Our small-city orchestra was blessed by the music making of a world-class conductor, says the letter writer. Akiyama died in ...

In 1963, he made his conducting debut with the Tokyo Symphony and, within two months, was named the orchestra’s Music Director and Permanent Conductor. When he accepted the position at Syracuse ...

International appearances include Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchesta of Wwales, Brussels ...

Frederick Fennell with the Eastman Orchestra and also with the Tokyo Wind Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin with the St Louis Symphony, Pinchas Steinberg with the Cologne Radio Orchestra, pianist Marco ...