Credits:

Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

Description:

Hiroshima 3 major professional ....... Carp, Sanfrecce, and the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. This album is the first session recording of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. The Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1963 as the "Hiroshima Citizens' Symphony Orchestra. Since its professional reorganization in 1972, the orchestra has been expanding its field of activities as the only professional orchestra in Chugoku and Shikoku. Conductor Kazuyoshi Akiyama became Chief Conductor and Music Advisor of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra in 1998, and was appointed Music Director and Permanent Conductor in 2004. On this album, too, he plays with the orchestra in breathtaking fashion. ［Comment courtesy of FONTEC.]