Keiko Mitsuhashi
Keiko Mitsuhashi graduated from the Tokyo National University of the Arts and completed her master’s course there. She refined her skill at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst and the Accademia Chigiana. Trained by Seiji Ozawa, Kenichiro Kobayashi, G.Gelmetti, E.Accel, H-M.Schneitt, Yuji Yuasa, Yoko Matsuo and Masamitsu Takahashi, She was the first Japanese winner of the 10th Antonio Pedrotti International Conducting Competition and the first woman who became a prize winner at the 9th Arturo Toscanini International Conducting Competition receiving the second prize along with the Audience Award.
Keiko has conducted Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Suzhou Symphony Orchestra , Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Okayama Philharmonic Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra and Kyushu Symphony Orchestra.
In 2009, she was selected as one of ‘100 Japanese People Respected Worldwide’ by Newsweek Japan. In 2013, she received the 12th Hideo Saito Memorial Foundation Award. In 2016, She also co-conducted along with Mo. Tan Dun, Toru Takemitsu piece, “Gémeaux for soloists, two orchestras and two conductors” which was successfully performed for Suntory Hall’s 30th anniversary concert. Her hobby is cruising. She has a First-Class Small Vessel Operator License.
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