初めて東京交響楽団を指揮したとき、
このオーケストラとの特別な絆をはっきりと感じました。
東京交響楽団との音楽づくりで私の心をとらえたのが、
楽団員の音楽に対する生き生きとしたアプローチ、自発的な姿勢、
目標を達成するための献身的かつユーモアあふれる感覚です。

今から10年ほど前、初来日した際にすっかり魅了された日本の豊かな音楽文化に、
このような形で日本の聴衆の皆様にお目にかかれることを大変嬉しく思います。
自由な発想によるレパートリーで、皆様と私たちの音楽を分かち合えることを楽しみにしております。

ジョナサン・ノット

“I first conducted the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in October 2011 and it was immediately clear that there was an enormous rapport. The morning after the final performance, actually on the way to Narita airport, I received the invitation to take up the post of Music Director and I accepted without hesitation. What appealed to me most about making music with this orchestra was the freshness of the players’ approach, their commitment to the spontaneity of live performance, and their dedication and sense of good humor in achieving these goals. My work with the Orchestra begins in April 2014 and comprises four extended periods each year. I am delighted to be given this opportunity to share in Japan’s extraordinarily rich musical culture, a culture I was immediately taken by on my very first visit a decade ago now. And what a wonderfully inspiring concert-going public! Of course, sharing through communication is the raison d’être of every musician, and so, together with the Orchestra and with the entire repertoire at our disposal, I am very much looking forward to meeting our audiences in all our venues and experiencing and sharing this music with them.”  – Jonathan Nott