So Matsukawa

Conductor

Slide 1

“…I was deeply impressed by his refined musical sensibilites, his extensive knowledge and technique, as well as his firm but collegial interaction with the other participants…”

Michalis Economou

Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra, Music Director
City of Athens Symphony Orchestra, Chief Conductor

Slide 2

“…he has been showing since the beginning of the first round, a very good understanding and knowledge of the scores, skills to explain your intentions and a very good intuition of how to get the problems solved, both with singers and with orchestra… “

Frédéric Chaslin

Conductor, Composer and Pianist
President Jury CONSTANTIN SILVESTRI International Conducting Competition, 2nd Edition

Slide 3

“…His gesture is broad, but very direct, with a well-controlled embodiment in the same time proving a deep theoretical knowledge of scores.
He is also a very polite person who knows how to relate very well both with the orchestra, the choir and with the soloists…”

Ion Iosif Prunner

Choir Conductor of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
President of the Constantin Silvestri Foundation

Slide 4

“…There was a great sense of transparent communication and natural charisma, of understanding and immersion in the music and what he wanted from the players…”

Morgan Griffiths / Sarah Groarke-Booth

Jury of Brass Band Conductors’ Association’s (BBCA) conducting Competition2024

Slide 5

“The winner though was outstanding — a very accomplished musician — the full package in fact.”

Morgan Griffiths / Sarah Groarke-Booth

Jury of Brass Band Conductors’ Association’s (BBCA) conducting Competition2024

ABOUT

So Matsukawa is a Japanese conductor born on August 23, 1992 in Tokyo.

In June 2024, he got 1st prize in the Brass Band Conductors’ Association’s (BBCA) conducting Competition2024 organized by Brass Band Conductors’ Association, sponsored by YAMAHA in Manchester, England. And conducted Foden’s Band at the award concert at Regent-hall, London.
And same month, he got 2nd prize in the CONSTANTIN SILVESTRI International Conducting Competition, 2nd Edition in Bucharest, Romania in June 2024, organized by the Silvestri Foundation and the Bucharest National Opera, and took place under the high patronage of the President of Romania and the Romanian Ministry of Culture.
In July 2023, he got 3rd prize in the 7th Ionel Perlea International Conductor Competition in Romania.

In September of the same year, he was selected as one of 17 out of 531 applicants and 111 participants in 1st International Ferenc Fricsay Conducting Competition in Hungary.
Also in December, he was selected as 7 semi-finalist out of 132 applicants in 3rd International Orchestra Conducting Competition “University of Almería” in Spain.
In the 2020 Yamada Sadao Music Foundation Conductor Audition in Japan, he received the Yamada Sadao Music Foundation Special Selection(1st prize) and Music Award and conducted Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra at the Laureate Concert.

In September 2024 he served as assistant to Robin Ticciati with London Philharmonic Orchestra Japan tour.
In February 2024 and November 2023 also, he served as assistant at the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO), where Robin Ticciati serves as music director, and conducted the offstage ensemble at the Philharmonie Berlin in the concert-style performance of “Tristan and Isolde” in February.

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