Ongaku No Tomo September 2026 Issue [Cover] Tokunaga Tsugio

[Machine Translation] ( Special Feature ) / Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the NHK Symphony Orchestra: Tradition, Evolution, and Its Mission ( Yoshimichi Okuda / Tadaaki Otaka / Haruo Yamada / Kotaro Yamazaki / Minoru Nakayama / Kazuhiko Watanabe / Osamu Horiuchi / Akane Oki / Takayuki Komuro / Ren Goko / Miho Naka / Shuhei Nakamura / Tomoyuki Hasegawa / Shoichi Kubo / Hiroko Kato / Masaya Tokunaga / Takuo Ikeda / Akihito Hiraishi / Shinnosuke Nagai / Itsuki Sasunuma / Yoshiko Ikuma / Nobuhide Mitsuoka / Tatsuya Shimono / Masahide Hayashi) The NHK Symphony Orchestra will celebrate its 100th anniversary on October 5, 2026. Since the founding of the New Symphony Orchestra the predecessor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra the NHK Symphony has led Japan s classical music scene as the nation s premier orchestra through a wide range of initiatives, including regular concerts with world-class conductors and soloists, overseas tours, and the cultivation of young musicians. In this special feature, we interviewed orchestra members and various other individuals involved in the NHK Symphony Orchestra s activities to learn about the traditions the orchestra has carried forward, its evolution to date, and its mission to pass on the legacy of its performances to the next generation.

【特集】 ●創立100年記念 NHK交響楽団-伝統と進化、その使命 (奥田佳道/尾高忠明/山田治生/山崎浩太郎/中山 実/渡辺和彦/堀内 修/沖 あかね/小室敬幸/郷古 廉/中 実穂/中村周平/長谷川智之/久保昌一/加藤浩子/徳永匡哉/池田卓夫/平石章人/長井進之介/笹沼 樹/伊熊よし子/満津岡信育/下野竜也/林 昌英) 2026年10月5日に創立100年を迎えるNHK交響楽団。N響の前身である新交響楽団が誕生して以来、N響は日本を代表するオーケストラとして一流指揮者やソリストたちとの定期演奏会をはじめ、海外公演や若手の音楽家の育成など、多彩な取り組みを通して日本のクラシック音楽界を牽引してきた。本特集では、楽団員をはじめN響の活動に携わる様々なかたがたに取材し、N響が引き継いできた伝統、これまでにおける進化、そして次代に演奏をつなげるための使命をうかがった。