Kazuyoshi Akiyama

Kazuyoshi Akiyama
秋山 和慶
Born	(1941-01-02)January 2, 1941 Tokyo, Japan
Died	January 26, 2025(2025-01-26) (aged 84) Tokyo, Japan
Education	Toho Gakuen School of Music
Occupation	Conductor
Organizations	Tokyo Symphony Orchestra Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Syracuse Symphony Orchestra Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
Awards	Suntory Music Award Order of the Rising Sun

Kazuyoshi Akiyama (秋山 和慶, Akiyama Kazuyoshi, January 2, 1941 – January 26, 2025) was a Japanese conductor who held conducting posts of symphony orchestras in Japan, Canada and the U.S., such as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra from 1964 for life, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra from 1972 to 1985, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra from 1985 to 1993, and the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra from 1998. Akiyama conducted the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in the Japanese premieres of Schoenberg's Moses und Aron, John Adams's El Niño and Helmut Lachenmann's Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern, among others.