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The '''Saito Kinen Orchestra''' is an orchestra formed annually during the [[Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto]], which is held every August and September in [[Matsumoto, Nagano|Matsumoto city]], [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]], Japan. The orchestra is managed by the Saito Kinen Foundation.

==History==
In September 1984, under the leadership of [[Seiji Ozawa]] and [[Kazuyoshi Akiyama]], a group of Japanese musicians from all over the world gathered together in Japan to perform a series of concerts in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the death of [[Hideo Saito (musician)|Hideo Saito]]—co-founder of the [[Toho Gakuen School of Music]] and mentor to those conductors and musicians. The series of memorial concerts performed in Tokyo and [[Osaka]] became the beginning of the career of the Saito Kinen Orchestra.

In the beginning of the orchestra's establishment, its members would consist of Saito's former students who agreed with Ozawa and Akiyama that they should assemble in Japan for the memorial concerts. At first they performed without payment.

In 1987 the Orchestra made its first tour of Europe in [[Vienna]], Berlin, [[Frankfurt]], Paris, and London. Between 1989 and 1991, it toured in Europe and America. In 1990 the orchestra was invited to the [[Salzburg Festival]].

In May 1992, the Saito Kinen Foundation was established. In September of the same year, the [[Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto]] was held for the first time. As well as activities for the annual Festival such as performing [[symphonies]], operas and [[vocal music|vocal]] [[Musical composition|compositions]], and holding musician tutorials, the orchestra has also performed concerts in Tokyo.

Since the Saito Kinen Orchestra is an orchestra formed annually, there are no regular members. It originally consisted of Saito's former students and the graduates from the Toho Gakuen School of Music. However, as the original members age, the orchestra has been adding new members, among them Ozawa's former students and friends.

In 2008, the Orchestra was voted the world's 19th greatest orchestra by a panel of critics assembled by Gramophone Magazine, a UK-based leading classical music magazine.<ref>((cite news|title=The world's greatest orchestras|url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/editorial/the-world%E2%80%99s-greatest-orchestras|accessdate=28 August 2015|publisher=Gramophone Magazine))</ref>

==Recordings==
The orchestra has recorded symphonies by [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]], [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]], [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]] and [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler]]. Its other recordings are of [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]'s ''[[Oedipus rex (opera)|Oedipus rex]]'', and the ''[[St Matthew Passion]]'' and [[Mass in B minor]] by [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S. Bach]]. Those recordings are done for [[Philips Records]] and [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music]].

==Music directors==
The current and former directors are: 
* [[Seiji Ozawa]] (General Director), [[Kazuyoshi Akiyama]], Taijiro Iimori, Tatsuya Shimono

==Orchestra musicians==
A list of the current and former players:
* Flute: Shigenori Kudo, [[Sébastian Jacot]], [[Jacques Zoon]], Kazuhiro Iwasa, Kazuo Tokito
* Oboe: [[Fumiaki Miyamoto]], [[Philippe Tondre]], Katsuya Watanabe, Björn Vestre
* Bassoon: Dag Jensen, [http://www.malterefardt.de Malte Refardt]
* French horn: Nobuyuki Mizuno, [[Radek Baborák]]
* [[Timpani]]: Vic Firth, Don Liuzzi, Rainer Seegers
* Percussion: Koji Fukamachi, Satoshi Takeshima, Mika Takehara, Sawako Yasue
* [[Harp]]: Naoko Yoshino, Risako Hayakawa
* Violin: [[Tōru Yasunaga]], Yasushi Toyoshima, Tatsuya Yabe, Takumi Komoriya, [[Masuko Ushioda]], Syoko Aki, Machie Oguri, Tadashi Hori, Kyoko Shikata, Jennifer Gilbert, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi,
* Viola: Mazumi Tanamura, [[Nobuko Imai]], Naoko Shimizu, Tomomi Shinozaki, Yoshiko Kawamoto, Manabu Suzuki, Kota Nagahara, Machiko Shimada, Masaya Soshi
* Cello: [[Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi]], Kenichiro Yasuda, Ko Iwasaki, Nobuo Furukawa, Yo Kigoshi, Sumiko Kurata, Ole Akahoshi
* Double bass: Yasunori Kawahara, Hiroshi Ikematsu, Akihiro Adachi, Shigeru Ishikawa, Akira Akahoshi, Rainer Zepperitz

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.saito-kinen.com/?_locale=en Official website of Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto]
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[[Category:Musical groups established in 1984]]
[[Category:1984 establishments in Japan]]
[[Category:Culture in Nagano Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese orchestras]]

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