‘A happy return:’ New music director of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra has ties to state - State Journal-Register
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Taichi Fukumura, the assistant conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra who has directed and worked with orchestras in Chicago, has been named music director of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra after an international search.
The orchestra has home bases in Springfield and Bloomington-Normal.
One of four finalists to succeed Kenneth Lam, now the director of orchestral studies at the Tianjin Juilliard School and resident conductor of the Tianjin Juilliard Orchestra in China, Fukumura guest conducted the ISO's “Fire & Fanfare” season-opening concert in October and the “Holiday Pops in the Heartland” concert in December.
Check out the ful article written by Steven Spearie for the Springfield State Journal-Register on June 6, 2024.
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