Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra （CASO） began its history as Nagoya City Orchestra in 1983. We changed our name in 1997 with grateful financial support from the City of Iwakura. We became a general incorporated association in 2009 and, in April 2021, were certified by Aichi Prefecture as a public interest incorporated association. The year 2023 marked the orchestraʼs 40th anniversary. Kosuke TSUNODA has been our Principal Conductor since April 2019. He appointed as Music Director from 2024.We are also delighted to work with Leoš SVÁROVSKÝ as Honorary Music Director, Chosei KOMATSU as Conductor Laureate, Yoko MATSUO as Special Guest Conductor, Ichiro SAITO as Principal Guest Conductor, and Seiichi KOTANI as Resident Conductor. We also welcome the winner of the Yamada Sadao Music Foundation Conducting Competition as our Associate Conductor since the 2020-2021 season.
CASO annually provides seven subscription concerts and several concert series, including ʻConcerto Evening,ʼ ʻDaikuʼ Beethovenʼs 9th Symphony, ʻMasterpiece!ʼ, ʻW Concertos,ʼ and ʻMozartʼ. We also perform as a guest orchestra at ballets, operas, and musicals. We are enthusiastic about visiting schools with programs specially selected for children. We also strive to give chamber concerts that aim to welcome audiences in an intimate setting.
CASOʼs international tours in Asia are all received with high prizes. Not only at Inner Mongolia （2007）, but we are also proud to have performed for ʻInternational Cultural Exchange and Cooperationʼ （hosted by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs） in Bangkok （Thailand, 2009） and Busan MARU International Music Festival （South Korea, 2017）. We concluded music and cultural promotion agreements with Handa city and Inazawa Culture Promotion Foundation in 2015 and 2019, respectively. We are honored to announce that we have won several art prizes, including Aichi Prefecture Arts & Culture Award （1996）, The Art-Encouragement Prize of The Year 2004 （2005, by Nagoya）, and The Nagoya Music Pen-Club Prize （2007）.
