T A I C H I F U K U M U R A

C O N D U C T O R

"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

"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

"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