The Japanese conductor Takuo Yuasa has become increasingly well known throughout the world.
He has held positions as Principal Conductor of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra in Japan and Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Scottish Orchestra and is Principal Guest Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast. Born in Osaka, where he studied piano, cello, flute and clarinet as a child, he continued his education at the University of Cincinnati, going on to a study of conducting under Hans Swarowsky and Igor Markevitch at the Vienna Musikhochschule and with Franco Ferrara in Siena. Since winning a Special Award at the Fitelberg International Competition in Katowice, Takuo Yuasa has regularly conducted the major orchestras there, while continuing his association with the principal orchestras in Japan.
Recent engagements have brought appearances from Hong Kong to Trondheim, concerts with the London Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Brabants Orkest, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Adelaide Symphony and Queensland Orchestras, the Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra. And in the UK he has been a frequent visitor to the Halle Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales.