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SSMS Orchestra

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Published: Friday, 07 March 2014 05:40

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Richard Wagner
Richard Strauss
Bedrich Smetana
M.L.Usni Pramog

Hikotaro Yazaki, conductor

     Born in Tokyo in 1947, Mr. Yazaki studied mathematics at the Sophia University, Tokyo before graduating from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music as a conductor. For two years from 1970 he was Assistant Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra under its Musical Director, Seiji Ozawa. In 1972, he gave a concert tour of Switzerland conducting the Tokyo Youth Symphony Orchestra.

     Mr. Yazaki then moved to Europe to continue his musical training in Europe under the tutelage of some of the great conducting teachers: Franco Ferrara, Sergiu Celibidache, Zdenek Kosler Hans Swarowsky and Pierre Dervaux. During this time, he was a laureate at numerous competitions, such as) the 1st John Player International Conductors Award (1974), the Concours International de Besançon (1975) and at the Concorso Internazionale ‘Gino Marinuzzi’ (1976).

     Mr. Yazaki is much in demand both in his native Japan and in Europe, where he appears with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic, the BBC Orchestras, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, and the orchestras of the Opera de Paris and Opera Royal de Wallonie.

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The Lermontov Quartet Mozart Concert

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Published: Thursday, 06 March 2014 11:56

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The Lermontov Quartet Mozart Concert 
by The Lermontov Quartet|Jonathon Glonek, violin-Inga Causa, violin-Colin Wrubleski, viola-Marcin Szawelski, cello