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Koho Uno

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Katsuyoshi Uno through and through! At 85, he conducts with his whole spirit and every ounce of his strength.Katsuyoshi Uno was born in 1930 and is 85 years old (as of 2015). In addition to his work as a music critic, he has been actively conducting since his middle age. The Ninth is a piece with which Katsuyoshi Uno has deep ties and affection; his conducting of the Nihon University Orchestra in the late 1980s served as the catalyst and laid the foundation for his subsequent conducting career. While he has previously recorded the work with ensembles such as Ensemble Sakura and the Shinsei Nippon Symphony Orchestra, this live performance finally serves as the culmination of his career. What unfolds here is the peerless world of Kh Uno. From the opening fortissimo of the first movement to the explosive coda of the fourth, the music never lets the listener go for a single moment. There was even a spe