Kazuki Yamada
Symphonie fantastique
Born: Kanagawa, Japan
Current position: Music Director City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), Artistic and Music Director Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Chief Conductor Designate Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (2026–2027)
Education: Tokyo University of the Arts – conducting with Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi and Yoko Matsuo
Awards: First Prize Besançon International Conducting Competition 2009, Akeo Watanabe Music Foundation Music Award 2012, Hideo Saito Memorial Fund Award 2012
Breakthrough: 2012 – debut with CBSO, appointed Principal Guest Conductor Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Debut appearances 2025–2026: Berliner Philharmoniker, Filarmonica della Scala, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony
Debut Rotterdam Philharmonic: 2025
Photo: Benjamin Ealovega
