Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
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Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra 東京フィルハーモニー交響楽団 |
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Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
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Genre(s) | Classical | |
Occupation(s) | Philharmonic Orchestra | |
Website | Official Japanese Site Official English Site |
The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (東京フィルハーモニー交響楽団 Tōkyō Firuhāmonī Kōkyō Gakudan?) claims to be the oldest classical orchestra in Japan, having been founded in Nagoya in 1911. It moved to Tokyo in 1938 and has some 166 members as of 2005. The group performed the soundtrack to Hiroyuki Morita's 2002 Studio Ghibli movie The Cat Returns composed by Yuji Nomi and under the direction of Hiroshi Kumagai.
The orchestra plays at Orchard Hall, part of the Bunkamura (文化村) shopping and entertainment complex in Shibuya, Tokyo.