T A I C H I F U K U M U R A
C O N D U C T O R
Varese and Zappa
115 Musicians at Chicago Millennium Park
"Fukumura’s dramatic and forceful conducting led the musicians and thus the audience in inspiration amid technical complexity
"This is music for young as well as sophisticated hearts and minds; the youthful yet accomplished musicians took Millennium Park on a
joyful journey"
— Splash Magazine, Chicago
Wagner
Boston Civic Symphony at Jordan Hall
"Fukumura created a sumptuous sound world for this Wagner without words
"The broad unanimity of the plentiful strings and the unleashed horns and brass gave an old-fashioned quality,
excellently shaped by Fukumura"
— Music Intelligencer, Boston
Beethoven &
Mendelssohn
Boston Civic Symphony at Jordan Hall
"Fukumura drew from the Civic a big warm sound which gave the soloist a fine supporting embrace
"Meticulously shaped, and the upward flourishes in the melody developed a pleasingly raucous timbre as the march grew louder"
— Music Intelligencer, Boston