HarrisonParrott is pleased to be associated with Japan's leading orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, which is based in Tokyo. Vladimir Ashkenazy took up the position of Music Director in September 2004 and in Autumn 2005 they completed a second highly successful European tour arranged by HarrisonParrott, including a televised concert at the Vienna Musikverein which marked the orchestra’s debut in this prestigious venue. Their regular work in Tokyo has included several television broadcasts and special programmes, such as a commemoration in Spring 2006 of Toru Takemitsu, a composer whom Ashkenazy greatly admires – and in homage to whom he directed “Riverrun” from the keyboard in this concert.
After a short visit to Seoul in June 2006 they will undertake a major tour of the United States in October 2006 to include Disney Hall in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston and Carnegie Hall in New York, and with Hélène Grimaud as soloist.
