The Pacific Music Festival (PMF) () is an international classical music festival held annually in Sapporo, Japan. It was founded in 1990 by Leonard Bernstein, along with the London Symphony Orchestra, and 123 young musicians from 18 countries. The original artistic directors were Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas.New York Times Bernstein and Thomas Head New Pacific Music Festival Jan 19, 1990... Bernstein and Michael Tilson Thomas are to be the artistic directors of the first Pacific Music Festival, a $7 million event to be held in Sapporo.
History
2018 / 29th 7 Jul (Sat) - 1 August (Wed) for 26 days
2017 / 28th 8 July - 1 August
Artists Source: Conductors
Artistic Directors
Leonard Bernstein (1990) Michael Tilson Thomas (1990–2000) Christoph Eschenbach (1991, 93-98) Charles Dutoit (2000–02) Fabio Luisi (2010–12) Valery Gergiev (2015–2019)
Principal Conductors
Marin Alsop (1990, 2019) Bernard Haitink (2003) Valery Gergiev (2004, 06) Nello Santi (2005) Riccardo Muti (2007) Fabio Luisi (2008) Jun Märkl (2013, 15, 17) John Axelrod (2016, 18) Lahav Shani (2022)
Guest Conductors
Edo de Waart (2003) Fabio Luisi (2004) Jun Märkl (2005, 08) Yakov Kreizberg (2006) Philippe Jordan (2007) Andrey Boreyko (2007) Tadaaki Otaka (2008) Xian Zhang (2009) Krzysztof Urbański (2011) Eivind Gullberg Jensen (2012) Alexander Vedernikov (2013) Andris Poga (2015) Edwin Outwater (2018)
Faculty
Orchestra (2019 season) Source: Violin
Rainer Küchl / former concertmaster of the Wiener Phiharmoniker Daniel Froschauer / Wiener Philharmoniker David Chan / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Stephen Rose / Cleveland Orchestra
Viola
Heinrich Koll / former principal of the Wiener Philharmoniker Daniel Foster / National Symphony Orchestra
Cello
Stefan Gartmayer / Wiener Philharmoniker Rafael Figueroa / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Double Bass
Michael Bladerer / Wiener Philharmoniker Alexander Hanna / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Flute
Andreas Blau / former principal of the Berliner Philharmoniker Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Oboe
Andreas Wittmann / Berliner Philharmoniker Eugene Izotov / San Francisco Symphony
Clarinet
Alexander Bader / Berliner Philharmoniker Stephen Williamson / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bassoon
Stefan Schweigert / Berliner Philharmoniker Daniel Matsukawa / Philadelphia Orchestra
Horn
Sarah Willis / Berliner Philharmoniker William Caballero / Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Trumpet
Tamás Velenczei / Berliner Philharmoniker Mark J. Inouye / San Francisco Symphony
Trombone
Jesper Busk Sørensen / Berliner Philharmoniker Denson Paul Pollard / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Percussion
Cynthia Yeh / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Timpani
David Herbert / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Harp
Ladislav Papp / Wiener Staatsoper Mariko Anraku / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Vocal Academy (2019 season) Source: Gabriella Tucci
Conducting Academy
Leonard Bernstein (1990) Fabio Luisi (2010–12) Andris Poga (2015) John Axelrod (2016) Jun Märkl (2017)
References
External links PMF Official Website