is a Japanese

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ist and conductor.

Biography

Born in Japan but raised in Vienna, Joji Hattori studied violin at the

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and sociology at

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, and furthered his violin studies with violinists

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and

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. Joji Hattori's international soloist career started after winning the

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in 1989. In 1999 Hattori decided to start a conducting career and in 2002 won a prize at the Maazel-Vilar Conductor's Competition which led to conducting engagements in New York. Since has been Principal Resident Conductor of the Erfurt Theater, music director of the

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and since 2004 he has been Associate Conductor of the Das Wiener KammerOrchester. He has been invited to conduct many major orchestras including the

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and the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera. Hattori is a Visiting Professor of violin at the

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in London.

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