Honorary Music Director
Myung-Whun Chung

First Violins
Kaoru Kondo, Konzertmeister
Akihiro Miura, Konzertmeister
Masanobu Yoda, Konzertmeister
Natsumi Tsuboi
Saori Koike
Namo Sakakibara
Yoshiko Hiratsuka
Yoshiyuki Asami
Eri Urata
Keiko Kagesawa
Hikaru Kato
Masaaki Sakaguchi
Saku Suzuki
Akino Takada
Hideko Tanaka
Mitsuko Tochimoto
Miki Nakazawa
Hiroko Nakamaru
Ikumi Hirosawa
Satoko Hirota
Misako Fujise

Second Violins
Masayoshi Fujimura, Principal
Masayuki Miyakawa, Principal
Mayuko Takase
Chigusa Ishihara
Machiko Idehara
Kei Ota
Rie Kasai
Mieko Sato
Yuuka Hondo
Yuko Yamashiro
Tomoko Yoshida
Akiko Yoshinaga
Suwako Wakai
Minako Watanabe

Violas
Koichi Komine, Principal
Sachiko Suda, Principal 
Daisuke Kato
Yui Imagawa
Aya Sugiura
Chie Ito
Ayako Okayasu
Mariko Sowa
Eiko Takahashi
Keisuke Nakajima
Tazuko Hirumi
Atsuko Furuno
Naoko Murakami
Masaharu Morita  

Cellos
Hiroyuki Kanaki, Principal
Makoto Hattori, Principal
Tatsuki Watanabe, Principal
Misaki Kurokawa
Masashi Korai
Go Ishikawa
Mao Ouchi
Tetsu Ota
Takehide Kikuchi
Yoshinobu Sasaki
Yoko Hasegawa
Fuzuki Watanabe

Contrabasses
Yumeji Kataoka, Principal
Iwahisa Kuroki, Principal
Kayano Ogasawara
Yoshiteru Okamoto
Ryota Oguri
Maya Kumagai
Masahiko Sugawara
Tomomi Tanabe
Motomasa Nakamura

Flutes
Yuya Kanda, Principal
Kazushi Saito, Principal
Yanami Sakahashi

Oboes
Bunkichi Arakawa, Principal
Masashi Satake, Principal
Madoka Yoshino, Principal
Ayaka Okamura
Maki Sugimoto
Sayaka Wakabayashi

Clarinets
Li-Ling Lee, Principal
Tomomi Kubota, Principal
Alessandro Beverari, Principal
Fumie Kuroo
Sakura Torigata
Naoki Hayashi 

Bassoons
Akari Kono, Principal
Young-Jin Choe, Principal
Atsuko Hirohata, Principal
Hiromi Imura
Yumi Kikkawa
Junichi Mori

Horns
Yusuke Saito, Principal
Takanori Takahashi, Principal
Shu Ohigashi
Hisaki Ogura
Shunsuke Kimura
Toshiki Sato
Eiko Taba
Satoshi Tsukada
Maki Toyoda
Yuya Nishikawa
Kenji Yamanouchi

Trumpets
Shuichi Kawata, Principal
Ryo Noda, Principal
Toshihiro Furuta, Principal
Masahiko Sugiyama
Ayako Minowa

Trombones
Himeko Tsuji, Principal
Izumi Nakanishi, Principal
Hiroshi Ishikawa
Masaaki Goka
Keisuke Fujita
Masahiro Yamauchi

Tubas
Tetsuya Otsuka
Shin Ogino

Timpani & Percussion
Ryoto Okabe, Principal
Takuro Shiota, Principal
Takanori Akita
Tatsushi Kimura
Kaori Takaba
Yuki Nakamura
Kikuko Nawata
Yuko Funasako
Harumi Furuya

Harps
Ayano Kaji
Midori Tajima

Myung-Whun Chung’s long and outstanding musical career is marked by his recent appointment as Music Director Designate of Teatro alla Scala (from 2027). He is the inaugural Direttore Emeritus at Filarmonica della Scala in Milano; the inaugural Principal Guest Conductor of Dresden Staatskapelle; Honorary Music Director at Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Paris. Maestro Chung is also the Artistic Director at the new Busan Opera and Concert Hall in South Korea which hosted its grand opening Festival in June 2025.
For the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO), Maestro Chung served as Special Artistic Advisor from 2001 to 2010, then as Honorary Conductor from 2010 to 2016. In September 2016, he was named Honorary Music Director. He remains deeply committed to the education of younger generations and to promoting peace—particularly in Asia—through various musical activities. He has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 2008.
Maestro's 25/26 season includes extensive international touring with Filarmonica della Scala, Tokyo Philharmonic and Dresden Staatskapelle, Verdi's Requiem with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia as well as symphonic weeks with his titled orchestras. As Music Director Designate of La Scala, he conducts Bizet's Carmen, as well as reuniting once again with the Filarmonica for a symphonic programme including play-directing Beethoven's Triple Concerto and Brahms' Symphony no. 4.
Maestro Chung held titles as Music Director at the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of Teatro Comunale of Florence, Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and Music Director of the Opéra de Paris-Bastille.
Maestro Chung is the recipient of numerous prizes, including Commandeur de Légion d’Honneur from France, Commendatore dell’ordine della stella d’Italia, the Premio Abbiati for outstanding conducting at La Fenice in Venice, and Keumkwan, the highest culture award of the Korean government.

Universally hailed as one of the world’s finest musicians, and often referred to as the greatest living string player in the world today. Born in 1974, he began his career as a solo violinist at the age of five, won the Wieniawski and Carl Flesch international competitions at ages 10 and 15 respectively, studied with Galina Tourchaninova and Zakhar Bron, made his first recording at the age of 10, and went on to record for high-profile labels including Melodia, Teldec, Deutsche Gramophone and Warner, earning among others, Grammy and Gramophone artist of the year awards.
In 2007 he followed in the footsteps of his mentor, the late Mstislav Rostropovich and Daniel Barenboim, and turned his attention to conducting and in 2010 was appointed the first chief conductor of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra.
In January 2020 Maxim Vengerov became Classic FM’s first solo Artist in Residence and released a new recording of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with conductor Myung-Whun Chung and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, coupled with works by Saint-Säens and Ravel as well as a live recital from his Carnegie Hall concert in October 2018.
Recent Highlights include Mr Vengerov opening the season of the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala with Maestro Chailly as well as the opening of the Shanghai International Music Festival with Christoph Eschenbach. Mr Vengerov also celebrated 40 years on stage with a sold-out Royal Albert Hall concert performing both Brahms Violin concerto and Brahms Double Concerto and toured in Recital throughout the world.
His 50th Birthday celebrations were the start of a 3 year Perspective at Carnegie Hall starting with all Mozart concertos in November 2024 and ending with all Beethoven Sonatas in 2027 with Martha Argerich. His Perspective will see him perform over 12 concerts over the next three seasons and will see him partner up with other famous musicians including Ivan Fischer, Evgeny Kissin, Yefim Bronfman, Alisa Weilerstein, Steven Isserliss and Tony Pappano.
As one of Mr Vengerov’s greatest passions is the teaching and encouraging of young talent, he has held various teaching positions around the world, including the Mozarteum University Salzburg and at the Royal Academy and College of Music in London. In 2018 Maxim Vengerov became the Goodwill Ambassador of the Musica Mundi School - a unique institution, which supports young talents. With the aim of making musical support generally accessible, he initiated his own online teaching platform in January 2021: www.maximvengerov.com
Mr Vengerov has received numerous awards including Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance and a World Economic Forum Crystal award in 2007, honouring artists who have used their art to improve the state of the world, as well as the Ordre du Chevallier from the Palace in Monte Carlo where he resides. He plays the ex-Kreutzer Stradivari (1727) amongst others.