Takashi Asahina
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Takashi Asahina (朝比奈 隆 Asahina Takashi?, 9 July 1908—29 December 2001) was a Japanese conductor. Born in Tokyo, he founded the Kansai Symphonic Orchestra (today the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra) in 1947 and remained its chief conductor until his death in Kobe. Inspired by a meeting with Wilhelm Furtwängler in the 1950s, he began a lifelong attachment to the music of Anton Bruckner, recording the complete Bruckner symphonies several times. At the end of his life he made several appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Due to limited distribution, his recordings are still largely unknown in the West.
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Music Directors, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra 1947–2001 |
Succeeded by Eiji Oue |
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