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conductor / Eiji OUE

trumpet / Hayato KODAMA

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Eiji OUE（conductor）

Born in Hiroshima in 1956. At Toho Gakuen, he studied conducting with Hideo Saito. At the invitation of Seiji Ozawa, he studied at the Tanglewood Music Center and entered the conducting department of the New England Conservatory of Music in the same year, where he received an artist's diploma. He met his mentor Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Festival and has since accompanied him to performances around the world. From 1995~2002, he served as the 9th music director of the prestigious Minnesota Orchestra and successfully completed the orchestra's first European and Japan tours. In 1998~2009, he served as chief conductor of the Hannover North German Radio Philharmonic, and was awarded the title of honorary conductor for his contributions.　From 2000~2025, he served as a tenured professor at the Hannover University of Music. He succeeded Takashi Asahina as music director of the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra from 2003~2012 and music director of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra from 2006~2009. In the summer of 2005, he conducted "Tristan und Isolte" and performed at the Bayreuth Festival, attracting the attention of the world. In addition, he has been realizing his passion for spreading music one after another, such as producing "Osaka Classic", which is held at dozens of stores and showrooms mainly in Osaka Midosuji. In March 2014, he conducted the Tokyo Philharmonic's "100th Anniversary World Tour 2014". He performed in New York, Paris, Singapore, and other places and received rave reviews. He has made guest appearances with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and Rome Santa Cecilia Orchestra, and has received high praise. He is also active in recording, and in 2004 he won a Grammy Award for his collection of works by Minnesota-based composer Argent, "Guidy's House". In 2006, he received the Osaka Arts Prize Special Prize and the Hideo Saito Memorial Fund Award. In November 2007, he received the 42nd Osaka City Citizen Commendation. In June 2009, he was awarded the Order of Merit of Lower Saxony and the Cross of Merit of the First Class. Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra Laureate, Hannover North German Radio Philharmonic Honorary Conductor

Hayato KODAMA（trumpet）

Born in Kushiro City, Hokkaido in 2009. He started playing the cornet at the age of 5 and started playing the trumpet in earnest at the age of 9. In 2024, he became the youngest player in history to win first place in all categories in the trumpet category of the 39th Japan Wind Percussion Instrument Competition, as well as the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award and the Tokyo Governor's Award. He also won the Special Grand Prize (Prime Minister's Award). In 2025, he won the gold medal at the 6th Vienna International Music Competition. In addition, he has won numerous competitions such as the Japan Junior Wind Percussion Instrument Competition, the Japan Classical Music Competition, and the Osaka International Music Competition. He has performed with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, New Japan Philharmonic, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Yamagata Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic, Gumma Symphony Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic, Osaka Symphony Orchestra, among others. He studied trumpet with Tsugushi Matsuda and Kenichi Tsujimoto. He has taken many master classes and is 2024 and 2025 Yamaha Music Support System Scholars. He has also won the 7th Shinji Hattori Music Award "Rising Star". In February 2025, he released his first album "Reverberate". Currently, he is studying at the Pre-College of the Karlsruhe University of Music under Reinhold Friedrich.