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Akiko Suwanai and the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo

Fabio Luisi

Fabio Luisi conducts the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo

Von Frank Kuznik, 16 Mai 2025

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Luisi and the NHK SO begin partnership with a Requiem for our times

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For whatever reason Fabio Luisi chose Verdi's Requiem for his inauguration concert with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, it turned out to be an apt and poignant choice.

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Radiant Szymanowski from Isabelle Faust in Tokyo

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One of the few upsides to the current Covid-19 pandemic for the classical music world in Japan is that it has given opportunities to young home-grown talent.

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Passionate, ebullient Rachmaninov from Paavo Jarvi and the NHK

Mark Pullinger, 24th February

Igor Stravinsky once described Sergei Rachmaninov as "a six-and-a-half foot scowl". His Second Symphony – often a lugubrious affair – was here turned into something urgent and vital.

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Frank Kuznik

Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe’s premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.