Kazushi Ono is the definitive musical citizen of the world. He was born in Tokyo, studied in Munich and forged his early career in Zagreb, Karlsruhe and Tokyo. These influences shaped an inquiring and profound musical intellect and an ability to communicate meaning across languages and cultures. He enjoys deep and longstanding relationships with the finest orchestras around the world.
His passion and curiosity for repertoire take him to the standard classics but also to new music and he often commissions new orchestral works and operas. He is a vocal advocate for the role of culture in all our lives and works actively within the communities which his three orchestras serve.
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A fine balance – an interview with Kazushi Ono
Kazushi Ono conducts Der fliegende Holländer at Hamburg State Opera this month, and later in the year, Rusalka at Opéra national de Paris and Elektra for New National Theatre, Tokyo. Beginning a year so full of opera, he tells us about his approach to balancing scores and remembers sneaking into a rehearsal of Carlos Kleiber Compared with studying symphonies, opera takes a lot of time to bring into one’s repertoire. I start the process not with the music, but reading the origin story of...