10 Facts About Eiji Oue

1.

Eiji Oue studied under Bernstein as a conducting fellow at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute.

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Eiji Oue became music director of the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras in 1982, a post he held until 1989.

3.

Eiji Oue was music director of the Erie Philharmonic from 1990 to 1995.

4.

Eiji Oue has served as associate conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

5.

Eiji Oue presided over the orchestra's first tours to Europe and Japan.

6.

Eiji Oue made recordings with Minnesota, most on the Reference Records label.

7.

Eiji Oue served as music director of the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming from 1997 to 2003.

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Eiji Oue made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival in 2005, conducting Tristan und Isolde.

9.

Eiji Oue became music director of the Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona in September 2006, stepping down in 2010.

10.

Eiji Oue has been professor of conducting at the Musikhochschule Hannover since 2000.