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Kiyotaka Teraoka, resident conductor |
The Japanese conductor Kiyotaka Teraoka began studying the piano at the age of seven. After graduating from the Humanities Department of Waseda University in Tokyo he went on to study double bass at the "Toho Gauken" Music Academy in Tokyo. Then he entered the Vienna Music Academy to study conducting with Prof. Karl Österreicher and Prof. Uros Lajovic. In 1995 he passed an audition to take part in the „Accademia Musicale Chigiana“ summer academy in Siena where he studied intensively with Myung-Whung Chung, Yurij Temirkanov, Ilija Musin and Gianluigi Gelmetti during the following years. In 1997 he was selected as the best of 37 participants to receive the Franco Ferrara prize, which enabled him to work as Gelmetti's assistant at the Munich Philharmonic, Covent Garden, London and Santa Cecilia, Rome. Since 1999 he has studied intensively at several master classes with Jorma Panula, Neeme Järvi and Isaac Karabtchevsky.
From January 2001 to June 2002 he attended a special biennial course in Fiesole; this course enabled him to further his musical experiences with the famous Maestro Carlo Maria Giulini.
He also enjoyed considerable success in various international conducting competitions, winning the 3rd prize at the Prokofiev competition in St. Petersburg and the 3rd prize, orchestra prize and the public prize at the Pedrotti competition in Trent, Italy. This success resulted in performances with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and in the Sala Verdi in Milan with the "I pommeriggi musicali di Milano" orchestra. In September 2000 he also made his debut in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra.
In November 2000 Kiyotaka Teraoka won the 1st prize in the Mitropoulos competition in Athens. Since then he has conducted concerts with the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, the Wiener Kammerorchester (Vienna Chamber Orchestra) in the Mozart Hall of Vienna's Konzerthaus, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra (replacing Maestro Neeme Järvi at short notice), Osaka Symphony Orchestra , the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in Riga, and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in Tallinn etc.
In November 2002 he made his debut with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo. This successful performance was followed by concerts with not only the same orchestra but also with other Japanese orchestras, e.g. with the Kansai Philharmonic in Osaka. In 2003 he made his debut with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, the Camerata in Athens, the theatre “Vanemuine” in Tartu/ Estonia (“Un Ballo in Maschera”) and the State Opera House Constanta (Romania) (“Carmen”). In the same year he made his South America debut with the Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra (Brazil).
Other upcoming engagements will lead him to the Tampere Philharmonic (Finland), the Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio, Petrobras pro Musica Symphony Orchestra in Rio de Janeiro etc., and again to the Kansai Philharmonic and the Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra.
Recently he was appointed to be the new resident conductor of Osaka Symphony Orchestra from 01 January 2004.
From January 2001 to June 2002 he attended a special biennial course in Fiesole; this course enabled him to further his musical experiences with the famous Maestro Carlo Maria Giulini.
He also enjoyed considerable success in various international conducting competitions, winning the 3rd prize at the Prokofiev competition in St. Petersburg and the 3rd prize, orchestra prize and the public prize at the Pedrotti competition in Trent, Italy. This success resulted in performances with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and in the Sala Verdi in Milan with the "I pommeriggi musicali di Milano" orchestra. In September 2000 he also made his debut in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra.
In November 2000 Kiyotaka Teraoka won the 1st prize in the Mitropoulos competition in Athens. Since then he has conducted concerts with the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, the Wiener Kammerorchester (Vienna Chamber Orchestra) in the Mozart Hall of Vienna's Konzerthaus, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra (replacing Maestro Neeme Järvi at short notice), Osaka Symphony Orchestra , the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in Riga, and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in Tallinn etc.
In November 2002 he made his debut with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo. This successful performance was followed by concerts with not only the same orchestra but also with other Japanese orchestras, e.g. with the Kansai Philharmonic in Osaka. In 2003 he made his debut with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, the Camerata in Athens, the theatre “Vanemuine” in Tartu/ Estonia (“Un Ballo in Maschera”) and the State Opera House Constanta (Romania) (“Carmen”). In the same year he made his South America debut with the Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra (Brazil).
Other upcoming engagements will lead him to the Tampere Philharmonic (Finland), the Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio, Petrobras pro Musica Symphony Orchestra in Rio de Janeiro etc., and again to the Kansai Philharmonic and the Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra.
Recently he was appointed to be the new resident conductor of Osaka Symphony Orchestra from 01 January 2004.