Kazuyoshi Akiyama(秋山 和慶,Akiyama Kazuyoshi, born January 2, 1941) is a Japaneseconductor.
Biography
Born into a musical family, he studied piano at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, but was fascinated by the conducting activities of a fellow student, Seiji Ozawa. He decided to study conducting with Hideo Saito. In 1974, Akiyama made his debut with the Tokyo Symphony, and within two months, he was named the orchestra’s Music Director and Permanent Conductor.
He has held a number of conducting posts internationally:
Updated. Mar. 17, 2025, 3.18 p.m ... Pei. (Staff photo)SYR ... Other supervisors held down day jobs; I can, too (Your Letters)‘I would take 11 Andrew Cuomos’ right about now (Your Letters)Remembering Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Syracuse’s finest maestro (Your Letters).
Kazuyoshi Akiyama conducs the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra at a Reharsal at the Course-Hinds Theater in 1993Syracuse Post-Standard ... finest maestro to conduct any of our orchestras, Kazuyoshi Akiyama.