Myanmar's national orchestra

Myanmar's national orchestra

YANGON, Myanmar - Yoshikazu Fukumura of Japan conducts the Myanmar National Symphony Orchestra in a concert at the national theater in Yangon on March 2, 2013.

Myanmar's national orchestra

Myanmar's national orchestra

YANGON, Myanmar - The Myanmar National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Japan's Yoshikazu Fukumura performs at the national theater in Yangon on March 2, 2013.

ASEAN nations seek to cement regional ties with music

ASEAN nations seek to cement regional ties with music

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Japanese conductor Yoshikazu Fukumura (C) addresses the audience at a performance in Ho Chi Minh City on May 28, 2010, by the symphony orchestra of Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music. Fukumura plans to conduct an orchestra of musicians from Vietnam and nine other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Hanoi in October.

Maverick Japanese conductor finds home with Philippine orchestra

Maverick Japanese conductor finds home with Philippine orchestra

Photo taken Dec. 17, 2015 shows Japan's Yoshikazu Fukumura, 69, the first foreigner from outside of Europe and the United States to take up the post of music director of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

ASEAN nations seek to cement regional ties with music

ASEAN nations seek to cement regional ties with music

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Japanese conductor Yoshikazu Fukumura (C) addresses the audience at a performance in Ho Chi Minh City on May 28, 2010, by the symphony orchestra of Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music. Fukumura plans to conduct an orchestra of musicians from Vietnam and nine other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Hanoi in October. (Kyodo)