Announcement of management contract with Ryuichiro Ikariyama, Conductor

We are pleased to inform you that Japan Arts has undertaken management of Ryuichiro Ikariyama : Conductor.

Ikariyama has a wide range of repertoire, from classical to contemporary works, and is highly regarded as a conductor for his precise interpretation of scores and rich musicality.
Graduated from the Conducting Department of Tokyo College of Music and completed the graduate program in conducting at the same institution. In 2015, he moved to Germany to further his studies. At the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts, he studied orchestral conducting under Professor Klaus Arp. From 2017, he based his activities at the Darmstadt Music Academy, where he also trained as a choral conductor under Linda Horowitz and Jan Schumacher. In 2018, he was selected as the conductor of the opera The Golden Pot composed by Wilhelm Petersen, in a production hosted by the Wilhelm Petersen Society in Germany, earning great acclaim.

He has appeared as a guest conductor with many major Japanese orchestras, including the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, and Kyushu Symphony Orchestra. In 2023, he successfully led the first-ever orchestra concert in the history of his hometown, Kikai Island: Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa – Kikai Island Performance. In recent years, he has continued to attract attention as a rising conductor of the next generation, with notable appearances including Classics in Tenjin with the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Fantastic Orchestra Concert and Komatsu Spring Subscription Concert with Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could pay attention to and support Ryuichiro Ikariyama, who has a bright career ahead.

◆Biography of Ryuichiro Ikariyama
⇒ https://www.japanarts.co.jp/artist/ryuichiroikariyama/

◆Ryuichiro Ikariyama official website
⇒ ikariyama.com/