Music Director. Tokyo New Philharmonic Orchestra, Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra. The Matsuya Ballet, Asami Maki Ballet. Guest Prof. of Tokyo Conservatoire Shohi. Born in Osaka in 1947. he studied at Toho Gakuen College of Music under Prof. Hideo Saito. Made his debut in a regular concert of Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in 1972. Became the resident conductor of Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in 1974. Won the first prize at the Concurs International d'Execution Musicale, Geneve, in 1978.
Appears as the guest conductor with many professional orchestras through Japan. including the NHK Symphony. Outside Japan. has appeared with many orchestras. including London Symphony. L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and so on.
His international career began in September 1984 when he won the first Kondrashin International Conducting Competition in Amsterdam- a major competition that takes place every 5 years in memory of the great Russian conductor Kilill Kondrashin who died from a heart attack after conducting a concert in the Concertgebouw. Ashkenass was so impressed that he chose Hirokami as his conductor for a concert tour of Japan with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in May 1985. A treasured memory, from which he learnt a great deal. was a Concertgebouw Orchestra tour conducted by a sick Leonard Bernstain who asked for Hirokami to help him with the Mahler rehearsals and to be in reserve. Since 1990 he has been conducting some famous orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic (more than 50 concerts with them ) . the Concertgebeuw. Vienna Symphony. Stockholm Philharmonic. Lausanne Chamber, the London Symphony. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. BBC Scottish Symphony. From 1988 to 1995 he had a position with the Norrkoeping Symphony Orchestra in Sweden as the Guest Conductor until 1990 and subsequently the Chief Conductor. In 1992 he started recording for the Swedish label BIS with the Norrkoeping Orchestra. He starts his American career in 1996 with concerts with the Cincinnati Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittaburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony and so on. From 1992 he worked regularly with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and he was invited to become their Chief Conductor from 1995.
Israeli-horn violinist Moshe Murvitz, Concert Master of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, studied with Oeden partos in Tel Aviv and Ivan Galamian at the Julliard School of Music in New York. He first performed as soloist with The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of fifteen, and later was a prize winner at the Prague International Violin Competition. He first went to the USA at the invitation of Serge Koussevitzky. who asked him to go to Tanglewood. He has performed frequently as soloist with The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony. the Haifa Symphony, the various chamber orchestras of Israel and also with The Toronto Symphony. Apart from being Concert Master of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Moshe Murvitz also frequently leads other prestigious orchestras such as The Toronto Symphony, the Maggio Musicale Orchestra in Florence, the Sicilian National Symphony Orchestra in Palermo, the Teatro San Carlo Orchestra in Naples and the Symphony Orchestra of Euskadi, Spain.
Moshe Murvite is also founder of The Israel Piano quartet Together with pianist Pnina Saizman, violist Avrtham Borustein and cellist Elhanan Bregtnan, he performs in Israel, Europe. Canada, the United States,latin America,the Far Fast and Australia. The Quartet's repertoire includes all the classical and romantic works for piano quartet, as well as contemporary Israeli compositions.
As well as performing with The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and concerts with The Israel Piano Quartet, Moshe Murvita is also a prominent teacher. For several years, he was Head of the Violin Departmence of the Conservatorium of Northern Israel. later, while VisitingConcert Master of The Toronto Symphony Orchestra. he taught in the Music Department of Toronto University.He also coaches professional musicians and leaders of orchestras such as the Maggio Musicale. Florence and the Teatro San Carlo, Naples. Most recently he has been coaching professicnal violinists applying to join The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
Moshe Murvitz is currently coaching the string section of the Young Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.