Tomomi nishimoto biography
Tomomi nishimoto biography
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Tomomi Nishimoto
Japanese conductor
Tomomi Nishimoto (西本智実) is a Japanese conductor.
Biography
Tomomi Nishimoto was born in Osaka, Japan on 22 April Her experience learning to play the piano from her mother[note 1] at the age of three as well as her mother's musical influence are what fuelled her interest to become a conductor in the future.[1] After receiving her Bachelor of Music in Composition from Osaka College of Music in , she was admitted to the Saint Petersburg State Conservatory.[2]
Although she had the experience of conducting opera during her years in Osaka College of Music as a vice conductor,[1] her formal conducting career started in with the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra.[2] Since then she has conducted many orchestras in Japan and abroad.
Her professional career in Russia started in , when she conducted the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic.[3] In , she was appointed as the chief conductor of the Bolsho