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Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra | |
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| Also known as | TKWO, TOKWO |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Classical, Contemporary, Pop, Jazz, Film Music |
| Occupation | Concert band |
| Years active | 1960-present |
| Members | Conductor Laureate Frederick Fennell Conductor Takeshi Ooi Special Guest Conductor Thomas Sanderling Principal Guest Conductor Norichika Iimori Pops Director Koichi Fujino Previous Conductors Paul Meyer (Principal Conductor) Douglas Bostock (Permanent Conductor / Principal Guest Conductor) |
| Website | www |
The Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (東京佼成ウインドオーケストラ, Tōkyō Kōsei Uindo Ōkesutora, abbreviated TKWO) is a professional concert band based in Tokyo, Japan.
It is widely regarded as one of the world's finest,
only to be rivalled by the Dallas Wind Symphony in the recent years. [citation needed]
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TKWO was established in 1960 by the lay Buddhist organization Rissho Kosei Kai at its headquarters in central Tokyo.
Originally known as the Tokyo Kosei Symphonic Band,
it was renamed in 1973 to reflect its growing professionalism and scale of activities.
TKWO Is highly active, both within Japan and abroad, as a professional touring and recording ensemble.
Its members include some of the finest woodwind, brass, and percussion players in Japan.
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From 1984 to 1996 the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra was directed by renowned American maestro Frederick Fennell,
and as of December 2014 is directed by Takeshi Ooi.
TKWO has released more professional recordings than any other wind orchestra in the world, numbering in the hundreds of album titles.
It has also played an active role in the commissioning of original works for wind band by both Japanese and foreign composers.
Japanese composers whose works have been championed by TKWO include Yasuhide Ito, Hiroshi Hoshina, Tetsunosuke Kushida, Akira Miyoshi, Michio Mamiya, Bin Kaneda, Masamichi Amano, Toshiro Mayuzumi, Toshio Mashima, Isao Matsushita, and many others. Guest conductors of TKWO have included Alfred Reed, Donald Hunsberger, Arnald Gabriel, Robert Jager, Ray Cramer, Craig Kirchhoff, and Václav Blahunek.
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The Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra has often performed in Fumon Hall, an enormous auditorium located on the campus of the Rissho Kosei Kai religious organization in central Tokyo.
Fumon Hall also regularly hosted the final level of the All-Japan Band Association national band competition until 2011.
With nearly 14,000 participating bands (and around 800,000 contestants nationwide) the AJBA band contest is currently the world's largest music competition.
TKWO is usually hired to make the definitive premier recordings of the required pieces commissioned each year for the enormous competition.
TKWO is largely credited with defining the wind band idiom in Japan, where it is enthusiastically supported among school and community ensembles.
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History
Kohno Kozo is credited for forming the TKWO. Kohno was previously enrolled in the Toyama Academy Military Band of the Japanese Army. Two years after the band's disbanding in 1945, Kohno contracted tuberculosis and joined Rissho Kosei-kai, his devotion to which he believed cured his illness.[1]
Kohno proposed a worship group under the Tokyo Kosei Symphonic Band to Founder Niwano Nikkyo. Initially organised as a ceremonial consort. every member of was a part of Rissho Kosei-kai. Kohno served as the band's aministrator, with the first conductor being Kiboni Moete. 1970, the band employed a concertmaster, inspector, section leaders, planning committees, a librarian and a stage manager. The band renamed in 1973 as its membership and profile grew. Kohno would retire from TKWO in 1979, but continued to work in educational programs for children through music in Rissho Kosei-kai until his death on August 22, 1996.[1]
Under the tenure Frederick Fennell, TKWO became synonymous with touring performances to[1]
The Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra was originally founded in May 1960 as the Tokyo Kosei Symphonic Band, affiliated with the Buddhist organization Rissho Kosei-kai, and has performed under their current name since 1973.[2]
Since its inception in 1960[3]
The orchestra was developed by Frederick Fennell[2]
In 2014, the orchestra had Frederick Fennell as its Conductor Laureate, Takeshi Ooi as Conductor, Koichi Fujino as Music Advisor and Thomas Sanderling as Principal Guest Conductor[2]
Founder of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell[4]
Fennell was originally a guest conductor for the orchestra before accepting position as permanent conductor in 1984.[3]
In September 1950, the first music group was established at Rissho Kosei-kai headquarters.[3]
Winner of the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition 2016 and the new Chief Conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Kahchun Wong has been invited to making his conducting debut with them in two cities.[5]
The renowned Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra was established in 1960[6]
In 1984, Frederick Fennell accepted the position of permanent conductor with the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra.[6]
The Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra was founded in 1960[6]
Probably the main reason this band came to be widely known outside of Japan is the influence of Frederick Fennell (1914–2004), who served as its director from 1984 to 1994[6]
Fennell may be credited with steering the band toward playing a higher level of repertoire and releasing numerous recordings[6]
The role of TKWO Music Director has only been given to three conductors: Frederick Fennell (1984-2000), Douglas Bostock (2000-2009), and Paul Meyer (2009-present).[1]
The position of Music Director was first offered to Frederick Fennell, famed founder and conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble.[1]
After Frederick Fennell’s retirement from TKWO, the orchestra appointed Douglas Bostock as their Music Director, and more recently, Paul Meyer as their Principal Conductor[1]
Since its inception in 1960[3]
Output
TKWO has recorded more than 130 albums, commissioned numerous original works, sponsored band festivals and school clinics, and toured internationally, directed for a decade by Frederick Fennell and by guest conductors such as Arnald Gabriel, Robert Jager, Craig Kirchhoff, and Alfred Reed[3]
TKWO has released over three hundred currently.[1]
A majority of TKWO's performed pieces are of Western origin, with Fennell's tenure marking a shift towards original works by American composers.[1]
TKWO's merging of Buddhist ideology and Western music produces complex webs of cultural significance within postmodern Japan.[3]
TKWO has included themes of Christianity, Japanese traditional, Japanese-Western fusion, and indigenous religion in pieces that TKWO has recorded by Japanese composers.[3]
TKWO has been heavily influenced by numerous Western traditions.[1]
TKWO has recorded more than 130 albums, commissioned numerous original works, sponsored band festivals and school clinics, and toured internationally, directed for a decade by Frederick Fennell and by guest conductors such as Arnald Gabriel, Robert Jager, Craig Kirchhoff, and Alfred Reed[3]
Impact
TKWO has been called one of the most renowned professional wind ensembles in the world and Japan's premiere wind ensemble.[3]
Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra has come to be widely regarded as the world’s leading professional civilian wind band, only rivalled by the Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band.[6]
TKWO provides performance workshops in secondary schools. These teachers, in turn, train their own students using TKWO recordings as listening models, pieces commissioned by TKWO as their band repertoire, and method books written by TKWO members as technical drills[3]
TWKO sponsors band workshops and gives outreach to schools, being one of the most important models for school bands within Kansai.[6]
American reviewer Ron McDonald called the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra recordings "one of the major releases of the decade" and "almost an encyclopedic survey of symphonic wind music."[6]
Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra has been called the most influential wind band in Japan and renowned.[6]
TKWO's success lies with Frederick Fennell’s tenure as TKWO Music Director.[1]
Fennell was a strong proponent for regular tours with the ensemble, resulting in yearly school concerts and multiple international appearances at prestigious conventions.[1]
His promotion of a TKWO commissioning series also helped launched the careers of noted composers as Dana Wilson (Piece of Mind).[1]
Jerry Junkin, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Dallas Wind Symphony and Hong Kong Wind Philharmonia, states the management structure of the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra served as a model for his own ensembles and continues to be for future aspiring professional wind-bands.[1]
TKWO’s local contribution is undeniable.[1]
TKWO is known for employing guest conductors from the United States and Europe.[1]
While it will always be one of the world’s most important wind bands, TKWO[1]
Frederick Fennell’s commitment to recording helped make TKWO the world’s most recorded band and one of the most visible ensembles in Japan[1]
According to Ray Cramer, few wind ensembles existed when he first began conducting in Japan twenty years ago. Rather, large symphonic groups were preferred until the popularity of the TKWO began the trend of smaller instrumentation. In fact, Cramer claims many of the “championship” school bands mimic the seating arrangements seen in TKWO as a show of pride and success.[1]
TKWO has been called one of the most renowned professional wind ensembles in the world and Japan's premiere wind ensemble.[3]
About
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The previous conductors included Yasuhiko Shiozawa, Masato Usuki, Tetsusaburo Hirai, Douglas Bostock and Paul Meyer.[2]
Its subscription concerts have been conducted by Kazuo Yamada, Hiroyuki Iwaki, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Michiyoshi Inoue, Ryusuke Numajiri, Kazufumi Yamashita, Ichiro Saito, Tatsuya Shimono. It has also invited Taijiro Iimori, Norichika Iimori, Radomil Eliška, Kazumasa Watanabe, Kentaro Kawase, and Shizuo Z. Kuwahara to conduct.[2]
TKWO has toured eight times overseas, including once in Europe in 1989, and once in Taiwan in 2011.[2]
TKWO a series of concerts under Music Advisor Koichi Fujino called "Entertainment Concerts," inviting Ryoko Moriyama, Hiromi Iwasaki, Junko Yagami, and Shigeru Matsuzaki as singers.[2]
TKWO has performed on TV and radio shows, including Japanese TV programs such as Untitled Concert (TV Asahi Corporation Network), La La La Classic and Classic Club (NHK TV) and the radio show The Sound of the Wind Ensemble (NHK FM radio).[2]
Since 2013, TKWO has participated in the "Flowers Will Bloom" charity song project created by NHK.[2]
The annual New Year Hakone Ekiden marathon relay race's theme music was performed by TKWO[2]
The TKWO actively records and releases CDs. In the last few years, the orchestra has released its recordings on labels such as NIPPON COLUMBIA, UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN, KING RECORDS, Victor Entertainment, avex-CLASSICS, BRAIN MUSIC, and more.[2]
Rissho Kosei-kai, provides TKWO with state-of-the-art facilities that include a large concert hall and multimedia publishing company.[3]
TKWO has hired women as members in the upper brass, woodwinds, and percussion sections, as well as promoting pieces by Japanese woman composers, including Chieko Arai and Etsuko Hori.[3]
TKWO has included themes of Christianity, Japanese traditional, Japanese-Western fusion, and indigenous religion in pieces that TKWO has recorded by Japanese composers.[3]
TKWO's merging of Buddhist ideology and Western music produces complex webs of cultural significance within postmodern Japan.[3]
The orchestra's subscription programs have included conductors such as Kazuyoshi Akiyama (Senzoku Gakuen College of Music), Takeshi Ooi (principal conductor of TKWO), Paul Meyer (former principal conductor of TKWO) and Eiji Oue (former Minnesota Orchestra music director).[3]
Rissho Kosei-kai, provides TKWO with state-of-the-art facilities that include a large concert hall and multimedia publishing company.[3]
In September 1950, the first music group was established at Rissho Kosei-kai headquarters. Rissho Kosei-Kai supports a plethora of student bands and choirs, as well as professional groups of the highest caliber, including gagaku court ensembles and a flagship band, the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra[3] Founder of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell[3]
Fennell was originally a guest conductor for the orchestra before accepting position as permanent conductor in 1984.[3]
Although Fennell initially experienced some frustrations, he remained convinced of TKWO's potential, writing, "TKWO frequently plays with great brilliance, but they have boxed themselves into the trivia corner on repertory and are slaves to 'pops.' They will go through big changes all next year.[3] TKWO provides performance workshops in secondary schools. These teachers, in turn, train their own students using TKWO recordings as listening models, pieces commissioned by TKWO as their band repertoire, and method books written by TKWO members as technical drills[3]
TKWO has hired women as members in the upper brass, woodwinds, and percussion sections, as well as promoting pieces by Japanese woman composers, including Chieko Arai and Etsuko Hori.[3]
Fumon Hall is TKWO's primary performance and recording venue.[6]
TKWO's offices are located on the Rissho Kosei-kai campus, close to Fumon Hall.[6]
assured me that the reason for using Fumon Hall for the competition is that it can hold 5,000 people[6]
TKWO's finances are supervised by the Rissho Kosei-kai, providing financial support during local and regional concerts.[1]
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