 2002-)
Christian Arming
Christian Arming
3rd Music Director (October 2003-August 2013)
Daniel Harding
Daniel Harding
Music Partner of NJP (September 2010 - August 2016)
Ingo Metzmacher
Ingo Metzmacher
Conductor in Residence (September 2013 - August 2015)
Toshiyuki Kamioka
Toshiyuki Kamioka
Artistic Advisor (April 2015-August 2016)
4th Music Director (September 2016-August 2021)
Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi
New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra (WDO) Music Director (2004-)
Composer in Residence and Music Partner (from September 2020)