Austrian composer Josef Anton Bruckner is said to have created a symphonic style of monumental proportions equivalent to that of a colossal stone structure in architecture. Yet Symphony No. 1 in C ...

The NHK Symphony Orchestra leads Japan's classical music world. It held its first concert in 1927 and has since performed regularly for over 90 years. It continues its excellent performance to this ...

In this episode, we bring you excerpts of a concert held by the NHK Symphony Orchestra where it gave a complete performance of the Nutcracker. Russian maestro Vladimir Fedoseyev took the baton. He has ...

The eminent German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch is credited for having created NHKSO's characteristic "sound rooted in the German tradition" during his 40-year association. In his final November 2004 ...

This time, the masterpiece we share is Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, conducted by the NHK Symphony Orchestra's Permanent Conductor, Otaka Tadaaki. This time, the masterpieces we ...

This 2008 concert of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 was conducted by world-renowned Fabio Luisi who will assume the post of Chief Conductor of the NHKSO in September 2022 for a term of ...

In the first episode of this season, we bring you musical excerpts from the masterpiece "The Sleeping Beauty," a ballet by Tchaikovsky. The conductor is Alexander Vedernikov, the great Russian maestro ...

This symphony is a celebration of nature by Beethoven, who came up with ideas for it while walking in the woods. The impassioned performance was conducted by Herbert Blomstedt, who continues to be ...

To start off this season, we present Rakhmaninov's Symphony No. 3, a masterpiece by one of Russia's foremost composers. The masterpiece was written after Rakhmaninov had left his home and emigrated to ...