T A I C H I F U K U M U R A
C O N D U C T O R
E V E N T S
2021-2022
May 16, 2022
7:30pm
Chicago Sinfonietta Concert
'Limitless Horizon'
Chicago Symphony Center
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Arturo MÁRQUEZ Conga del Fuego Nuevo (Conga of the New Fire)
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Special Guests: Clinard Dance
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Derrick SKYE To be a Horizon
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Special Guests: Clinard Dance
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Michelle ISAAC Moshe’s Dream (World Premiere)
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Featuring Guest Conductor Taichi Fukumura
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Frédéric CHOPIN, arr. STRAVINSKY Grand Valse Brillante in E-flat, No. 1, Op. 18
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CHEN Gang / HE Zhanhao Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
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Special Guest: Melissa White, violin
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Antonín DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 No. 8
Music Director Mei-Ann Chen
Guest Conductor Taichi Fukumura
Assistant Conductor Kyle Dickson
Special Guests: Melissa White, violin and Clinard Dance
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May 14, 2022
8:00pm
Chicago Sinfonietta Concert
'Limitless Horizon'
Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville IL
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Arturo MÁRQUEZ Conga del Fuego Nuevo (Conga of the New Fire)
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Special Guests: Clinard Dance
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Derrick SKYE To be a Horizon
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Special Guests: Clinard Dance
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Michelle ISAAC Moshe’s Dream (World Premiere)
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Featuring Guest Conductor Taichi Fukumura
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Frédéric CHOPIN, arr. STRAVINSKY Grand Valse Brillante in E-flat, No. 1, Op. 18
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CHEN Gang / HE Zhanhao Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
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Special Guest: Melissa White, violin
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Antonín DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 No. 8
Music Director Mei-Ann Chen
Guest Conductor Taichi Fukumura
Assistant Conductor Kyle Dickson
Special Guests: Melissa White, violin and Clinard Dance
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April, 2022
Ferit Tuzun International Conducting Competition
Adana, Turkey
Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra
Taichi Fukumura has been selected as a candidate in the competition
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October 29-31, 2021
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Tchaikovsky's Fiery 'Little Russian'
Heinz Hall
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Igor STRAVINSKY Suite from Pulcinella
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Joseph HAYDN Trumpet Concerto
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Anthony PLOG Scherzo for Trumpet
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Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2 in C Major 'Little Russian'
Guest Conductor, Kirill Karabits
Trumpet, Micah Wilkinson
Guest Cover Conductor, Taichi Fukumura
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October 22-24, 2021
Berlin Philharmonic
Siemens Conductors Scholarship Competition
Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal
Karajan Academy Orchestra
Taichi Fukumura has been selected as a candidate in the competition
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More updates on the 2021-2022 Season coming soon!
E V E N T S
2020-2021
June 5-6, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
June 4, 2021
Northwestern University String Orchestra
Taichi Fukumura, Conductor
Akira Miyoshi - Etoiles a Cordes for Violin and Strings
Azusa Tashiro, Violin Solo
Toru Takemitsu - Requiem for Strings
Yasushi Akutaga - Triptyque for String Orchestra
May 22, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Concert Taping
Taichi Fukumura, Rehearsal and Video Assistant
Click here for more information on the streamed event, premiering June 5th
May 18, 2021
National Association of Medical Orchestras Virtual Conference
Taichi Fukumura, Guest Panel Speaker
'Programming Repertoire for Medical Orchestras'
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May 1-2, and 15, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
April 30, 2021
Northwestern Medical Orchestra Virtual Chamber Concert
Showcase concert of 15+ Chamber Groups from members of NMO
Coached by Taichi Fukumura
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April 3-4, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
March 6-7, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
February 16-19, 2021
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 - Recording Workshop with Orchestre Promethee in Paris
Orchestre Promethee
Watch the performance here!
February 6-7, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
January 11-15, 2021
Ferit Tuzun International Conducting Competition
Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra
(Postponed due to COVID-19 to Fall of 2021)
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January 9-10, 2021
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
December 8, 2020
Webinar - Northwestern Medical Orchestra
The History of the Symphony: The American Heritage Revisited
This webinar series hosted by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Taichi Fukumura is one of several new initiatives in NMO’s 2020-21 Season:
‘Hope for Healers during COVID-19’. The webinar is bi-weekly and intended for members as well as supporters of the orchestra.
December 5-6, 2020
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
December 4, 2020
National Virtual Medical Orchestra
Guest Condcutor, Taichi Fukumura
Joe Hisaishi, Symphonic Variations Merry Go Round from Ghibli film, Howl's Moving Castle
Watch the performance here!
November 24, 2020
Webinar - Northwestern Medical Orchestra
The History of the Symphony: Introduction to the 20th Century Symphony
This webinar series hosted by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Taichi Fukumura is one of several new initiatives in NMO’s 2020-21 Season:
‘Hope for Healers during COVID-19’. The webinar is bi-weekly and intended for members as well as supporters of the orchestra.
November 10, 2020
Webinar - Northwestern Medical Orchestra
The History of the Symphony: Nationalism in the 19th Century Symphony
This webinar series hosted by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Taichi Fukumura is one of several new initiatives in NMO’s 2020-21 Season:
‘Hope for Healers during COVID-19’. The webinar is bi-weekly and intended for members as well as supporters of the orchestra.
November 7-8, 2020
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
November 6, 2020
7:00pm
Northwestern Medical Orchestra
Fall Chamber Music Concert
15 Chamber groups perform a virtual chamber music concert
Coached by Taichi Fukumura and Michael Wang
October 27, 2020
Webinar - Northwestern Medical Orchestra
The History of the Symphony: So What Happened After Beethoven?
This webinar series hosted by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Taichi Fukumura is one of several new initiatives in NMO’s 2020-21 Season:
‘Hope for Healers during COVID-19’. The webinar is bi-weekly and intended for members as well as supporters of the orchestra.
October 24, 2020
7:30pm
Northwestern University String Orchestra
Virtual Concert
Roger Zare - La Zebu Forte Overture
Robert G Hasty, Conductor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Noveletten No. 1 and No. 2
Kyle Dickson, Conductor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Noveletten No. 3
Taichi Fukumura, Conductor
Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence
Robert G Hasty, Conductor
October 13, 2020
Webinar - Northwestern Medical Orchestra
The History of the Symphony: Development of both the Ensemble and the Genre
This webinar series hosted by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Taichi Fukumura is one of several new initiatives in NMO’s 2020-21 Season:
‘Hope for Healers during COVID-19’. The webinar is bi-weekly and intended for members as well as supporters of the orchestra.
October 4 and 17, 2020
Chicago Sinfonietta Virtual Workshops
Project Inclusion Paul Freeman Fellowship for Conductors
October 2, 2020
Northwestern University String Orchestra
Socially Distanced Reading Performance
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Taichi Fukumura, Conductor