REI HOTODA
Conductor Pianist Advocate
Coming Up:
June 5 & 6, 2025
American Composers Orchestra (New York, NY)
Works by: Grace Ann Lee, Marie Douglas, Cheng Jin Koh, Lavell Blackwell, Shawn Johnson, Arjan Singh Dogra
2024/25 HIGHLIGHTS
July 25, 2024
Association of California Symphony Orchestras
in Partnership with the San Francisco Philharmonic
(San Francisco, CA)
Rei Hotoda, conductor & clinician
July 27, 2024
League of American Orchestras
The Juilliard School (New York, NY)
Essentials of Orchestra Management
Guest Presenter & Panelist
September 28 & 29, 2024
Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra (Fresno, CA)
Sergei Babayan, piano
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Works by: Toyama, Khachaturian & Rachmaninoff
October 8-11, 2024
Sarasota Orchestra (Sarasota, FL)
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Special Program: Young Person's Concert
October 21, 2024
Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra (Macon, GA)
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Works by: Copland, Hailstork & Dvořák
November 23 & 24, 2024
Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)
Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio, Concertmaster & violin
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & piano
Works by: Mozart, Reena Esmail, Respighi & Bartók
December 7, 2024
Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)
Fresno Master Chorale
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Home for the Holidays
January 15, 2025
Saint-Barthélemy Music Festival
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Works by: Mozart, Handel, Koussevitzky, and Dvorák
February 1, 2025
London Symphonia (Ontario, Canada)
Scott St. John, violin
Lina Cao, guzheng
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Works by: Ruo, Taki, Lau, Ping Yee Ho, Rui, Debussy,
and Huanzhi
February 15 & 16, 2025
Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)
Barry Douglas, piano
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Works by: Hitomi & Erika Oba, Rachmaninoff & Shostakovich
February 22 & 23, 2025
Richmond Symphony (Richmond, VA)
Michael Sachs, trumpet
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Works by: Fung, Marsalis, and Schumann
April 12 & 13, 2025
Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)
Sandeep Das, tabla
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Works by: Debussy, Wijeratne & Brahms
May 10, 2025
Rei Hotoda, conductor & piano
Works by: Clyne, Higdon, Montgomery & Beethoven
May 20-22, 2025
Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)
Valerie Salcedo, actor
Tony Sanders, actor
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Link Up!: The Orchestra Sings
June 5 & 6, 2025
American Composers Orchestra (New York, NY)
Rei Hotoda, Conductor
EarShot Readings
Works by: Grace Ann Lee, Marie Douglas, Cheng Jin Koh, Lavell Blackwell, Shawn Johnson, Arjan Singh Dogra
June 28, 2025
Fresno Philharmonic (Shraver Lake, CA)
Works by: handel, Mozart, Holst, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Faure, Bartok, Copland, Strauss
About
Conductor Rei Hotoda has been hailed as an “inexhaustible dynamo” with a deep commitment to reimagining the 21st century concert experience. Her vision can be seen through her thought- provoking programming, passionate allyship to marginalized artists, advocacy for arts education, and an unwavering commitment to presenting many of today’s most notable American composers. Indicative of this, she recently made her Carnegie Hall debut conducting the American Composer’s Orchestra in a compelling program that featured two world premieres by John Glover and Tonia Ko as well as the New York premiere of “Clans” from Jerod Impichcha̲achaaha' Tate’s Lowak Shoppala.
Serving as the Music Director of the Fresno Philharmonic since 2017, Rei’s 24/25 season marks an important milestone in her tenure with the orchestra. Together they will undertake their largest project to date, Cultural Crossroads, a new multi-season series of commissions exploring and celebrating the diverse cultures of the Fresno region. A central aspect of the vision for Cultural Crossroads is collaboration with community-based organizations, artists, and culture bearers in the presentation of new works by emerging California composers.
As a guest conductor, Rei has appeared with several prestigious orchestras, including the Symphony Orchestras of
Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Winnipeg, and Kansas City, among others. Rei’s repertoire represents a diverse community ofliving composers alongside masters of classical canon. She has performed works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Jessie Montgomery, Damien Geter, and Guillaume Connesson as well as those by Mahler (as part of a multi-season exploration entitled Mahler Here and Now with the Fresno Philharmonic), Shostakovich (Symphony No. 8), Beethoven (Symphony No. 9) and Britten (War Requiem).
An active and critically acclaimed pianist, Rei embraces her time conducting from the keyboard. One of the highlights of her 2024 Carnegie Hall debut was leading the American Composers Orchestra from the piano in George Antheil’s A Jazz Symphony. Moreover, she recently conducted the Fresno Philharmonic (Poulenc’s Concerto for Two Pianos), the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos, K365) and the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra (Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds) from the keyboard as well.
Recent Press Highlights
Symphony Magazine, Summer 2024: Indigenous Composers in the Spotlight
Classical Voice North America, March 2024: On Outside, Looking In: Music Honors Cultures At Margins Of Society
Munro Review, May 2024: Rei Hotoda and the Fresno Philharmonic, Along with Piano Favorite Joyce Yang, Offer a Jazzy (and Virtuosic) Finale to a Strong Season
CVLUX Magazine, January 2023 Cover: Beautifully Conducted
Munro Review, February 2023: Fresno Philharmonic Tackles A Monumental Mahler Symphony, And Rei Hotoda Can’t Wait For The Date
Fresno County Visitor’s Bureau, January 2023: Meet Rei Hotoda: Music Director of the Fresno Philharmonic
Munro Review, February 2023: Critic’s Notebook: With Hotoda On The Podium, Fresno Philharmonic Masterworks Concert Soars
WGLT, 2022: Illinois Symphony opens season with music about overcoming challenges (plus a cheery waltz)
Management & Press
Management & Worldwide Representation
Dan Visconti
216. 956. 0078
Press Contact
Raechel Alexander
RA Complete Communications
917. 815. 8790