About
The Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra (大阪フィルハーモニー交響楽団, Ōsaka Firuhāmonī Kōkyō Gakudan) is a Japanese symphony orchestra based in Osaka, Japan. Founded in 1947 as the Kansai Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra took the name of the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra in 1960, and in 2014, formally assumed the official name of the Osaka Philharmonic Association. Its primary concert venue is the Osaka Festival Hall.
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Takashi Asahina was the orchestra's founder and served as its music director and principal conductor until 2001. Eiji Oue became the orchestra's second music director, and served from 2003 to 2014. He now has the title of conductor laureate with the orchestra. Since April 2018, Tadaaki Otaka is the orchestra's music director.
Members
Discography
Albums
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Complete Symphonies
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Osaka Phil Pops
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Violin Concerto / Fantasy on Osaka Folk Tunes / Legend for Orchestra / Rhapsody on Osaka Nursery Rhymes
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Symphony no. 4 "Romantic"
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Complete Symphonies
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Symphony no. 7 "Leningrad"
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Symphony no. 6, op. 74 “Pathétique”
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Symphony no. 2, op. 73
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Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”
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Symphony no. 4, op. 98
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Das Lied von der Erde
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Symphony no. 5, op. 64
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Symphony no. 1
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Symphony no. 3
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大阪フィルハーモニー会館 創立10周年記念
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Symphony No. 4 & No. 8
Live
Compilations
Links
Official
Conductor position
Also known as
Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 4a2b37a6-4333-44a8-907e-c4d3fe6cbd92
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 14 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.