Panel of Judges

Chairperson:

Tadaaki OTAKA (Japan)

Permanent Conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra; Music Director, Osaka Symphony Orchestra; Conductor Laureate, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of the Arts

【委員】

Jeff ALEXANDER (US)

President, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Mike GEORGE (UK)

Senior Producer, BBC Philharmonic

Junichi HIROKAMI (Japan)

Artistic Leader, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa; Friend of JPO (artistic advisor), Japan Philharmonic Orchestra; Friendship Conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra; Professor of Conducting, Tokyo College of Music; Director, Kyoto Concert Hall

Rainer HONECK (Austria)

Concertmaster, Vienna Philharmonic; Conductor Emeritus, Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo

Okko KAMU (Finland)

Former Principal Conductor, Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Tatsuya SHIMONO (Japan)

Conductor Laureate, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra; Music director Hiroshima Wind Orchestra; Visiting Professor for conducting department, Tokyo University of the Arts

Hubert SOUDANT (Netherlands)

Conductor Laureate, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Ken TAKASEKI (Japan)

Principal Conductor, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra; Principal Conductor, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra; Music Advisor, Mt. Fuji Philharmonic Orchestra

 

 

(In alphabetical order, without honorifics)