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Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Band, JP
Classical
A.k.a. 東京都交響楽団
The Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (TMSO), also known as Tōkyo-to Kōkyō Gakudan, is a Japanese orchestra, founded in 1965 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to commemorate the 1964 Summer Olympics. TMSO regularly performs at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Suntory Hall, Tokyo, and other prestigious venues. The orchestra is particularly known for performing works by Gustav Mahler. Apart from the classical repertoire, TMSO recorded Dragon Quest soundtracks in collaboration with Kouichi Sugiyama, as well as a few anime and film scores. Principal Conductors and Music Directors Heinz Hofmann (1965–67) Tadashi Mori (1967–72) Akeo Watanabe (1972–78) Moshe Atzmon (1978–83) Jean Fournet (1983–86) Hiroshi Wakasugi (1986–95) Kazuhiro Koizumi (1995–98) Gary Bertini (1998–2005) James DePreist (2005–08) Eliahu Inbal (2008–14) Kazushi Ono (since 2015)
Members
 | Kiyoshi Sato tu |
 | Sumiharu Arima alp |
 | Yasuhiro Okita frh, alp |
 | Kenji Kobayashi vn *1933 JP |
 | Moshe Atzmon *1931 |
| Armin Aussem ob *1944 DE |
 | Koji Okazaki bsn |
 | Koichi Nonoshita tb *1975 JP |
| Masayuki Okamoto |
 | Yumiko Itoi |
| Manabu Suzuki |
 | Kazushi Ono *1960 JP |
 | Masashi Honma ob JP |
 | Hiroyuki Odagiri tb |
 | Nagahisa Kasamatsu alp JP |
| Yuri Iguchi |
 | Kazuko Nomiyama JP |
 | Takashi Nakayama |
 | Yohei Matsuoka |
 | Nobuo Furukawa vc |
| Harumi Takada vn |
 | Kiyotaka Dohsaka bsn |
 | Yoshihiro Ando perc |
 | Takako Kunugi bsn |
| Daisuke Katsuyama |
 | Shinichi Eguchi |
 | Tsutomu Isohata |
| Masaya Soshi vn JP |
 | Hirofumi Wada alp JP |
 | Akihiko Ikawa tr JP |
| Hiroshi Nakayama |
| Junpei Inoue |
| Hidemi Mikai |
 | Tomoshige Yamamoto |
| Hideki Yamazaki perc JP |
 | Takato Saijo JP |
| Kanako Endo |
| Michiyo Sato |
| Norihito Yamada |
| Shiori Shimizu vc |
 | Jo Kishigami JP |
Popular Tracks 
Symphony In E Major, WWV 35: II. Adagio Cantabile on Wagner: Symphonies In E Major & C Major by Richard Wagner, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra & Hiroshi Wakasugi Symphony In E Major, WWV 35: I. Allegro Con Spirito on Wagner: Symphonies In E Major & C Major by Richard Wagner, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra & Hiroshi Wakasugi サン＝サーンス： 歌劇「サムソンとデリラ」より “バッカナール” on サン＝サーンス 交響曲第3番「オルガン付き」／フランク 交響曲 by Jean Fournet & Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Midsummer Night's Dream Selection: Wedding March on Wedding March by Various Artists Rhapsody for Orchestra on Japanese Orchestral Favourites by Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Japanese Rhapsody: I. Nocturne on Japanese Orchestral Favourites by Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Symphony In C Major, WWV 29: I. Sostenuto e Maestoso - Allegro Con Brio on Wagner: Symphonies In E Major & C Major by Richard Wagner, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra & Hiroshi Wakasugi Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ" IV. Maestoso - Allegro on French Symphonies by Jean Fournet, Naomi Matsui & Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Trumpet Concerto in A-flat major on Live in Japan -Arutiunian&Hummel: Trumpet Concerto- by Matthias Höfs Music for Symphony Orchestra: Allegro on Japanese Orchestral Favourites by Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony OrchestraTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symphony No. 8 | Dmitri Shostakovich, Eliahu Inbal, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 2017 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9 In D Minor | Herbert Kegel, Anton Bruckner, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 2015 | Album |
| 交響組曲「ドラゴンクエスト」場面別 Ｉ～IX | Kouichi Sugiyama, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 2011 | Compil. |
| Mulberry / In The Woods / In Summer / Under The Umbrella | Jo Kondo, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Paul Zukofsky, Nexus | 2007 | Album |
| Symphony No. 1 In D. Symphonic Suite "Heavenly Maiden And Fisherman". | Kunihiko Hashimoto - Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Ryusuke Numajiri | 2003 | Album |
| Japanese Orchestral Favourites | Akira Ifukube • Yasushi Akutagawa • Yūzō Toyama • Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra • Ryusuke Numajiri | 2002 | Album |
| Ikebe, Symphony No. 5 "Simplex" and No. 3 "Ego Phano | Shinichiro Ikebe, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Kotaro Sato | 1995 | Album |
| Symphony / Romanza | Richard Strauss, Mari Fujiwara, Hiroshi Wakasugi, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1994 | Album |
| 2. Sinofnie D-Dur Und Finlandia | Jean Sibelius, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Moshe Atzmon | 1994 | Album |
| Symphonies In E Major, In C Major | Richard Wagner, Hiroshi Wakasugi, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1993 | Album |
| Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14a / Danse Macabre | Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jean Fournet : Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1991 | Compil. |
| Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Kurt Sanderling, Berliner Symphoniker, Hiroshi Ishimaru, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1990 | Album |
| Schlagobers, Ballet, Op.70 | Richard Strauss, Hiroshi Wakasugi Conducting The Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1989 | Album |
| Josephs Legende | Richard Strauss - Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra / Hiroshi Wakasugi | 1988 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 "Organ", Danse Macabre, Op. 40 | Camille Saint-Saëns - Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Jean Fournet | 1988 | Album |
| La Valse / L'arlésienne - French Orchestral Favorites | Jean Fournet, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1987 | Album |
| BEETHOVEN : SYMPHONY No.9 In D Minor Choral / ベートーヴェン:交響曲第9番 秋山和慶, 東京交響楽団 | Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Ludwig van Beethoven | 1987 | Album |
| Bartók: The Wooden Prince, The Miraculous Mandarin | Béla Bartók, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Hiroshi Wakasugi | 1987 | Album |
| Symphony In D Minor | César Franck, Jean Fournet, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1986 | Album |
| Jewels Of The Madonna | Hiroshi Ishimaru / Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1984 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No. 1 / Piano Concerto No. 2 | Teizo Matsumura / Kazuo Yamada / Minoru Nojima / Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1984 | Album |
| L'Arlesienne | Georges Bizet : Jean Fournet, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1983 | Album |
| Romantic Overtures | Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1982 | Album |
| Winter; Marginalia; Gitimalya | Toru Takemitsu, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Michiko Takahashi | 1982 | Album |
| Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta, Sz 106 / Rumanian Folk Dances, Sz 68 | Béla Bartók : Moshe Atzmon Conducting Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1981 | Album |
| La Valse | Jean Fournet, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1981 | Album |
| Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 43 | Jean Sibelius, Moshe Atzmon, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1980 | Album |
| Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op.18 Prelude In E-Flat Major, Op. 23-6/ Prelude In G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32-12 | Hiroko Nakamura Piano, Akeo Watanabe ,Conductor Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1976 | Album |
| Requiem | Gabriel Fauré - Kyoko Ito, Norio Ohga, Tokyo Metropolitan Choir, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Kazuo Yamada, Takashi Sakai | 1974 | Album |
| Pictures At An Exhibition | Modest Mussorgsky / Maurice Ravel / Louis Frémaux, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | 1972 | Album |
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