Yamagata Symphony Orchestra

The Yamagata Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1972. Led by Principal Conductor BAN Tetsuro, Principal Guest Conductor SUZUKI Hidemi, and Founding Honorary Conductor MURAKAWA Chiaki, Conductor Laureate IIMORI Norichika, YSO performs almost 150 times a year including regular subscription concerts, school concerts, “Sakuranbo (Cherry) Concert” in Tokyo and Osaka and various other concerts. Performing with natural brass instruments for classical period works is one of YSO’s special characteristics.
YSO had performed and recorded all of Mozart’s symphonies at the subscription concert series called “Voyage to Amadeus” from 2007 to 2015 and released the CD “Mozart: The Complete Symphonies” in 2017. YSO performed in the film “Okuribito (Departures)” which won an Academy Award in 2008. 
In June 2020, YSO has started the concert series (online streaming and DVD production) of Beethoven’s all symphonies conducted by BAN Tetsuro. YSO celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022.