Tsunoda, Kosuke 1980

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Last updated:February 16, 2021
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Completed the Master's program in Conducting at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School and the Konzertexamen (National Performer's Diploma) program at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin. In 2002, he received the Ataka Award. In 2006, he won the top prize at the 3rd German National University Conducting Competition. In 2008, he was awarded second prize at the 4th German National University Conducting Competition, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Karajan's birth. In 2010, he was among the final six contestants at the 3rd Mahler Conducting Competition.
He has collaborated with orchestras including the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Gunma Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra, and Osaka Symphony Orchestra.
In 2016, his 145th Subscription Concert with the Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra (featuring works by Sibelius & Kosaku Yamada) was highly acclaimed, earning him the '11th Nagoya Pen Club Music Award'. In 2018, he conducted a subscription concert with the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, receiving high praise for his youthful and energetic conducting style.
Currently, he serves as the Resident Conductor of the Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra and also holds conducting positions with the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, expanding his activities as one of Japan's most promising young conductors.