Festa Summer MUZA KAWASAKI 2025
Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra18:20-

Music Director of Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra. Music Director of Tokyo Mitaka Philharmonia. After winning at Besançon Competition he has been invited by international orchestras such as London Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, DSO Berlin, La Verdi Milano, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Saito Kinen Orchestra and also by the major opera theaters in Cologne, Berlin, Munich, Sydney and Tokyo. He had led successful productions at Theater Lübeck as General Music Director. At Biwako Hall, during 16 years as Artistic Director he has been achieving tremendous success on Wagner's 10 productions including "Der Ring des Nibelungen". In 2014 Numajiri composed and made world premiere a beautiful opera by Japanese famous folktale "Bamboo Princess", known as story of Princess Kaguya, which has been repeated and highly acclaimed. He was awarded Medal of Honor with the Purple Ribbon by Emperor of Japan in 2017.

Born in Aichi (Japan) in 1991, Tomoki Kitamura began playing piano at the age of three.

Winning the 1st prize and the Grand Jury Prize at the prestigious Tokyo Music Competition started his career when he was 14, which was followed by prizes at international piano competitions including Hamamatsu, Sydney, Leeds, and Beethoven(Bonn).

Kitamura constantly appears in the major concert halls in Europe and Japan as a recital pianist, soloist in concertos, chamber music player, and also as a fortepianist.

Numerous favorable reviews have given to his discography, 6 Solo-CDs covering the repertoire from classical to modern.

Kitamura has been studying piano with Prof. Kei Itoh, Prof. Ewa Pobłocka, and Prof. Rainer Becker. After the graduation of Diplom with the distinction from Universität der Künste Berlin in 2017, he continued his research focusing on historical interpretation practice with Prof. Jesper Christensen at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main.

urrently, he based in Berlin.

After graduating from the Economics Department at Keio University, Takashi Harada traveled to France, inspired by his encounter with the Ondes Martenot—an instrument renowned for its remarkable capacity for intense self-expression. He graduated with top honors at the Paris Conservatoire and became one of the few soloists to perform the instrument. Harada has received numerous awards, including the Idemitsu Music Award, the Yokohama Cultural Encouragement Award, and the Music Pen Club Award.

Furthermore, Olivier Messiaen's Turangalila-symphonie, a composition in which the Ondes Martenot plays a central role, has become one of Harada's signature pieces. As a soloist, he has performed the work not only in Japan but also with world-leading orchestras at major venues including Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, the Paris Opera House, and Teatro alla Scala in Milan. To date, he has performed the piece more than 350 times across 20 countries.

Established in 1970, the orchestra became an incorporated foundation in 1978 and a Public Interest Incorporated Foundation in April, 2014. With a mission to create music culture in Kanagawa Prefecture, the orchestra continues to carry out a wide range of activities throughout Kanagawa Prefecture、including opera, ballet, and recording. It has also received praise for providing special concerts for children. It is guided by its Honorary Conductor, Shigeo Genda, special guest conductor, Kazuhiro Koizumi, and its Music director, Ryusuke Numajiri.