Kazuki Yamada
Kazuki Yamada (山田 和樹; born 26 January 1979[1] ) is a Japanese conductor.
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Biography
[edit ]Yamada was born in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture. He studied music, with a focus on percussion,[2] at the Tokyo University of the Arts, where his conducting teachers included Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi and Yoko Matsuo. Whilst at the university, he and fellow students founded an orchestra, the TOMATO Philharmonic Orchestra, with Yamada as its music director. The orchestra renamed itself the Yokohama Sinfonietta in 2005, and incorporated professionally in 2011. Yamada was the first prize winner in the 51st Besançon International Conducting Competition in 2009. Other honours include the Akeo Watanabe Music Foundation Music Award and the Hideo Saito Memorial Fund Award, both dating from 2012. He holds the post of 'permanent conductor' of the Japan Philharmonic, and is contracted with the orchestra through August 2017. In September 2017, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Yamada as its next principal guest conductor, effective April 2018, with an initial contract of three years.[3]
In Europe, Yamada first guest-conducted the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) in 2010. He became the OSR's principal guest conductor in 2012, with an initial contract of 3 years, after attempts to secure him as the orchestra's next principal conductor did not come to fruition.[4] In June 2014, his contract as principal guest conductor of the OSR was extended through 31 August 2017.[5] Yamada has conducted several commercial recordings with the OSR for the Pentatone label.[6] [7]
Yamada first guest-conducted the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra (OPMC) in 2011. In the fall of 2013, he became the orchestra's principal guest conductor. In April 2015, the OPMC announced the appointment of Yamada as its next principal conductor and artistic director, effective September 2016, with an initial contract of three years.[8] [9] In September 2020, the OPMC announced a further contract extension for Yamada through the 2023–2024 season.[10] In June 2023, the OPMC announced the most recent extension of Yamada's contract as its music director, through August 2026.[11]
Yamada first guest-conducted the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) in 2012. In May 2018, the CBSO announced the appointment of Yamada as its next principal guest conductor, effective with the 2018–2019 season.[12] In January 2021, the CBSO announced the extension of Yamada's contract as principal guest conductor with CBSO until 2023.[13] In September 2021, the CBSO announced the appointment of Yamada as its next chief conductor and artistic advisor, effective 1 April 2023, with an initial contract of 4.5 years.[14] [2] In May 2024, the CBSO elevated Yamada's title to music director.[15] In January 2025, the CBSO announced an extension of Yamada's contract as its music director through the 2028–2029 season.[16]
Yamada, his wife, and their family reside in Berlin.[2]
Selected discography
[edit ]- Georges Bizet – L'Arlésienne Suites; Gabriel Fauré – Masques et Bergamasques; Charles Gounod – Faust Ballet Music. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Pentatone PTC 5186358 (2013)
- Richard Strauss, Franz Liszt, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Ferruccio Busoni, Franz Schreker – Orchestral works. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Pentatone PTC 5186518 (2014)
- Russian Dances. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Suite from Swan Lake ; Alexander Glazunov – 2 Concert Waltzes; Dmitri Shostakovich – The Golden Age; Igor Stravinsky – Circus Polka . Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Pentatone PTC 5186557 (2016)
- Albert Roussel – Bacchus & Ariane ; Claude Debussy – Six Épigraphes Antiques; Francis Poulenc – Les Biches . Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Pentatone PTC 5186558 (2016)
- Manuel de Falla – Noches en los Jardines de España / El sombrero de tres picos . Mari Kodama, Sophie Harmsen, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Pentatone PTC 5186598 (2017)
- Maurice Ravel and George Gershwin – Piano Concertos. Denis Kozhukhin, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. PENTATONE PTC 5186620 (2018).
References
[edit ]- ^ Andrew McGregor (2022年07月25日). "Prom 14: Kazuki Yamada conducts the CBSO (interval discussion)". BBC Proms. Retrieved 2022年08月30日.
- ^ a b c Imogen Tilden (2021年09月14日). "CBSO names Kazuki Yamada as new chief conductor". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021年09月16日.
- ^ "Kazuki Yamada – Principal Guest Conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra" (Press release). KD Schmid Agency. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 2018年03月11日.
- ^ Sylvie Bonier, "Le jeune Kazuki Yamada est proposé pour diriger l'OSR". Tribune de Genève, 18 June 2010.
- ^ Rocco Zacheo (2014年06月23日). "Kazuki Yamada prolonge avec l'OSR". Tribune de Genève. Retrieved 2015年09月05日.
- ^ Andrew Achenbach (August 2014). "Bizet, L'Arlésienne Suites / Fauré, Masques et Bergamasques". Gramophone. Retrieved 2015年09月07日.
- ^ Andrew Achenbach (September 2014). "Ballet Music". Gramophone. Retrieved 2015年09月07日.
- ^ "Communiqué: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo" (PDF) (Press release). Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. 3 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2015年09月05日.
- ^ "Kazuki Yamada Announced New Principal Conductor and Artistic Director in Monte Carlo" (Press release). Konzertdirektion Schmid. 3 April 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 2015年09月05日.
- ^ "Il maestro Kazuki Yamada guiderà per altri 3 anni l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo". Monte Carlo News. 2020年09月22日. Retrieved 2021年09月16日.
- ^ Sabrina Bonarrigo (2023年06月13日). "Kazuki Yamada reconduit à la tête de l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo". L'Observateur de Monaco. Retrieved 2025年01月30日.
- ^ "City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra announces its 2018–19 Concert Season at Symphony Hall, Birmingham" (PDF) (Press release). City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 2018年05月20日.
- ^ "CBSO's Family of Conductors" (Press release). City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 2021年09月14日.
- ^ "City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra appoints Kazuki Yamada as Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor" (Press release). City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 2021年09月14日.
- ^ "Announcing our season of joy!" (Press release). City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 2024年05月06日.
- ^ "CBSO announces two-year extension for Music Director, Kazuki Yamada" (Press release). City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 2025年01月30日.