Hiroyuki Iwaki
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Hiroyuki Iwaki 岩城 宏之 | |
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Background information | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 6 September 1932
Died | 13 June 2006 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 73)
Genres | Classical |
Occupation(s) | Conductor |
Instrument(s) | Percussion, xylophone |
Years active | 1956–2006 |
Hiroyuki Iwaki
Biography
Iwaki was born in
at nine years old. He moved back to Tokyo when he advanced to the fifth grade.In May 1945, suffering from an
He made his conducting debut with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in 1956, and was later honored as permanent conductor of that orchestra. In 1977, he became the first Japanese to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic, as a substitute for Bernard Haitink, who had taken ill. He first conducted the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) on a 1973 Australian tour, and was chief conductor of the MSO for a record term of 23 years (1974–97), during which time he took the orchestra on two tours of Japan. In 1990 he was appointed the orchestra's conductor laureate, while remaining chief conductor until his retirement in 1997. He remained the conductor laureate after retirement.
He made efforts to found the
On 13 June 2006, he died of heart failure in Tokyo, Japan.
Honours
- For his contribution to Australian musical life, he was appointed an honorary Member (AM) of the Order of Australia in 1985, which was later upgraded to honorary Officer status (AO).
- Monash University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1986, and in 1991 appointed him their first Fellow of the Faculty of Arts.
- Recipient of the 19th Suntory Music Award (1987)
- In 1990 he was made an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.
- In 1995 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation named its Southbank studio in Melbourne the Iwaki Auditorium.
- Japan awarded him the Medal of Honour with Purple Ribbon in 1996.
ARIA Music Awards
The
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1994 | Violin Concertos (with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Dene Olding) | Best Classical Album | Nominated | [1] |
References
- ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- USA Today, "Japanese conductor Hiroyuki Iwaki dies at 73", 13 June 2006
- "Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, "MSO's Conductor Laureate Maestro Iwaki has passed away", 13 June 2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2006.