The or TSO, was established in 1946 as the

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Symphony Orchestra (東宝交響楽団). It assumed its present name in 1951. Based in Kawasaki, the TSO performs in numerous concert halls and serves as pit orchestra for some productions at

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, the city's leading opera house. It offers subscription concert series at its home, the Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall and at Suntory Hall, the Concert Hall of

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, and

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. The orchestra recorded the musical score for the 1984 movie ''

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''.

Permanent Conductors and Music Directors

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(September, 2014– ) *

Hubert Soudant Hubert Soudant (born 16 March 1946 in Maastricht, Netherlands) is a Dutch conductor. He played the French horn as a youth. He has won prizes in several conducting competitions, including the Besançon Young Conductor Competition and the Karaja ...

(2004– August, 2014) *

Kazuyoshi Akiyama is a Japanese conductor. Biography Born into a musical family, he studied piano at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, but was fascinated by the conducting activities of a fellow student, Seiji Ozawa. He decided to study conducting with Hideo S ...

(1964–2004) * Masashi Ueda (1945–1964) * Hidemaro Konoe

Note

* The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (東響, Tōkyō) is not to be confused with the Tokyo ''Metropolitan'' Symphony Orchestra (都響, Tokyō).

External links

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