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Later, he became interested in minimal music. In 1981, he released "MKWAJU", and the release of his first album "INFORMATION" the following year marked the beginning of his career as a solo artist. In 2023, Deutsche Grammophon's "A Symphonic Celebration" reached No. 1 in the U.S. Billboard Billboard 2 category. In 2004, he was appointed Music Director New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra (W.D. O.). In 2017, he embarked on a world tour of "Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki" with great success in various places. In 2014, he presided over "MUSIC FUTURE", which introduces cutting-edge "contemporary music", and in 19, he started "FUTURE ORCHESTRA CLASSICS", and "Joe Hisaishi Beethoven: Complete Symphonies" released in the same year won a special prize in the special category of the 57th Recording Academy Awards. In recent years, he has been active as a classical music conductor and has also been active in presenting works such as "Metaphysica (Symphony No. 3)" and "Viola Saga for Orchestra". In November 2024, he performed the world premiere of a harp concerto co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and four other ensembles. He has performed with artists such as Philip Glass, David Lang and Mischa Maisky, as well as orchestras such as the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. New Japan Philharmonic Music Partner, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Composer-in-Association. In April 25, he will be inducted into the Japan Century Symphony Orchestra Music Director.

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