Luisi To Become Nhk Orchestra's Chief Conductor
The NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo says Italian maestro Fabio Luisi will become its new chief conductor from September 2022.
Luisi, who is 62, has served as general music director of the Staatskapelle Dresden in Germany and principal conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Luisi has also guest-conducted renowned orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has acquired a vast repertoire, from classic to contemporary, during his prolific career.
Luisi has collaborated with the NHK Symphony Orchestra seven times since 2001. He will become its second-ever chief conductor after the incumbent Paavo Jarvi. The post was created in 2015.
Luisi will enter a three-year contract with NHK's orchestra from September next year. Prior to that, the orchestra plans to invite him to lead concerts in Japan from November this year. Luisi is scheduled to conduct Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in December.