イルミナート芸術監督。
広州大劇院名誉芸術顧問。岸和田市立浪切ホール芸術ディレクター。大阪音楽大学客員教授。松本歯科大学名誉博士。大阪国際文化大使第1号。平戸名誉大使第1号。
東洋文庫ミュージアム諮問委員。
ロシア国立交響楽団、サンクトペテルブルクミハイロフスキー歌劇場で外国人として初めて指揮者ポストに就き、英国ロイヤルフィル始め各国を代表するオーケストラ、歌劇場より招聘。2010年にはカーネギーホールにてアメリカ響を指揮し高い評価を得て、その活動は世界約30カ国に及ぶ。
平城遷都1300年、高野山開創1200年記念演奏会、ラクイラ音楽ホール落成コンサート、「日ブラジル外交関係樹立120周年」記念コンサート、2015年日韓国交正常化50周年記念コンサート、日中平和友好条約締結40周年記念公演等歴史的な演奏会を指揮。2018年末~2019年始、中国主要7都市招聘8公演にイルミナートフィルハーモニーオーケストラを導き成功させる。
2013年より【ヴァチカン国際音楽祭】に招聘され、2014年にはアーノンクール氏と共に【名誉賞】が最年少授与。国家戦略担当大臣より感謝状など受賞多数。
芸術監督として舞台演出した『音舞台 泉涌寺』(MBS放送)は、ニューヨークのUS国際映像祭TV パフォーミング アーツ部門で銀賞を受賞。ワールド メディアフェスティバル ドキュメンタリー芸術番組部門で銀賞を受賞。
芸術監督として制作する各演目は再演が続いている。
2007年ダボス会議を主催する『世界経済フォーラム』のヤング・グローバルリーダーに選出。2015年と2016年G7サミットの海外向けテレビCMに起用。ハーバード大学ケネディ公共政策大学院"エグゼクティブ教育"にアメリカの3つの財団から奨学金研修派遣され修了。
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Tomomi Nishimoto is the current Artistic Director/Principal Conductor
of the IlluminArt Philharmonic Orchestra.
She concurrently serves as the Music Partner with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra,
Music Director and the Principal Conductor of the Royal Chamber Orchestra,
and the Visiting Professor at Osaka College of Music (Nishimoto’s Alma Mater) as of 2014.
She also serves as the very first honorary ambassador
of the city of Hirado in Nagasaki Prefecture
and as the Osaka International Cultural Ambassador for the city of Osaka.
After graduating from the Osaka College of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Composition,
she went abroad to study Opera and Symphony Conducting
at the Saint Petersburg State Conservatory in Russia.
She later becomes the first foreigner to serve as the Principal Guest Conductor
for both the State Symphony Orchestra of Russia (Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra)
and the St. Petersburg Mussorgsky State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.
While she continues to expand her European activities
through successful performances with ensembles that include:
British Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruckner Orchestra Linz,
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera House, the Prague State Opera,
and the Odessa National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet.
Nishimoto is making her presence known in the United States as well.
She made her American debut by conducting the American Symphony Orchestra at the Carnegie Hall. From 2011 on, she is regularly invited to the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra in the United States.
Her activities in Asia include performances in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan,
along with major orchestras within Japan.
Nishimoto has also been invited to perform at numerous music festivals,
including Split Summer Festival, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Prague Proms, and Vilnius Music Festival.
Recently, Nishimoto has also been experimenting with new genre of music
by taking in traditional aspects of Japanese cultures.
She has already performed a collaboration of opera and traditional Japanese theatre,
as well as the restoration performance of long lost Min'yō tunes.
Aside from music, Nishimoto is active as a member of the Young Global Leader
at the World Economic Forum held in Davos annually.
In 2012, she completed the Harvard Kennedy School’s Executive Education Program
in public leadership as a fully funded fellow.
In November 2013, Nishimoto lead the IlluminArt Philharmonic at the Vatican Music Festival.
Following on this success, she has plans to unfold her activities in Brazil and in Southeast Asia in 2014.
Nishimoto continues to garner worldwide reputations through her global tours and activities.
Official site http://www.tomomi-n.com/