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Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (東京フィルハーモニー交響楽団, Tōkyō firuhāmonī kōkyō gakudan) is recognized as the oldest symphony orchestra in Japan.[1] It was founded in 1911 and debuted at the original Matsuzakaya store in Nagoya as the Itō Textiles Shop Youth Band (いとう呉服店少年音楽隊, Itō gofukuten shōnen ongakutai). It relocated to Tokyo in 1938. As of 2024, it has 166 members.

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
東京フィルハーモニー交響楽団

1911

The orchestra plays frequently at Tokyo Opera City in Shinjuku, Orchard Hall, part of the Bunkamura (文化村) shopping and entertainment complex in Shibuya, and Suntory Hall in Akasaka, Tokyo.[2]

Chief Conductor:

Andrea Battistoni

Honorary Music Director:

Myung-Whun Chung

Conductors Laureate: , Kazushi Ono & Dan Ettinger

Tadaaki Otaka

Special Guest Conductor:

Mikhail Pletnev

Resident Conductor:

Kazumasa Watanabe

Associate Conductor:

Min Chung

Permanent Honorary Member and Conductor Laureate:

Norio Ohga

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra