Subscription hitaru Concert Series No.20 2025.March.19（Wed）19:00～ Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater hitaru

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Kentaro KAWASE（conductor）

Born in Tokyo in 1984 and graduated with a degree in conducting from the Tokyo College of Music in 2007, having studied under Junichi Hirokami, Yasuhiko Shiozawa and others. Was awarded 2nd place (which was the highest level with no 1st place) at the Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting in 2006, and since then KAWASE has received invitations to conduct Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra among others. He was also the assistant conductor of Pacific Music Festival (2007～2009). Kawase is the Resident Conductor of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra from April 2022 and will be Artistic Director of the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra from April 2023. (as of December 2022) from our website

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Dai MIYATA（cello）

Dai Miyata won the grand prix in the 9th Rostropovich Cello Competition, the very first Japanese competitor who won the grand prix in the world’s most prestigious competition. His outstanding performance is much supported by composers and co-starring artists, and has expanded internationally including high appraisal from Seiji Ozawa. He graduated from the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève in Switzerland and completed the Kronberg Academy in Germany. He has studied cello under Sumiko Kurata and Frans Helmerson; chamber music with Tokyo Quartet, Sadao Harada, Koichiro Harada, Tomoko Kato, Nobuko Imai, Richard Young and Gabor Takacs=Nagy. Miyata played concertos with major Japanese orchestras and orchestras abroad including Orchestre de Paris, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, and Slovak Philharmonic. And he is active in holding solo concerts, recital, and chamber music with world famous musicians; Lynn Harrell, Gidon Kremer, Yurii Bashmet, Maxim Vengerov, Augustin Dumay and Eliahu Inbal. His first CD “DAI FIRST – Chanting with Cello-” was released in December 2011 and his second CD “Miyata Dai / Cello Ichie-shu –Recontre-” in 2014, both from Universal. In 2012, He played in Suntory Hall with Mito Chamber Music Orchestra under　the baton of Seiji Ozawa. The documentary of this concert was broadcast as a 120 minutes TV musical program in BS Asahi Broadcasting, and became the big center of attention. This Program was nominated for the Prize of the Art Festival of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.