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Tateo's
Projects Experience Tateo first met Russell Johnson in 1999 while conducting at the Lucerne Concert Hall. He joined Artec in 2001 at the invitation of Russell Johnson, the late founder, who felt that his professional background in conducting and violin performance would be particularly pertinent, first to Artec's work with artists at and beyond the opening day, and then in the planning and design of Artec's next generation of performing arts venues. In this manner, 's first responsibilities were to first assist Russell, and ultimately lead the intensive post-opening processes at the Lucerne Concert Hall in Switzerland, and at Verizon Hall and Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia (USA), working closely with some of the most renowned international artists. Russell then entrusted him with the complete responsibility of defining the optimal usage of the adjustable acoustics systems and with the work with the musicians for the concert hall and opera house at Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay in Singapore, the Millenium Concert Hall in Budapest (Hungary), and more recently, the Concert Hall and Opera House in Miami, Florida (USA) as a complement to his increasing role as a Principal Auditorium Designer at Artec. The conductors, orchestras and opera companies with whom Tateo has worked as lead consultant include: The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, New World Symphony, Florida Grand Opera, Singapore Symphony, Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Christophe Eschenbach, Pierre Boulez, Daniel Baremboim, Franz Welser-Most, Myung Whun Chung, Michael Tilson Thomas, Stewart Robertson, Ivan Fisher, and Valery Gergiev. Tateo Nakajima has benefited from an extremely close working relationship with Russell Johnson since joining Artec. This relationship has been a guiding influence in his work as Project Director and Principal Auditorium Designer for the Salle Pleyel renovation in Paris (France), the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall renovation study, the Mariinsky II Opera House Basic Design for Valery Gergiev, the Aarhus concert hall (Denmark), the concert hall, opera house, 10000 seat performance venue and outdoor amphitheater for the West Kowloon Cultural District Proposal in Hong Kong, and many others. He has led the Artec design team working with such architectural firms as Coop Himmelb(l)au, Foreign Office Architects, Herzog de Meuron, and Zaha Hadid. Tateo is currently working on a new concert hall
in Aalborg (Denmark) with architects Coop Himmelb(l)au, a new concert
hall and recital hall in Wroclaw (Poland) with architect Stefan
Kurlowicz, a recital theatre in Zarautz (Spain), a pop entertainment
venue in Singapore with Andrew Bromberg of AEDAS, and the new concert
hall in Montreal (Canada). He is also leading or has recently led
Artec work with the Denver Symphony Orchestra, the City of Seoul
(South Korea), Dubai Television (U.A.E.), Grand Action in Grand
Rapids, Michigan (USA), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra. Tateo Nakajima received his early training in
violin performance in Toronto, Canada, where he graduated from Upper
Canada College and the Royal Conservatory of Music in 1988. He then
underwent graduate studies at the Utrechts Conservatorium in The
Netherlands, working with Viktor Liberman and Hirschhorn. It was
at this time that he started formal training in orchestral conducting
with Gilbert Varga and Charles Bruck. After his first professional
conducting experiences in Lyon, France, he then spent 4 years as
a Principal Conductor of the Timisoara State Opera in Romania, during
which time he guest conducted widely. It was during this time that
he also conducted a new production of ballet at the Vienna State
Opera working with Renato Zanella, at the invitation of Ioan Hollender.
Before coming to Artec he was engaged by a Dutch producer to establish,
direct and tour a private opera company based in Central Europe.
He managed and conducted this handpicked company of 100+ artists
and technical staff, selecting and working with stage directors,
soloists, choreographers, and set designers from around the world.
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