The Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra (兵庫県立芸術文化センター管弦楽団, Hyōgo-kenritsu Geijutsu Bunka Sentā Kangengakudan) is a professional orchestra in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Founded concurrently with the Hyogo Performing Arts Center in 2005, the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra (HPAC Orchestra) is under the leadership of Yutaka Sado.
In 2002, Sado Yutaka became the artistic director of Hyogo Performing Arts Center.
He held auditions for over 900 in 13 worldwide locations after advertising for talent, under the age of 35 in Asia, the United States, and France.
In addition to this, the orchestra participates in an annual performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony featuring a 10,000 person choir (sponsored by Suntory and held at Osaka-jō Hall)[2] and makes at least one annual appearance on TV Asahi's weekly television program "[Untitled Concert]" (Japanese: 題名のない音楽会).