"Meeting in Beijing" Concert

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Programme

John Williams
Olympic Fanfare and Theme

Beethoven
Symphony No. 9

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Conductor

Michiyoshi Inoue
Passionate about the arts from a young age, Michiyoshi Inoue began piano lessons very early and studied ballet for ten years before deciding, at the age of 15, to pursue a career as a conductor. On entering the renowned Toho Gakuen School of Music, he studied with the late Hideo Saito, one of the country’s most prominent music scholars and mentor to conductors such as Seiji Ozawa, Hiroshi Wakasugi and Kazuyoshi Akiyama.

Mr. Inoue’s professional career began in 1970 when he was named Associate Conductor to the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. A year later, the critical acclaim following his first prize at the Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition in Milan brought him to the attention of the international music scene, and he has been a familiar face on podiums all over the world ever since.

From 1977 to 1982 Mr. Inoue was Principal Guest Conductor at the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, leading them to participate in the 1980 Hong Kong Music Festival. A year after leaving New Zealand, he was appointed Music Director of Tokyo’s New Japan Philharmonic, where he remained until 1988. It was during these years that he made a name for himself within the genre of opera. His many successful productions included the Mozart/Da Ponte trilogy as well as Puccini’s Madame Butterfly and Mascagni’s Iris. In 1986, he was given the honour of conducting the inaugural concert at Suntory Hall. Mr. Inoue was the Music Director of the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra between 1990 and the spring of 1998, leading them in May 1997 on a highly successful tour of Europe including much acclaimed performances at the Prague Spring Festival.

Invited to conduct the most prestigious orchestras all over the world, Mr. Inoue has collaborated in Germany with the orchestras of Berlin (RIAS), Hamburg (NDR), Stuttgart (SDR), Baden Baden (SWDR), Cologne (Gurzenich), and the Dresden Philharmonic. Elsewhere in Europe, he has performed with ensembles including Orchestre National de France, Opera de Marseille, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Dublin, Royal Philharmonic Flanders Orchestra, La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquestra Gulbenkian (Portugal), Orquestra Sinfonica de RTVE (Madrid), Leningrad Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Hungary State Symphony Orchestra. Each season, Mr. Inoue is invited back to orchestras in many cities, where he has, with his engaging personality and energy, won the affection and respect of musicians and audiences alike. Recent engagements have seen him perform with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Romania National Radio Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Symphony Orchestra and at the New National Theatre Tokyo, etc.

His concerts with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and Gidon Kremer, his interpretation with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra of Mahler’s 9^th symphony in 1993, and a year later the 4^th with soprano Sylvia McNair have won particular acclaim. During the 1999 and 2000 seasons, Mr. Inoue embarked on a challenging ten-concert Mahler series with the New Japan Philharmonic at Sumida Triphony Hall, Tokyo, resulting in what was hailed as “the highest level of Mahler performances ever to be heard in Japan.” His CD recordings of Mahler’s 4^th, 5^th and 6^th symphonies with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra received similarly high praise, as did the live recording of the world premiere of Thierry Eschaich’s Vertiges de la Croix, performed with the Orchestre National de Lille in June 2004 and released on Universal Music.

One of Mr. Inoue’s daring projects began in April 1999 when he conducted a new production of Puccini’s Turandot, a co-production between Bunkamura and the Edinburgh Festival. Audiences at the festival were enchanted by this refreshing interpretation and in Japan fans were treated to performances at Bunkamura for two consecutive years in April 2000 and 2001. At the head of the New Japan Philharmonic, he has begun a series of concerts entitled “Concert Opera”, with productions including Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci in September in 2000; Korngold’s Die tote Stadt in 2001, and with R. Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos in 2002.

He conducted Shostakovich Symphonies intensively in Russia, Romania and Japan in 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons, including the realization of a complete Shostakovich Symphonic Cycle in Tokyo from November to December in 2007 with five Russian and Japanese orchestras including the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and the New Japan Philharmonic.

From 2007 to 2018, he was engaged as Artistic Adviser of the Ishikawa Ongakudo and as Music Director of the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, with which he very successfully toured Europe in the summer of 2008. Also, from 2014 to 2018 he served as the Principal Conductor of the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra.

The highlights of Mr. Inoue’s recent activities since his return after a rest because of serious illness include the general direction of the new production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro: What The Gardener Saw in collaboration with the stage director Hideki Noda in 2015 (successful fourteen concerts in ten cities in Japan) and the general direction (including the staging) of the theater piece of Bernstein Mass for the 55^th Osaka International Festival 2017. Mr. Inoue’s Box-set Complete Shostakovich Symphonies at Hibiya Public Hall (twelve CDs), released at the end of February 2017 and sold out immediately, won the Special Prize of the Special Category of the prestigious 55^th Record Academy Award 2017.

Artist

Eri TakahashiSoprano

Eri Takahashi

Eri Takahashi graduated from Kunitachi College of Music and its Graduate School. Subsequently she trained at the Nikikai Opera Studio, where she was awarded the outstanding performance prize and encouragement prize, and at the NNT Opera Studio. She won third prizes at the 47^th Concorso di LiricaItaliana and the 6^th International Opera Competition of Shizuoka. She furthered her studies in Bologna with a scholarship from the Gotoh Memorial Foundation.

In 2012, Takahashi made her Nikikai debut as Nedda in Pagliacci in a production that celebrated the 60^th Anniversary of Nikikai Opera. She has since appeared in Les Contesd’Hoffmann, Die Zauberflöte, La Bohème, and Cosi Fan Tutte, among others. Recently she has given standout performances as Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte for Nissay Opera in 2018 and as Salomé in Hérodiade for Nikikai Opera in 2019. In concert, she has appeared as soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Requiems of Mozart and Verdi, and Mahler’s Symphonies No. 4 and No. 8. In 2018, her performance in Rossini’s Stabat Mater with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Judd received high praise. Future appearances include Micaëla in a nationwide joint production of Carmen. She is a member of Nikikai.

ZHU HuilingMezzo-Soprano

ZHU Huiling

ZHU Huiling, a mezzo-soprano residing in Europe, graduated from Music Middle School Affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart. She received a Master's Degree in Art Songs and Artist Diploma in Opera. In addition to opera performances, she is also Artistic Director of Stiftung Chinesische Nachwuchskünstler e.V. and jury member of Timmendorfer Strand Music Festival Singing Competition. She has performed at major opera houses in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Finland and other countries.

Repertoires include Carmen (role of Carmen), Werther (role of Charlotte), Così Fan Tutte (role of Dorabella), Rigoletto (role of Maddalena), Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (role of Queen), Das Rheingold (role of Rheintochter), The Wilderness (role of Mother JIAO), as well as the German and Austrian operettas.

In addition to operas, she is great at singing art songs. She has performed in many concerts in Paris, Berlin, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Munich, Milan, Bologna, Zurich, London, New York, Washington D.C., Tokyo and other places. In 2013, she made her China debut in the NCPA opera Les Contes D'Hoffmann (role of Giulietta). She also played the role of Maddalena in Rigoletto during Music Season of Shanghai Symphony Orchestra 2012-2013. In recent years, she has presented more frequent performances in China, including the NCPA opera Andrea Chénier and Tannhäuser, the opera L'Heure Espagnole by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, opera Carmen by China National Opera House and Das Lied von der Erde (by Mahler) in cooperation with Chinese conductors ZHANG Yi, Shao-Chia Lü and TANG Muhai.

SHI YijieTenor

SHI Yijie

SHI Yijie has starred in NCPA operas L'Italiana in Algeri, Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Pasquale, La Fille du Régiment, Falstaff, Der Rosenkavalier, Die lustige Witwe, I Pagliacci, as well as William Tell (Concert Version) and NCPA Classic Operetta Gala.

After having been the revelation of the Rossini Opera Festival 2008, singing as Cavalier Belfiore in Il Viaggio a Reims in the Accademia Rossiniana production, SHI Yijie was immediately invited back to Pesaro to sing the title role in Le Comte Ory at the Rossini Opera Festival 2009, where he has had a warm success imposing himself on the international scene.

SHI Yijie has already had tremendous success singing at internationally renowned venues such as Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia di Roma, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino di Firenze, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Deutsche Oper of Berlin, Opéra de Nancy, Théatre du Capitole de Toulouse, Opéra de Lausanne, Teatro la Fenice di Venezia, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Festival Mozart de la Coruna, Teatro Arriaga de Bilbaoand De Vlaamse Opera of Antwerp, working with such conductors as Roberto Abbado, Kent Nagano and Alberto Zedda.

He opened the 2013/14 season performing L'Elisir d'Amore (Nemorino) at the Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, followed by his return to China NCPA in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri, and his role debut as Fernand in La Favorite at the Théatre du Capitole de Toulouse and Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle in La Coruna.

His appearances also include I Pagliacci, Don Pasquale, Der Rosenkavalier, L'italiana in Algeri and William Tell at China NCPA, Falstaff (Fenton) and I Puritani (Arturo) at Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, L'occasione fa Illadro (Conte Alberto) at Théatre des Champs Elysées de Paris, Tancredi (Argirio) and Il turco in Italia (Narciso) at Opéra de Lausanne, Il Turco in Italia (Narciso) and Tancredi at Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Rossini's Armida (Rinaldo), Mozart's Idomeneo (Arbace) and Die Zauberfloete (Tamino) in Antwerp, as well as Il turco in Italia (Narciso) at Théatre du Capitole de Toulouse.

Takaoki Onishi

Takaoki Onishi

Graduating from the University and Graduate School of Musashino Academia Musicae, Takaoki Onishi was the winner of Student Music Coucours of Japan, and Gold Prize and Baritone Special Prize at the Concorso di LiricaItaliana. Soon after, he won the first prize of IFAC Julliard Prize Singing Competition which provided him a full scholarship and special award to attend the Julliard School, making him one of the few Japanese to major in Vocal Artsthere. Upon his graduation from the Julliard School, he was given a Special Award and scholarship for his outstanding activities as a student. He has also studied in Academies in Italy, Germany and Switzerland.

At Julliard, Mr. Onishi sang leading roles in many productions such as Le nozze di Figaro, Eugene Onegin and St. Matthew Passion, and made his recital debut at the Lincoln Center, winning the audition held in the school. While at Julliard, he won the first prize of the Opera Index, Inc. Vocal Competition and the Licia Albanese-Puccini International Vocal Competition, and was chosen as a finalist in the Montréal International Music Competition.

In December 2018, he won The Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition, and was also granted the Dimitri Hvorostovsky Memorial Career Grant.

In 2015, he made his professional U.S. debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago with the role of Father Arguedas in the world premiere of Bel Canto which was highly praised by the international newspapers and the classical music press.

From 2015, he became a member of the Ryan Opera Center of the Lyric Opera of Chicago for three years and have appeared in many productions such as Eugene Onegin, Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), and Carmen, among others.

Mr. Onishi’s recent appearances in Japan include soloist of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in various venues and Carmina Burana conducted by NorichikaIimori, Brahms' A German Requiem conducted by Junichi Hirokami, Iolanta (Concert version) with Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra, War Requiem with Ken Takaseki and the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, receiving high critical acclaim.

In December 2018, he appeared as soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Ken Takaseki and the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra.

In January 2019, he sang in Carmen at the North Carolina Opera and in 2020, will return to sing in Pagliacci. He will also make appearance at the OperaPhiladelphia in Madame Butterfly. In February 2019, he sang as soloist for the Kullervo Symphony with the Oratorio Society of New York at the Carnegie Hall and in 2020 will return to sing with them in A German Requiem.

His continued active engagements in Japan and around the world is much anticipated. Takaoki Onishi received the 30^thGotoh Memorial Cultural Award given to the most promising young talent in Opera. At the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival in August 2019, he appeared on short notice as substitute artist in the lead role of Eugene Onegin, conducted by Fabio Luisi. The production was a great success.

Presenter

Tokyo Opera Singers (Choir)

Beijing Symphony Orchestra

Beijing Symphony Orchestra

The Beijing Symphony Orchestra was founded in October 1977. In the 1990s, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra underwent a significant reform and reorganization under the leadership of artistic director TAN Lihua. The orchestra has held annual musical events for over ten years, with 90-100 concerts given each year. Starting with the classics, the orchestra has performed nearly 1,000 musical works, including operatic music, symphonic music, chamber music and contemporary music. It has cooperated with world-renowned maestros, instrumentalists and famous international orchestras to expand its repertoire. The Forbidden City Concert Hall, situated in the imperial garden, belongs to the Beijing Symphony Orchestra.

The orchestra has worked with many famous orchestras and top musicians, such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; famous virtuosos include maestro Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Christoph Eschenbach, Lawrence Foster, Thomas Sandrine, Andrew Davis, Leif Segerstam and Pavel Kogan; piano virtuosos include Lazar Berman, Justus Frantz , Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Tzimon Barto; violin virtuosos Vadim Repin, Midori Gotō, Lin Cho-Liang, Christophe Barratier and Sergey Krylov; cello virtuosos include Mischa Maisky, Lloyd Webber and Corona Crainey; viola virtuoso Yuri Bashmet, trumpeter Garber Portotzky, singers José Carreras and Jennifer Larmore.

Maestro Eschenbach said, “The Beijing Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra with high professional qualities. Their extremely strong musical apprehensiveness and performance style have impressed me deeply." Over the past decades, Beijing Symphony Orchestra made many achievements, one of which is its first international commercial tour in 2001. By far, the orchestra has given commercial performances worldwide for years.

The Beijing Symphony Orchestra shows special preference to contemporary Chinese music compositions. It has planned, participated in, commissioned and premiered new works by most of the contemporary Chinese composers, and it has premiered nearly 200 works. Since 2007, the orchestra has released eight record albums globally with EMI Records, a world-famous music label founded over a century ago.

The Beijing Symphony Orchestra has taken part in many large-scale international cultural exchange activities, and made several visits to Germany, the UK, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Czech, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Turkey, Slovenia, Serbia, South Korea, the USA, Canada and Montenegro. In 2001-2017, the orchestra toured Europe for eight times and won high praise from the European critics. In 2013, the orchestra made its debut in America during a two-week tour to Mexico and the USA. The Washington Post gave it a banner headline: “The Beijing Symphony Orchestra starts an Upsurge of Classical.” In February 2017, the orchestra gave a classic symphony concert at the Kennedy Center, receiving high acclaim from the audiences. It gave virtuoso performances at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto and National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada, kicking off celebrations for the 150^th anniversary of the founding of Canada. The joint performance given by the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Ottawa Symphony Orchestra and Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra was the first one to be given by the three orchestras together after the founding of Canada, which is of great historical significance. In September the same year, Beijing held the second 16+1 Summit of China and CEE Capitals Mayors in Podgorica, Montenegro as well as the “Beijing Day” Event in Belgrade, Serbia. Deputy Party Secretary and Acting Mayor of Beijing CHEN Jining attended the activities with a government delegation. The Beijing Symphony Orchestra gave a symphony concert under the theme, “Tour of Friendship” at the Podgorica National Theatre and Belgrade Sava Central Theatre respectively. The orchestra signed a memorandum of understanding with the Montenegro Symphony Orchestra and Serbia Belgrade Symphony Orchestra, entering into a specified relationship with them. Also, a symphony orchestra league was formed by Beijing with its international sister cities, enriching the connotations of the second 16+1 Summit of China and CEE Capitals Mayors and “Beijing Day” Event in Belgrade, Serbia, and achieving substantial results in cooperation.

In 1994, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra started devoting itself to popularizing symphonic music on a large scale in military camps, factories and mines, schools and communities in Beijing as well as Chinese concert halls and institutions of higher education. Over the past 20 years, the orchestra has held nearly 1,000 concerts for symphony popularization for millions of spectators of different professions and ages in school canteens and halls, factories and communities, as well as at opera houses and concert halls in Beijing, Shanghai and other major cities. In the 2014 season, it gave the opening concert on campus. In 2016, it initiated an activity titled, “Capital Civic Hall” and performed “symphonic music for common people”, introducing classical music into capital citizens’ daily life.

As the 2019 season is now on, all members of the Beijing Symphony Orchestra are writing a more brilliant artistic chapter with full passion in high spirits.
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