Hubert Soudant (born 16 March 1946 in

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Biography

Soudant played the French horn as a youth. He has won prizes in several conducting competitions, including the Besançon Young Conductor Competition and the Karajan International Conducting Competition. Soudant has held music directorships with the Radio France Nouvelle Orchestre Philharmonique (1981–1983), the Utrecht Symphony Orchestra (1983–1986), the Orchestra Toscanini (1988–1992), the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire (1994–2004) and Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg (1994–2004). He has also served as the principal guest conductor of the

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. He became principal guest conductor of the

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in October 1999, and its music director in September 2004. He stood down as music director of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in 2014.

References

External links

Kajimono Concert Management agency biography

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra biography of Hubert Soudant

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