Takashi Asahina

Takashi Asahina
in 1949
Born (1908-07-09)July 9, 1908
 Japan Tokyo
Died December 29, 2001(2001-12-29) (aged 93)
Other names 朝比奈 隆
Occupation conductor

Takashi Asahina (朝比奈 隆, Asahina Takashi, 9 July 1908 – 29 December 2001) was a Japanese conductor.

Person

Asahina was born in Tokyo as an illegitimate child of Kaichi Watanabe.[1] He founded the Kansai Symphonic Orchestra (today the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra) in 1947 and remained its chief conductor until his death in Kobe. Inspired by a meeting with Wilhelm Furtwängler in the 1950s, he began a lifelong attachment to the music of Anton Bruckner, recording the complete Bruckner symphonies several times. For many years, he was associated with the North German Radio Orchestra in Hamburg. In May and October 1996, he appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Awards and honors

Cultural offices
Preceded by
none		 Music Directors, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
1947–2001		 Succeeded by
Eiji Oue

References

  1. ↑ 中丸美繪 オーケストラ、それは我なり(in Japanese) Bungeishunjū pp.35-49, 2008 ISBN 9784163705804



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