Kazushi Ōno

Kazushi Ōno Conductor

Biography

Kazushi Ōno’s musical personality has been shaped between Japan, his native country, and Europe, where he pursued his studies. His work reflects these two influences and transcends styles and forms, from Baroque to contemporary commissions, and from the symphonic repertoire to opera. He is the Music Director of the Brussels Philharmonic and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and since 2018, he has served as Artistic Director of the New National Theatre Tokyo.

He previously held the position of Music Director at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (1996–2002), La Monnaie in Brussels (2002–2008), and the Lyon National Opera (2008–2017).

He regularly commissions works from composers and has collaborated several times with Mark-Anthony Turnage. He has also conducted works by Toshio Hosokawa, George Benjamin, Martin Matalon, and Tōru Takemitsu, as well as numerous world premieres of operas. Equally at ease with the classical operatic repertoire, he has led new productions of L’Heure espagnole and L’Enfant et les Sortilèges at Glyndebourne. During the 2025–2026 season, his engagements include Elektra and Wozzeck in Tokyo, as well as The Flying Dutchman in Hamburg.

At the Paris National Opera: Cardillac, 2008; King Roger, 2009.

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