Kazushi Ono
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Birthplace:
Tokyo, Japan
Studies:
Tokyo University of the Arts
Awards:
“Officier de l´ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French cultural minister (2017), Asahi Prize (2015), Gramophone´s Opera Award at the Glyndebourne Festival (2014), Grammy Award for “Diva Divo” (2012), Prix de la critique and Prix de Claude Rostand for “Le Rossignol et autres fables” (2011), The Imperial Prize and Japan Arts Academy Prize, Suntory Music Award (2010), Prix de la critique, Prix de Claude Rostand for “Le Joueur”, “Lulu” and “Mort à Venise”, Exxon Mobil Music Award (2009), Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts (2007), Prix de la critique and European Grand Prize for Opera (2006), Hideo Saito Memorial Fund Award, Idemitsu Music Award (1997), Akio Watanabe Music Foundation Award, Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists by Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts (1993), Muramutsu Award (1989), Arturo Toscanini International Competition for Conductors (1987)
Repertoire:
Kazushi Ono’s musical influence and vision span and connect continents and cultures; russian repertoire, new music, et al.
Career stages:
Artistic Director of Opera at the New National Theatre Tokyo (since 2018), Music Director of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (since 2017), Music Director of Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya (since 2017), Artistic Consultant of Opera at the New National Theatre Tokyo (2016), Principal Guest Conductor of Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Principal Conductor of Opéra National de Lyon (2008–2017), Music Director of Theatre Royal de la Monnaie (2002–2008), General Music Director of Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (1996–2002), Music Director of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra (1990–1996)
Stages:
Opera at the New National Theatre Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Suntory Hall, 2017 BBC Proms, Opéra National de Lyon, Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Oper Frankfurt, Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris, Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, et al.
Cooperation with orchestras:
London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, et al.
