Tatsuya Shimono

Tatsuya SHIMONO

– Permanent Conductor: NHK Symphony Orchestra
– Principal Guest Conductor: Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
– Conductor Laureate: Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
– Music Director: Hiroshima Wind Orchestra

Born in Kagoshima in 1969, Tatsuya Shimono studied music at the Kagoshima University Faculty of Education and conducting at the Music School for Conducting, attached to the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1996 he received a diploma in orchestral conducting from the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, and in 1997 became the first Conducting Fellow of the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, working closely with the late Takashi Asahina and other distinguished maestros. Selected as a recipient of the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Overseas Study Programme for Artists, he continued his training at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna until 2001.

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