Daisuke Muranaka's glittering career as a conductor first came to prominence in 1996, when he made his operatic debut in Italy with " Die Zauberflote " in Treviso. This performance was given at two hours notice because of the sudden illness of Peter Maag, with whom Daisuke had a strong musical affinity as "Mozartiano".
This experience in Treviso led to a series of performances in Europe, including with Teatro La Fenice di Venezia (with Nathalia Gutman as soloist) in the same year, because of the illness of Peter Maag.
In the Teatro Massimo di Palermo, also where the conductor was unavailable, Daisuke conducted, at short notice, Puccini's "Manon Lescaut", at the newly reopened Sicilian Theatre, with Norma Fantini in the title role, to great acclaim.
Gazzettino di Treviso wrote about this success; "Puccini must be conducted like this..".
Alongside his operatic career in Europe , he made his concert debut in Japan in 1999 with the Tokyo Philharmonic performing the Schubert h-minor and Brahms 3rd Symphony which received resounding critical acclaim. (" Real Talent !" Nikkei)
Then in 2000 his debut Production of "Die Zauberflote" (with Michael Hampe ) in the National Theatre of Tokyo won him the prestigious Idemitsu Music Award .
After successfully conducting Tosca (Producer:Madau Diaz) in the National Theatre, he had many orchestral concerts including conducting the NHK Symphony , the Yomiuri Symphony , the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Tokyo City Philharmonic , Tokyo New City Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Japan Philharmonic, Kanagawa Philharmonic, the Sapporo Symphony, the Kyoto Symphony, Kyushu Symphony and the Osaka Century Orchestra, performing works ranging from Haydn to contemporary composers such as F. Pennnisi and A.Otaka.
He also made his Mexican debut conducting Beethoven's Eroica Symphony with the Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra and his Belgium debut, performing the Enigma Variations with the Brussels Philharmonic (Vlaams Radio Orchestra) in a gala concert at the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels.
In 2002 Daisuke made his British debut with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera conducting "Don Giovanni" (Producer: Graham Vick). He had to take over at very short notice because the conductor was taken ill and he received rave reviews from the press. This success led to him conducting the new 2003 production of "Don Pasquale" at the Theatre St. Gallen .