Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band
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The , also known as Shion (市音) is a professional concert band
based in Osaka
, Japan
. OMSB was established in 1923, which is the longest running wind orchestra in Japan. OMSB is under the direct management of the city of Osaka, and is the only concert band that administrated by a local government in Japan.
Concert band
A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...
based in Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. OMSB was established in 1923, which is the longest running wind orchestra in Japan. OMSB is under the direct management of the city of Osaka, and is the only concert band that administrated by a local government in Japan.
History
The origin of OMSB is the founded in 1888.The IJA Fourth Division Band
- February 28, 1888 - The attachment of the Third Military Band to the Osaka Garrison was determined.
- March 6, 1888 - The bandmaster and a fifty-piece military band took up their duties.
- May 14, 1888 - With the reorganization of the military system, the Osaka Garrison has been abolished and the fourth division was formed.
- March 25, 1923 - The 4th Division Band has disbanded due to disarmament. The farewell concert was held at the Tennouji Music Hall.
Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band
- June 1, 1923 - Volunteers who were the former band members established . They managed the band under the membership system in those days. Funds for management were depended on a subsidy from Osaka city and earnings from requested performances.
- April 1, 1934 - OMSB came under the direct management of the city of Osaka, and all the members of OMSB became city officials.
- June 22, 1946 - The band name has renamed as .
- Since 1962 - OMSB has taken charge of recordings of an entrance march for the National High School Baseball Invitational TournamentNational High School Baseball Invitational TournamentThe National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament of Japan, commonly known as "Spring Kōshien" or "Senbatsu" , is an annual high school baseball tournament....
every year.
Conductors
- Hong-Jae KimHong-Jae KimKim Hong-Jae is a Zainichi Korean conductor.-Early life:The first experience of music at his early age was an upright piano at his mother's maiden home. In 1967, he entered Amagasaki Korean Middle School and studied clarinet in school band. He also studied improved Korean folk instruments sent...
(1991 - 1994 Principal Conductor) - Heinz Friesen (1995 - 1998 Principal Conductor)
- Shunsaku Tsutsumi (1998 - 2002 Artistic Adviser, Principal Conductor)
- Kazumasa Watanabe (2001 - 2002 Principal Guest Conductor)
- Kazuyoshi AkiyamaKazuyoshi Akiyamais a Japanese conductor.-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...
(2003 - Special Conductor, Artistic Adviser) - Kazuhiko Komatsu (2007 - Principal Guest Conductor)