Musicians of the CKSO

Musicians & Staff

As of April, 2023 (Concertmaster Assistant Concertmaster Principal Assistant Principal)

General Director
Koji Matsui (Mayor of Kyoto)
Vice General Director
Yoshiaki Morikawa (Executive Director of Kyoto City Music Art Cultural Promoting Foundation)
Takashi Sunagawa (Senior Policy Administrator for Culture and Arts of Kyoto)
Executive Producer
Yasuhiro Kondo
General Manager
Takayuki Mori
Principal Guest Conductor
John Axelrod
Conductor Laureate
Naoto Otomo
 
Junichi Hirokami
Concertmaster
Takashi Izuhara
Special Honorary
Friendship Concertmaster
Yasushi Toyoshima
Special Guest Concertmasters
Yasunao Ishida
Ribon Aida
Solo Principal Viola
Mazumi Tanamura
Solo Principal Cello
Noboru Kamimura
Special Principal Cello
Hiroyasu Yamamoto
Assistant Concertmaster
Taira Ozaki
1st Violin
  • Mayumi Hasegawa
  • Takeaki Inoue
  • Chizuko Katayama
  • Kaori Kato
  • Tomoko Kinoshita
  • Yumi Matsutani
  • Shima Shiohara
  • Ayumi Tamura
  • Yasuko Tateishi
  • Ayumi Toyonaga
  • Miho Yamamoto
2nd Violin
  • Yuko Yasui
  • Yoko Sugie
  • Tomoko Aimoto
  • Yukiatsu Fukuhara
  • Tomoko Mae
  • Yuki Mori
  • Kyoko Morimoto
  • Ayumi Niwa
  • Atoko Noda
  • Yukiko Sanse
  • Akiko Tsuji
Viola
  • Koichi Komine
  • Akiyo Takamura
  • Mika Igarashi
  • Yoko Kanamoto
  • Nozomi Kinomura
  • Ann Maeyama
  • Midori Maruyama
  • Takuya Oda
  • Akiko Tamura
  • Makiko Yamada
Violoncello
  • Masao Nakanishi
  • Hisashi Ichiraku
  • Donald Litcher
  • Tadashi Sato
  • Eriya Takase
  • Tui Min
  • Masakazu Watanabe
Contrabass
  • Fuyuki Kurokawa
  • Mika Ishimaru
  • Yutaka Esashi
  • Shuji Idehara
  • Tadashi Kanki
  • Masaru Nishiguchi
  • Yuji Onishi
Flute / Piccolo
  • Hiroaki Ueno
  • Yoshiko Nakagawa
  • Tomoko Ichikawa
  • Makiko Nishio
Oboe /
English Horn
  • Ikuko Takayama
  • Emi Doi
  • Yuta Toda
Clarinet
  • Naoko Kotaniguchi
  • Yoshio Tsutsui
  • Jong-Chul Hyun
  • Yuko Suzuki
Bassoon
  • Yoichiro Nakano
  • Yasuyuki Higashiguchi
  • Hiroshi Muranaka
  • Hajime Shuto
Horn
  • Masayoshi Kakimoto
  • Kazunari Minase
  • Shinichi Nakagawa
  • Junji Ogura
  • Hideaki Sawashima
Trumpet
  • Harald Naess
  • Michiko Inagaki
  • Takeshi Nishiuma
Trombone
  • Tetsu Okamoto
  • Akihiko Itani
  • Motoji Konishi
  • Atsushi Tozawa
Tuba
  • Peter Link
Percussion
  • Kosuke Nakayama
  • Hitoshi Takuma
  • Naoko Fukuyama
  • Asuka Manabe
Harp
  • Eri Matsumura
Chief Conductor
Nodoka Okisawa
Conductor Laureate
Naoto Otomo
 
Junichi Hirokami
Concertmaster
Takashi Izuhara
Special Honorary
Friendship Concertmaster
Yasushi Toyoshima
Special Guest Concertmasters
Yasunao Ishida
Ribon Aida
Solo Principal Viola
Mazumi Tanamura
Solo Principal Cello
Noboru Kamimura
Special Principal Cello
Hiroyasu Yamamoto
Assistant Concertmaster
Taira Ozaki
Artistic Department
  • Senior Manager
    Shigeki Mori
  • Chief Producer
    Koichi Takao
  • Producer
    Masakazu Hamada
  • Planning Staff
    Momoko Hagio
    Yuki Nishio
    Machi Ueno
    Natsumi Miyagawa
  • Stage Manager
    Shigeki Hidaka
    Taku Yamaguchi
  • Librarian
    Akiho Nemoto
  • Personnel Manager
    Fusae Morimoto
Administration Department
  • Senior Manager
    Yusuke Fukuda
  • Manager
    Mika Kojima
    Sadayuki Hayashi
  • General Clerk
    Kensuke Ashida
    Kino Oshima
    Maika Sato
  • Public Relations
    Noriko Osada
  • Friends of CKSO & Ticket Sales
    Yuko Okada
    Saori Ohara
  • Marketing・Brand strategy
    Akiko Tsuta
    Fukuko Miura