REI HOTODA
Conductor Pianist Advocate
"Inexhaustible dynamo..."
“…emotionally charged, vastly experienced, and technically adroit…”
LISTEN & WATCH
2020/21 SPECIAL PROJECTS
Beethoven: Crisis and Creativity
September – November 2020
Six-Part Series on KVPR
Virtual World Premiere
Winter 2021
Fresno Philharmonic
John Wineglass: Alone Together
Fresno Philharmonic: Virtual Green Room
July – August 2020
Six-Part Virtual Series
Fresno Philharmonic YouTube Chanel
June 2020
Five-Part Series on KVPR
June 3, 2020
Robert Morris: Landscape Greeting
Fresno Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall
January 2021 – March 2021
Virtual Masterworks Series
Insights
As artists we must not only do what we can to build our audiences, but strive to reach people beyond the score through education, connecting with our communities and recognizing our supporters to ensure that through these important partnerships, we grow as artists and strive to make the greatest impact possible on our world around us.” – Rei Hotoda
Getting Social
Connect
Contact
Hear Rei talk about Britten's monumentally powerful War Requiem, from a historical, musical and personal perspective. Rei will be conducting the Fresno Philharmonic on November 11, 2018, exactly 100 years to the day that the Armistice to end World War I was signed.
About

Hailed by the Spokesman-Review as being an “inexhaustible dynamo,” Rei Hotoda, now in her third season as Music Director of the Fresno Philharmonic, has appeared as a guest conductor with many of today’s leading ensembles, including the Symphony Orchestras of Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Detroit, Toronto, Utah, Hawaii, Winnipeg, and Spokane as well as the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, among others. Her interpretations of such epic centerpieces of the classical canon such as Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 and Britten’s War Requiem, make her one of the most sought-after conductors of today. She is a tireless advocate for the music of our time, and most recently conducted the world premiere of Dinuk Wijeratne’s Between Figure and Ground to much acclaim.
Rei will make several exciting debuts in the 2019/20 season when she appears as guest conductor with the Symphony Orchestras of Louisville, Omaha, and Orlando as well as the National Arts Center in Canada, and
makes a welcome return to the Hawaii Symphony. Highlights include conducting several symphonies by Beethoven (Nos. 2, 5 and 8)—part of the global celebrations of the composer’s 250th anniversary year—as well George Walker’s Lyric for Strings, Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 and Missy Mazzoli’s River Rouge Transfiguration.
Rei is equally at home leading the orchestra from the piano as well as from the podium. As an accomplished pianist, she has appeared as soloist conducting from the piano with the Dallas, Edmonton, Utah, and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestras, performing works by Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. In the 2019/20 season, she will conduct the Fresno Philharmonic, where she currently serves as Music Director, from the piano for the first time when she performs Beethoven’s monumental Triple Concerto as part of the orchestra’s Beethoven@250 celebrations.
Recent Press
Reviews/Interviews
Munro Review, January 22, 2020
Review: A Happy Birthday To Beethoven And A Double Delight From Hotoda
Munro Review, January 17, 2020
It’s Double Duty For Hotoda When She Conducts Fresno Philharmonic From The Piano
The Spokesman-Review, March 11, 2019
Concert review: Conductor Rei Hotoda rises to demanding program
The Spokesman-Review, March 6, 2019
Music director finalist Rei Hotoda leads Spokane Symphony in works by Korngold, Shostakovich
Inlander, March 2019
Meet Rei Hotoda, one of the Spokane Symphony candidates for next music director
The Munroe Review, January 25, 2019
Review: Pipa Steals the Show During Fresno Philharmonic’s Ride Down a ‘Silk Road’
Munro Review, November 14, 2018
A Veterans Day and Powerful 'War Requiem' I'll Never Forget
Munro Review, October 22, 2018
A Walk on the Wild (an Inspiring) Side with the Fresno Philharmonic
Munro Review, October 19, 2018
As First Masterworks Concert Approaches, a 'Promenade' with Rei Hotoda
Fresno Bee, August 22, 2018
As Women’s Equality Day arrives, Fresno Philharmonic’s conductor is honored
Classical Voice of North Carolina, October 21, 2017:
Rei Hotoda and Sandeep Das Triumph in Asheville Symphony's Journeys Concert
TV/Radio
WKVR, January 17, 2020
Rei Hotoda Talks Beethoven And More With David Aus
Munro Review on CMAC, October 29, 2018:
Valley Public Radio, February 23, 2018:
Fresno Philharmonic Interviews: Rei Hotoda & Jennifer Koh
Valley Public Radio, October 10, 2017:
Interview: Fresno Philharmonic's Rei Hotoda Ready For First Performance
KSEE TV 24, March 15, 2017
Meet Rei Hotoda
Press Releases
6/21/19: Fresno Philharmonic and Music Director Rei Hotoda Announce 2019/20 Season Overview
10/3/18: Fresno Philharmonic Announces Complete Programing and Special Projects for 2018-19 Season
6/6/17: Rei Hotoda Appointed Music Director of the Fresno Philharmonic
For More Information
Press Contact
Raechel Alexander
RA Complete Communications
917-815-8970