By james art 
Yamada will remain in post until the end of the 2028/29 season
Japanese conductor Yamada has signed a two -year extension of the contract as a music director of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO). For the first time appointed to the post in 2023, Yamada was already agreed by the end of the 2028/29 season.
During his term in Birmingham, Yamada led a large number of concerts, including 20 this season. He also appeared in a number of prominent performances, with Cbso in the city Concerts – who presented music in unconventional places, such as in trams.
Yamada studied music at Tokyo University of Arts, and he received the first prize in the 51st Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors in 2009. He was astonished by Seiji Ozawa and appears regularly in Japan with the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.
Along with his post in Birmingham, Jamada is the music director of the Orchister Philharmonic de Monte-Carlo. He has collected the two ensembles of repeatedly Elijah In both cities in 2019 and the Orf Carmina Burana In 2023
“I’m glad the brilliant Kazuki Yamada will remain CBSO’s music director until August 2029,” said Emma wallCEB CEO. “From working with students at our incredible school, the CBSO Shreland Academy, to the leading of the BBC entrants, it is really at the heart of our music. More than that he is fully engaged in Birmingham, as a city of a city of huge cultural breadth and creative opportunity. “
“He fully embodies everything Cbso hopes to be, and we have the privilege of expanding our relationship with him that way.”
“I am extremely happy that I am renewing my contract with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,” Yamada said. “In the last few years, I have developed such a strong connection with the orchestra and it has been a real privilege to upgrade the special relationships I have with these talented musicians. CBSO is a super happy, positive and motivated orchestra, and I have always been inspired by their passion and dedication.
“I love the audience and the people of Birmingham as I completely immerse myself in the Birmingham culture as a conductor of bromine! To continue my time with the orchestra, feels like a wonderful affirmation of the trust and mutual respect we have built and can and can and can I do and I can do and I can do and I can do and I can do and I can.