Biography
Japanese-born Tadaaki Otaka has been Music Director of Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra since April 2018 and, following a distinguished tenure as Principal Conductor of BBC National Orchestra of Wales, became their Conductor Laureate. This remarkable relationship with BBC NOW stretches back more than three decades and he has appeared with them each season since his debut. Long esteemed as one of Japan’s finest conductors, he also holds the titles of Permanent Conductor of the NHK Symphony, Conductor Laureate of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Honorary Guest Conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and Honorary Conductor Laureate of Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo. He has had a close association with Sapporo Symphony Orchestra for four decades, leading highly-successful European tours
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today to 2025
Past performances 2001 — 2024
Enigma Variations, Williams, GraceMathias, W.Elgar
BBC Welsh National OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewThe 125th Subscription Concert at Orchard Hall Series 2023/2024, BeethovenBrahmsGrieg
NHK Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewNo. 1994 Subscription (Program B), BeethovenBrahms
NHK Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewProm 7: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, BeethovenColeridge-TaylorRachmaninoff
BBC Welsh National OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewUpcoming performances
6Subscription Concert No.998 C Series, TakemitsuBartókWalton
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewThe 35th Weekday Afternoon Concert, RavelDe SarasateElgarVon SuppéMassenet
Tokyo Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewThe 663rd Subscription Concert, StraussWagner, Richard
Sapporo Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewPopular Series No. 679, AkutagawaShostakovich
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewBiography
Japanese-born Tadaaki Otaka has been Music Director of Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra since April 2018 and, following a distinguished tenure as Principal Conductor of BBC National Orchestra of Wales, became their Conductor Laureate. This remarkable relationship with BBC NOW stretches back more than three decades and he has appeared with them each season since his debut. Long esteemed as one of Japan’s finest conductors, he also holds the titles of Permanent Conductor of the NHK Symphony, Conductor Laureate of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Honorary Guest Conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and Honorary Conductor Laureate of Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo. He has had a close association with Sapporo Symphony Orchestra for four decades, leading highly-successful European tours
