Michiyoshi Inoue

Michiyoshi Inoue (井上道義) (born on December 23, 1946) is a Japanese conductor. He is a recipient of the Cantelli Award.

Michiyoshi Inoue was born on December 23, 1946, in Tokyo, Japan.

In 1971 he was awarded the Cantelli Award for young conductors at the Teatro Coccia in Novara, Italy. In 1983 he became the director of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Following this, he became the music director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra in 1990. He debuted in La Scala in 1971.

On 18 March 2013, he conducted the State Symphony Orchestra of the DPRK in Pyongyang.