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Performer: Kazuki Yamada

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Monte-CarloKazuki Yamada – Alexandre Kantorow

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Liszt, Ravel
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo; Kazuki Yamada; Alexandre Kantorow

BirminghamKazuki Conducts Mahler's 2nd Symphony

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Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 2 in c-Moll "Auferstehung"
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Eleanor Lyons; Jess Dandy; CBSO Chorus

BirminghamKazuki conducts Grieg's Piano Concerto

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Grieg, Bax, Debussy, Clyne
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Alice Sara Ott

CoventryBritten’s War Requiem

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Britten: War Requiem, Op.66
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Irina Lungu; Andrew Staples; Christian Gerhaher; CBSO Chorus

LuzernA Call for Peace

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Britten: War Requiem, Op.66
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Cambridge Choir of Trinity College; Lukas Sternath; Irina Lungu; Christian Gerhaher

StockholmThe Fountains of Rome and Tchaikovsky’s Polish Symphony

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Respighi, Szymanowski, Tschaikowsky
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada; Leonidas Kavakos
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Erfolg für den Einspringer: Louis Schwizgebel mit dem CBSO in Zürich

Louis Schwizgebel mit dem CBSO © Christian Meuwly
Eklat bei der Schweizer Tournee des City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Starpianist Fazıl Say wurde wegen einer Israel-kritischen Äusserungen kurzfristig ausgeladen. Eine Chance für den Einspringer.
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Yamada’s lightning strike electrifies Poulenc and Adams at the Proms

Lucas and Arthur Jussen with Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Pianist brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen spar with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Poulenc before John Adams’ epic Harmonium.
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Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody

Nelson Goerner © Jude Radley

The CBSO present the work of three European émigré composers of the 1930s and 40s, who reimagined their musical influences with contrasting approaches and results.

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Yamada and the CBSO’s Walton expedition at the Elbphilharmonie

Kazuki Yamada conducts the City of Birminghan Symphony Orchestra © Sebastian Madej

In Hamburg, Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO navigate the thorny brilliance of Walton’s First Symphony, proving that ‘difficult’ music can offer an evening’s most profound human connection.

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Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade

Kazuki Yamada conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra © Hannah Blake-Fathers

In the CBSO Benevolent Fund concert, the orchestra tells the timeless story, set in Persia, of Scheherazade who, through her storytelling, brings about peace.

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Yamada and the CBSO luxuriate in line at Symphony Hall

Peter Moore and Kazuki Yamada with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra © Andrew Fox
Mahler’s First Symphony is given a fresh take, revelling in melody, by Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO, while Dai Fujikura’s new Trombone Concerto proves an unsatisfactory indulgence. 
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Kazuki Yamada appointed chief at Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Kazuki Yamada conducts Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in September 2024 © Fabian Schellhorn
The sought-after current music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will adopt this new role in Berlin from the 2026–27 season.

RPS Awards announce winners for 2025

RPS Awards: winners collage © Royal Philharmonic Society
Kazuki Yamada, Claire Booth and the Paraorchestra were among the winners announced on Thursday, which also honoured contemporary music record label NMC and Belfast’s Open Arts Community Choir.

The joy of ninths: Kazuki Yamada at the CBSO

Kazuki Yamada with the CBSO © Hannah Blake-Fathers
Kazuki Yamada’s infectious ebullience has rubbed off in a major way on the Birmingham orchestra, and this season they tackle a fleet of big symphonies: Bruckner’s, Mahler’s and Beethoven’s Ninths.