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He is Chief conductor of the Bach Collegium Japan (BCJ), Principal Guest Conductor of the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, and Music Director Ensemble Genesis. He will serve as conductor/creative partner of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra for six years until 2026. In addition to collaborating with the NHK Symphony Orchestra and others, he has appeared as a guest conductor with orchestras such as the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra in Germany and the Netherlands Bach Society overseas. In 2025, he will conduct Mozart's Requiem, which he has completed and edited, in seven cities including Paris and Madrid during the BCJ's European tour. In November, he will make his debut with the Orchestre de Paris, which will be well-received locally.
In the field of opera, he has conducted Monteverdi's opera "L'incoronazione di Poppea," Handel's opera "Rinaldo" (winner of the 19th Yoshio Sagawa Music Award), and Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare" in the BCJ Opera Series produced by Yuto Suzuki. In 2022, he made his debut at the New National Theatre with "Orfeo ed Euridice" (new production by Saburo Teshigawara). In the Bunkamura Produce Mozart Opera Series, following "The Magic Flute" (2024/set design: Hiroshi Senju) and "Don Giovanni" (2025/set design: Hiroshi Sugimoto), his production of "The Marriage of Figaro" (set design: Kengo Kuma), which he staged with BCJ in February of this year, was highly acclaimed as a production that surpassed the previous two performances.
In addition to being a regular on "Enjoying Early Music," he frequently appears on media outlets such as TV Asahi's "Untitled Concert." His recordings include J.S. Bach's harpsichord concertos with the BCJ (BIS), a duo with Tamestit (Harmonia Mundi), and J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Books 1 and 2 (BIS). He is involved in composing, arranging, and even the restoration of Bach's works. He regularly performs at Blue Note Tokyo, and his activities are boundless, with high expectations from various quarters. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts and completed his graduate studies there. He also completed studies at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands. He is a recipient of the 71st (2020) Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for New Artists, the 18th Hideo Saito Memorial Fund Award, the 18th Hotel Okura Music Award, and the 29th (2021) Akio Watanabe Music Foundation Music Award. Executive Producer of the Chofu International Music Festival, Visiting Professor at Kyushu University, Visiting Professor at Kobe Shoin University.