Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo
(former Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo)
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With the opening of Kioi Hall in 1995, the Orchestra was founded as the Orchestra in Residence. It is renowned for its world-class soloists, chamber musicians, as well as its visiting principal musicians from leading orchestras both in Japan and abroad.
The Orchestra is unique in that rehearsals are conducted in the Hall itself, thereby enabling the full potential of the Orchestra to be continually developed and refined. As a result, the resident Orchestra has developed its own highly distinctive sound.
Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo runs 5 or 4 programs every year for its subscription series, with 2 performances for each program. The Orchestra has also performed internationally, and has been acclaimed for its concerts in Europe (2000, 2005), South Korea (2009, 2010) and United States (2012). Recently the Orchestra was invited to perform in prestigious music festivals in Japan, notably the Music Festival Argerich’s Meeting Point in Beppu in 2015 and 2016 as well as the Spring Festival in Tokyo in 2016.
In April 2017, the Orchestra’s name changed to “Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo” (KCO) and got Rainer Honeck on board as 2nd Principal Conductor.
Since April 2022, Trevor Pinnock joined the KCO as its 3rd Principal Conductor.
Members
Honorary Conductor Laureate
Tadaaki Otaka
Conductor Emeritus
Rainer Honeck
(C) Tomoko Hidaki
Principal Conductor
Trevor Pinnock
(C) Gerard Collett
Artist Laureate
Yasunori Kawahara/Junji Suganuma/Mineo Sugiki
Concertmasters
 Natsumi Tamai Professor of Tokyo University of the Arts
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 Eiichi Chijiiwa Associate Concertmaster of Orchestre de Paris
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 Anton Barakhovsky 1st Concertmaster of Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
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Violin
 Shizuka Inoue Soloist, Chamber Musician
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 Mutsuko Imai Chamber Musician
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 Ami Oike Soloist, Amity Quartet, Zephyrus Piano Quintet
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 Rintaro Omiya Principal of NHK Symphony Orchestra
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 Yukiko Ogawa Assistant Principal of Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra
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 Yuko Kageyama Chamber Musician
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 Izumi Kamata Chamber Musician
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 Yuki Tashiro Principal of GöteborgsOperans Orkester
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 Junko Chiba Soloist, Chamber Musician
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 Yukiko Teraoka Chamber Musician
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 Nao Tohara Concertmaster of Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra
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 Chiyoko Noguchi Ensemble Nomad, Prof. of Tokyo University of the Arts
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 Satoshi Morioka Concertmaster of Kobe City Chamber Orchestra
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 Takako Yamasaki Quartet Anima, Associate professor of Tokyo University of the Arts
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 Chizuru Yamamoto Tokyo Sinfonietta, Chamber Musician
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 Hazuki Yamamoto Principal of Gunma Symphony Orchestra
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 Ayako Yonetani Professor of University of Central Florida
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Viola
 Yuko Ando Principal of Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra
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 Toshihiko Ichitsubo Sawa Quartet, Prof. of Tokyo University of the Arts
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 Kei Ito Principal of Pori Sinfonietta
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 Koichi Komine Principal of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Kansai String Quartet
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 Tomomi Shinozaki Principal of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
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 Manabu Suzuki Solo Principal of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
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 Chikako Nakamura Chamber Musician
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 Shoko Mabuchi Virtus Quartet
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 Kyoko Moriguchi Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
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Cello
 Yu Ito AOI Trio, Principal of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (trial)
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 Hajime Otomo Quartet Excelsior, Guest Principal of Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
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 Tomoya Kikuchi Principal of Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Quartet Platinum
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 Kenji Nakagi ex-Principal of Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Associate prof. of Tokyo University of the Arts
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 Yasuo Maruyama Virtus Quartet
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Contrabass
 Hiroshi Ikematsu ex-Principal of NHK Symphony Orchestra & New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Principal of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Prof. of Tokyo University of the Arts
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 Ryu Sukegawa Solo Principal of Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Guest Principal of Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
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 Shu Yoshida Principal of NHK Symphony Orchestra, Professor of Tokyo University of the Arts, Guest Professor of Tokyo College of Music
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Flute
 Masahiro Aizawa Principal of Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
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 Kaoru Namba Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
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 Mio Noguchi New Japan Philharmonic
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Oboe
 Shoko Ikeda NHK Symphony Orchestra, Trio Cinq Anches
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 Tomoyuki Hirota Principal of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
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 Mayuko Morieda Chamber Musician
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Clarinet
 Daisuke Katsuyama Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
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 Taira Kaneko Principal of Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
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Bassoon
 Masami Iwasa Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
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 Mariko Fukushi Principal of Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
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 Kazusa Mizutani Principal of NHK Symphony Orchestra
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Horn
 Tatsuo Nippashi Principal of Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
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 Tsutomu Maruyama Guest Principal of Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
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 Hirofumi Wada Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
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Trumpet
 Koji Okazaki Principal of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
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 Junichiro Sugiki New Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo Brass Symphony
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 Toshihiro Furuta Principal of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
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Timpani
 Atsushi Muto Principal of Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
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As of April 2022