Koji Ishizaka

Kapellmeister of Dortmund Oper since 2022. There, he conducted Die Zauberflöte, Gräfin Mariza, Orphée aux Enfers, Swan Lake, Peer Gynt, the International Ballet Gala, and more. In March 2024, Ishizaka conducted in the world premiere of Journey to Planet Nine. He previously conducted the Dortmunder Philharmoniker, Sinfonie Orchester Wuppertal and WDR Funkhausorchester in Cologne.Ishizaka went to Europe in 2015 after graduating from the conducting course of the music department at the Tokyo University of the Arts and continued his studies at the Zurich University of the Arts (conducting) and Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien (accompaniment). After working at the Lucerner Theater, Lyric Opera Studio Weimar, and Florence Opera House Opera Academy, he served as répétiteur for the