Biography
Masahiko Enkoji was born in Tokyo in 1954. At Toho Gakuen University, he studied conducting under Hideo Saito and piano under Aiko Iguchi. In 1980, he studied abroad at National Music College in Vienna under Otmar Suitner. Following his return to Japan in September of 1981, he received an appointment as assistant conductor with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1986 he began conducting exclusively for the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, becoming their conductor in 1989, a post he would hold until March of 1991. From 1989 to April 1999, he was appointed principal conductor of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra where, for two successive years, he achieved great success with the Special Concert at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, these concerts were recorded on CD and are now on sale. From May 1998 to Ap
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 2011 — Yesterday
The 99th Holiday afternoon Concert (Christmas in New York), Anderson, L.ElgarDe SarasateWaldteufel, C. É.Tchaikovsky, P. I.Monti, Vittorio
Tokyo City Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewThe 32nd Weekday Afternoon Concert (Anything “OKstra”! ), RachmaninoffBeethovenTchaikovsky, P. I.RavelVarious
Tokyo City Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewThe 20th Shibuya Afternoon Concert (Anything “OKstra”!), RachmaninoffBeethovenTchaikovsky, P. I.Ravel
Tokyo City Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crew541st Hokuden Family Concert, MozartMendelssohn
Sapporo Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewBillboard Classics Masatoshi Nakamura Symphonic Live 2022, Various
Osaka Symphony OrchestraConductor
View cast and crewThe 28th Weekday Afternoon Concert (Orchestral Climax–Piano Concerto Edition), BrahmsTchaikovsky, P. I.ChopinRachmaninoffMussorgsky
Tokyo City Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewUpcoming performances
16Symphony of the Three Great Violin Concertos, VivaldiMendelssohnTchaikovsky, P. I.
Japan Century Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crew"Ma-rl, the Ghost, and Happy Orchestra" Sakkyo Storytelling Concert, Von WeberSibeliusGrieg
Sapporo Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewSummer Family Concert 2024, BorodinTchaikovsky, P. I.Strauss IIBeethoven
Bunka Kaikan TokyoConductor
View program, cast and crewThe 24th Shibuya Afternoon Concert, SmetanaTchaikovsky, P. I.
Tokyo Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewBiography
Masahiko Enkoji was born in Tokyo in 1954. At Toho Gakuen University, he studied conducting under Hideo Saito and piano under Aiko Iguchi. In 1980, he studied abroad at National Music College in Vienna under Otmar Suitner. Following his return to Japan in September of 1981, he received an appointment as assistant conductor with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1986 he began conducting exclusively for the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, becoming their conductor in 1989, a post he would hold until March of 1991. From 1989 to April 1999, he was appointed principal conductor of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra where, for two successive years, he achieved great success with the Special Concert at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, these concerts were recorded on CD and are now on sale. From May 1998 to Ap
