AboutConductor Derrick Inouye has a uniquely impressive international background combining a wealth of experience on the orchestral podium with an array of increasingly important operatic debuts to tremendous critical and public acclaim. He has recently conducted such prominent orchestras and opera companies as the Philharmonia of London, the Orchestra of St. Lukes in New York, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Monte Carlo Philharmonic, the New York City Opera (The Magic Flute, Figaro, and a national tour of La Traviata) and the Hungarian State Opera (Don Pasquale). He has also been a frequent guest conductor with the Stuttgart Opera (Carmen, La Bohème, and Un Ballo in Maschera), Music Director of the Regina Symphony in Canada and Principal Guest Conductor of the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock in Germany. This past season, Mr. Inouye assisted Maestro James Levine for a world tour sponsored by Disney with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London with which he subsequently made his Los Angeles debut on New Year's Eve of 1999. He also assisted Maestro Levine at the Metropolitan Opera for their Ring Cycle production of Die Walküre conducting both orchestra and stage rehearsals for Maestro Levine. In addition, Mr. Inouye made his debut with the orchestras of Nurnberg, Osaka, Hiroshima, and New Zealand and conducted Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro with the Nurnberg Opera. Also, during the summer of 1999, he was invited by Maestro Ozawa to conduct for the Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto, Japan. A recording of his live performance of Stravinsky's L'histoire du Soldat from the festival will be released on CD by Phillips/Decca. In the previous season, Mr. Inouye had his Carnegie Hall debut leading a world-class roster of performers and ensembles including Yo-Yo Ma, Pamela Frank, Paul Winter, Sam Waterston, the Orchestra of St. Lukes and the Choral Associates. The evening, hosted by Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado of Japan, featured the world premiere of a composition by Jeffrey Stock using film, full orchestra and chorus, three soloists and narration. The CD of the live performance has been released by Sony Classical. Also that season, Mr. Inouye returned to the New York City Opera for the third year in a row to conduct eight acclaimed performances of Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins and a new production of Gluck's Orfeo and Euridice. Other recent engagements include performances with the Halle Philharmonic in Germany, the Winnipeg Symphony and the New Japan Philharmonic who have subsequently invited him for the fourth time to conduct two subscription programs in November 2000. In addition, he has conducted the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, the Leipzig Radio Orchestra, the Nurnberger Symphoniker, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the Toronto Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, the Quebec Symphony and is in his fifth season conducting the Florida Philharmonic. Canadian-born, Derrick Inouye completed early conducting studies at the Toho Gakuen Music School in Japan with Seiji Ozawa, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, and Tadaaki Otaka. In 1985, he won the prestigious Vittorio Gui conducting competition in Florence following three summers working closely with the internationally celebrated Maestro Franco Ferrara at the Academia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. In 1982, he was a fellowship conductor at Tanglewood under Seiji Ozawa and Erich Leinsdorf. Derrick Inouye: Professional History Conducting Positions: Music Director, Regina Symphony Orchestra (1984-1989) Principal Guest Conductor, Norddeutsche Philharmonie, Rostock (1992-1995) Assistant and Cover Conductor, Metropolitan Opera (1988-1990, 1998, & 2000- 2001) Associate Conductor, NYC Opera National Company (1995-1996) and Guest Conductor, New York City Opera, (1996-1998) Assistant Conductor, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (1981-1985) Assistant Conductor, Toronto Symphony Tour, (1990) Guest Conducting: (Multiple Engagements) New Japan Philharmonic, Leipzig Radio Orchestra, Nurnberg Symphony, Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, Toronto Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Edmonton Symphony, Florida Philharmonic, Kennedy Center Orchestra, New York City Opera, Stuttgart Opera; (Other Engagements) Berlin RIAS Radio Orchestra, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Halle Symphony, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Maggio Musicale Orchestra, Musicus Concentus Orchestra, Orchestra Regionale di Toscana, Orchestre di Russe, Monte Carlo Philharmonic, Nagoya Philharmonic, Tokyo City Philharmonic, National Symphony of Ireland, Quebec Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra, Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, English National Opera, Hungarian State Opera, Bucharest Opera, Vancouver Opera, Wellington Philharmonic, New Zealand, Verbier Festival Orchestra. |
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