en Pacific Music Festival

The Pacific Music Festival (PMF) (パシフィック・ミュージック・フェスティバル札幌 (Pashifikku Myūjikku Fesutibaru Sapporo)) is an international classical music festival held annually in Sapporo, Japan. It was founded in 1990 by Leonard Bernstein, along with the London Symphony Orchestra, and 123 young musicians from 18 countries. The original artistic directors were Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas.^[1]

History

2018 / 29th

7 Jul (Sat) - 1 August (Wed) for 26 days

2017 / 28th

8 July - 1 August

Artists^[2]

Conductors

Artistic Directors

Leonard Bernstein (1990)
Michael Tilson Thomas (1990–2000)
Christoph Eschenbach (1991, 93-98)
Charles Dutoit (2000–02)
Fabio Luisi (2010–12)^[3]^[4]^[5]
Valery Gergiev (2015–2019)^[6]

Principal Conductors

Marin Alsop (1990, 2019)
Bernard Haitink (2003)
Valery Gergiev (2004, 06)
Nello Santi (2005)
Riccardo Muti (2007)
Fabio Luisi (2008)
Jun Märkl (2013, 15, 17)^[7]^[8]
John Axelrod (2016, 18)^[9]^[10]
Lahav Shani (2022)

Guest Conductors

Faculty

Orchestra (2019 season)^[11]

Violin

Rainer Küchl / former concertmaster of the Wiener Phiharmoniker
Daniel Froschauer / Wiener Philharmoniker
David Chan / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Stephen Rose / Cleveland Orchestra

Viola

Heinrich Koll / former principal of the Wiener Philharmoniker
Daniel Foster / National Symphony Orchestra

Cello

Stefan Gartmayer / Wiener Philharmoniker
Rafael Figueroa / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Double Bass

Michael Bladerer / Wiener Philharmoniker
Alexander Hanna / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Flute

Andreas Blau / former principal of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Oboe

Andreas Wittmann / Berliner Philharmoniker
Eugene Izotov / San Francisco Symphony

Clarinet

Alexander Bader / Berliner Philharmoniker
Stephen Williamson / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Bassoon

Stefan Schweigert / Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel Matsukawa / Philadelphia Orchestra

Horn

Sarah Willis / Berliner Philharmoniker
William Caballero / Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Trumpet

Tamás Velenczei / Berliner Philharmoniker
Mark J. Inouye / San Francisco Symphony

Trombone

Jesper Busk Sørensen / Berliner Philharmoniker
Denson Paul Pollard / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Percussion

Cynthia Yeh / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Timpani

David Herbert / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Harp

Ladislav Papp / Wiener Staatsoper
Mariko Anraku / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Vocal Academy (2019 season)^[11]

Gabriella Tucci

Conducting Academy

Leonard Bernstein (1990)^[2]
Fabio Luisi (2010–12)^[3]^[4]^[5]
Andris Poga (2015)^[6]
John Axelrod (2016)^[9]
Jun Märkl (2017)^[8]

References

^ New York Times Bernstein and Thomas Head New Pacific Music Festival Jan 19, 1990... Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas are to be the artistic directors of the first Pacific Music Festival, a $7 million event to be held in Sapporo.
^ ^a ^b Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2009). PMF-20 Years. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2010). PMF 2010 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2011). PMF 2011 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2012). PMF 2012 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2015). PMF 2015 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2013). PMF 2013 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2017). PMF 2017 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2016). PMF 2016 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2018). PMF 2018 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b "Artists". Pacific Music Festival.

External links

PMF Official Website

[1] New York Times Bernstein and Thomas Head New Pacific Music Festival Jan 19, 1990... Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas are to be the artistic directors of the first Pacific Music Festival, a $7 million event to be held in Sapporo.

[:0-2] Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2009). PMF-20 Years. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:1-3] Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2010). PMF 2010 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:2-4] Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2011). PMF 2011 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:3-5] Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2012). PMF 2012 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:4-6] Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2015). PMF 2015 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:5-7] Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2013). PMF 2013 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:6-8] Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2017). PMF 2017 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:7-9] Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2016). PMF 2016 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:8-10] Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (2018). PMF 2018 Official Report. Sapporo, Japan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:9-11] "Artists". Pacific Music Festival.

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