Tetsuji Honna

Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Vietnam National Orchestra (VNSO) since 2009.
Studied under Royal Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (1989-1991) and London Sinfonietta (1995-1996) as hospitant by Japanese CulturalAffair’s program.
Honna was appointed permanent conductor of the Osaka SymphonyOrchestra (1995-2001) and Permanent Guest Conductor of the NagoyaPhilharmonic Orchestra (1998-2001). Artistic Advisor of Vietnam YouthMusic Institute (VYMI) since 2021.Awards includes 2nd prize of Tokyo International Music Competition forconducting (1985), 2nd prize of Arturo Toscanini
International Conducting Competition in Parma Italy (1990), 1st prize and the Bartok prize of Budapest International Conducting Competition (1992), Muramatsu Prize (1994), Nippon Steel Music Award - Fresh Artist (1995), Osaka Stage Arts Encouragement Award after All Symphonies of Franz Schubert (1997), Ambassador prize of Embassy of Japan in Vietnam(2009) , Foreign Minister Prize of Japan (2011), Medal by Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism (2012), Vietnam Union of Friendship Organization Award (2018), Watanabe Akeo Music Foundation Special Award (2019) ,Vietnam Friendship Medal(2022) Conducted numerous orchestras including: Scala Philharmonic,Milano, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra Sinfonica Dell'Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini", Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Philharmonia Orchestra London, Hungarian State Philharmonic, Hungarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Philharmonic, Zagreb Philharmonic, Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovenian Philharmonic, Romanian Radio Orchestra, Malaysia Philharmonic, Shanghai Philharmonic, Schenzen Symphony Orchestra, The Philippines Philharmonic, Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra and almost of all Japanese Orchestras. Invited to by many international festivals including The Carinthischer Sommer in Austria, The Salzburg Spring Festival, The Bartók Festival in Hungary, Mostly Mozart Festival in Tokyo, Seoul in Autumn, The Asian Music Festival Tokyo, The Oulunsalo Music Festival in Finland, The Suntory Summer Festival, The Ditto Festival in Seoul, The Karuizawa International Music Festival "La Folle Journee au Japon”, Festival Les Nuits Pianistiques Aix en Provence,France and The "Milano Musica" contemporary music festival at the Teatro alla Scala and so on. And in many stages, he was with world leading soloists including Martha Argerich, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Cyprien Katsaris,Peter Rösel,Dang Thai Son, Philippe Entremont, Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak, Nakamura Hiroko, Cecil Licad, Gianluca Cascioli,Anna Fedrova, Reiner Honeck, Stephanie Chase,Eto Toshiya, Christian Tetzlaff, Gérard Poulet,Igor Oistrach,Geneviève Strosser, Imai Nobuko,Tamás Varga, Antonio Meneses, Dieter Flury,Alessandro Carbonare,Chick Korea and so on.

Main Works with VNSO
(Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra)
2001 Appointed as Music Advisor and Conductor of Upgrading project
2004 Japan Tour (Tokyo and Osaka)
2005 Opened VNSO Subscription Concert
2006 Mozart Cycle at L’espace (-2007)

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