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REI HOTODA

Conductor   Pianist   Advocate

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2025/26 HIGHLIGHTS 

​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 11, 2025

League of American Orchestras Conference

(Salt Lake City, UT)

Panel: Getting the Most Out of Orchestral Collaborations 

June 28, 2025 

Fresno Philharmonic (Shaver Lake, CA)

Works by: Handel, Mozart, Holst, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Bartok, Copland, Strauss

September 27 & 28, 2025

Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)

Works by: Ginastera, Juan Pablo Contreras (World Premiere), Brahms 

October 8-10, 2025

Sarasota Orchestra (Sarasota, FL)

Works by: Williams, Smith and Smith/Ormandy 

October 30, 2025

Symphony New Hampshire (Concord, NH)

Works by: Humperdinck, Mussorgsky, Elfman, Grieg, Schwartz, Williams, Rimsky Korsakov, Badelt, & Lavendar 

November 22 & 23, 2025

Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)

Works by: Ravel, Beethoven & Sibelius

December 13, 2025 

Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)

Home for the Holidays

January 17 & 18, 2026

Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)

Works by: Margaret Bonds, John Wineglass (World Premiere), Gershwin, Stravinsky

February 14 & 15, 2026

Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)

Works by: Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Glinka, Hindemith 

March 4-8, 2026

Sarasota Orchestra (Sarasota, FL)

Program to be Announced

April 11 & 12, 2026

Fresno Philharmonic (Fresno, CA)

Works by: Damien Geter, Kevin Puts, Tchaikovsky 

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About

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  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 Impichchachaaha' 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.

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