OEK 467th Subscription Concert Philharmonic Series Unofficial

First appearance of French born master Cassadoche OEK

Two remarkable musicians from France will be invited to the April subscription concert.
One is conductor Jean-Claude Cassadoche, a veteran conductor born in 1935. He is a master conductor who has served as Music Director of the Châtelet Theatre, Permanent Conductor of the Paris Opera and Opéra-Comique, Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lille, and other important positions. He is also active in recording, having released more than 30 albums with the Orchestre National de Lille. Pianist Lobel Casadoche is his uncle.
The other is Thomas Enko, a gifted pianist born in 1988. He began playing the violin at age 3 and piano and composition at age 6, having studied both classical and jazz at the same time. He has already performed frequently in Japan as a jazz pianist, and this time he will appear as soloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21. He has also performed with many European orchestras. Incidentally, Jean-Claude Cassadoche is his grandfather, and soprano Caroline Cassadoche is his mother. He comes from a prestigious musical family.
The program combining the French music of Rameau and Ravel with the Viennese classics of Mozart and Beethoven is also interesting. It will be a different kind of Beethoven experience. (Yoichi Iio, music journalist)