From 1965, he led and developed the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, now one of the leading orchestras in Japan.
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From 1982 to 1991, he was also a permanent conductor at the Semperoper Dresden and Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden.
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After graduation, he was appointed researching conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra (Japan).
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In spring 1995, he was appointed a permanent conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
Hiroshi Takahashi | Hiroshi Fujioka | Hiroshi Hamaya | Hiroshi Takahashi (manga artist) | Hiroshi Sugimoto | Hiroshi Kawashima | Hiroshi Kamayatsu | Hiroshi Yamauchi | Hiroshi Watanabe | Hiroshi Senju | Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu | Hiroshi Kyono | Hiroshi Kobayashi | Hiroshi Yanaka | Hiroshi Takashige | Hiroshi Shirai | Hiroshi Shimizu (professor) | Hiroshi Nakai | Hiroshi Matsumoto | Hiroshi Masuoka | Hiroshi Kiyotake | Hiroshi Kitadani | Hiroshi Katayama | Hiroshi Ishikawa | Hiroshi Ishiguro | Hiroshi Inoue | Hiroshi Imazu | Hiroshi Imazato | Hiroshi Fujiwara |
For the third 3-year cycle (2003-2005), George Benjamin (2003), Magnus Lindberg (2004) and John Adams (2005 • cancelled) were nominated by recommendation from the Advisors (Hiroyuki Iwaki, Oliver Knussen, Kent Nagano, Kazushi Ohno, Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Hiroshi Wakasugi) and preceding judges.