Performance List

1 March 2026, 14:00, Kyoto Concert Hall (Kyoto, Japan)

• J. S. Bach/Arnold Schönberg: Präludium und Fuge (Universal Edition)

Kazuhiro Fujita –conductor, Magnolia Chamber Orchestra

1 March 2026, 14:00, Kyoto Prefectural Guest House (ALTI) (Kyoto, Japan)

Music Fusion In Kyoto

• Lowell Liebermann: Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra, Op. 50 (Theodore Presser)

Honami Wakui –piccolo, Atsushi Yuasa –conductor, Kyoto New Festival Orchestra

1 March 2026, 15:00, Ibaraki Rokugendo Rokumeikan (Osaka, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: from 12 Songs for Guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Daisuke Suzuki –guitar

1 March 2026, 14:00, Senzoku Gakuen College of Music (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Rain Tree for three percussion players (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Taiyou Hiroki, Sakura Imaizumi, Ayuki Watanabe –percussion

4 March 2026, 19:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

• Benjamin Britten: Spring Symphony (Boosey & Hawkes)

Ryoko Sunakawa –soprano, Hiroka Yamashita –mezzo soprano, Taka Komagata –tenor, Kazushi Ono –conductor, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, New National Theatre Chorus, The Little Singers of Tokyo [more info]

4 March 2026, 14:00, Hitachi Systems Hall Sendai [Sendai-shi Seinen Bunka Center] (Miyagi, Japan)

• Frederic Chopin/Roy Douglas: Les Sylphides (Boosey & Hawkes)

Daiki Kannari –conductor, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra

4 March 2026, 19:00, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

Tokyo Performing Music Festival

• Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (Schott Music [Mainz])

Kyuhee Park –guitar, Shun Oi –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

5 March 2026, 18:00, Sai-no-kuni Saitama Arts Theater (Saitama, Japan)

• Dmitri Schostakowitsch: from Die Nase Suite for tenor, baritone and orchestra (Universal Edition)

TOHO College of Music Percussion major

6 March 2026, 19:30, Orpheum Theatre (Vancouver, Canada)

• Toru Takemitsu: Ceremonial – An Autumn Ode for orchestra with shô (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Naomi Sato –sho, Jun Märkl –conductor, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra [more info]

7 March 2026, 14:00, Takasaki City Theatre (Gunma, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: from Der Feuervogel Suite (1919) (Schott Music [Mainz])

Taizo Takemoto –conductor, Gunma Symphony Orchestra [more info]

7 March 2026, 15:00, Suginami Koukaidou (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel Suite (1945) (Schott Music [Mainz])

Kahchun Wong –conductor, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

7 March 2026, 19:30, Orpheum Theatre (Vancouver, Canada)

• Toru Takemitsu: Ceremonial – An Autumn Ode for orchestra with shô (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Naomi Sato –sho, Jun Märkl –conductor, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra [more info]

7 March 2026, 15:00, S&D Akigawa Kirara Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Les yeux clos II for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Tomoki Kitamura –piano

8 March 2026, 14:00, Sunport Hall Takamatsu (Kagawa, Japan)

• Keiko Abe: Variations on Japanese Children's Songs for marimba

Aoi Miura –marimba

8 March 2026, 14:00, Kyoto Concert Hall (Kyoto, Japan)

• Kurt Atterberg: 6. Sinfonie op. 31 (Universal Edition)

Yuri Nitta –conductor, Shion Symphony Orchestra

8 March 2026, 14:00, Ritto Center for Fine Arts Sakira (Shiga, Japan)

• Paul Hindemith: Symphonie "Mathis der Maler" (Schott Music [Mainz])

Hajime Kawakami –conductor, Biwako Philharmonic Orchestra

8 March 2026, 14:00, Fuji Hashima Culture Center (Gifu, Japan)

• Joe Hisaishi: Summer (from Kikujiro) for piano and orchestra (Wonder City Inc.)

Hiroyasu Matsumoto –conductor, Gifu Symphony Orchestra

8 March 2026, 14:00, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel Suite (1945) (Schott Music [Mainz])

Kahchun Wong –conductor, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

12 March 2026, 18:30, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara (Hokkaido, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel Suite (1919) (Schott Music [Mainz])

Junichi Hirokami –conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

12 March 2026, 20:00, Catedral de Santa María de la Sede (Sevilla, Spain)

• Toru Takemitsu: Signals from Heaven – Two Antiphonal Fanfares (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Camilo Irizo –conductor, Orquesta Sinfónica Conjunta de la Universidad de Sevilla [more info]

13 March 2026, 15:00, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

• Serge Prokofieff: Sinfonia Concertante for cello and orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Yo Kitamura –violoncello, Pietari Inkinen –conductor, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

13 March 2026, 18:30, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel Suite (1919) (Schott Music [Mainz])

Daiki Kannari –conductor, Lien Philharmonic Orchestra 2026

14 March 2026, 15:00, Izumi Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture (Boosey & Hawkes)

Norichika Iimori –conductor, Century Youth Orchestra

14 March 2026, 13:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

• Frederic Chopin/Ekier/Kamiński: Piano Concerto in E minor Op. 11 – National Edition (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne)

Arisa Sakai –piano, Yuko Tanaka –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

14 March 2026, 15:00, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Malika Kishino: Ha-Mon (Ripples) for shamisen, 25 stringed Koto, shakuhachi and japanese percussion [World Premiere] (Zerboni)

J-TRAD Ensemble MAHOROBA [more info]

14 March 2026, 15:00, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

• Serge Prokofieff: Sinfonia Concertante for cello and orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Yo Kitamura –violoncello, Pietari Inkinen –conductor, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

14 March 2026, 14:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Serge Prokofieff: Violin Concerto No. 2 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Keila Wakao –violin, Sachio Fujioka –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

14 March 2026, 14:00, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Boosey & Hawkes)

Masato Suzuki –conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra [more info]

14 March 2026, 15:00, Kobe Bunka Hall (Hyogo, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Songs for mixed chorus (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Tadaaki Otaka –conductor, Kobe City Philharmonic Chorus

15 March 2026, 13:30, Shimonoseki civic hall (Yamaguchi, Japan)

• Keiko Abe: Wind in the Bamboo Grove for marimba solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Ria Ideta –marimba

15 March 2026, 15:00, Kurashiki City Auditorium (Okayama, Japan)

The 40th Kurashiki Music Festival

• Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances – from West Side Story (Boosey & Hawkes)

To Kikuchi –conductor, Kurashiki Orchestra

15 March 2026, 14:00, Fuchu no Mori Geijutsu Gekijo (Tokyo, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances – from West Side Story (Boosey & Hawkes)

Daiki Kannari –conductor, Orchestra Canvas Tokyo

15 March 2026, 15:00, Meguro Persimmon Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Frederic Chopin/Ekier/Kamiński: Piano Concerto in E minor Op. 11 – National Edition (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne)

Tomoya Nakase –piano, Keitaro Harada –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

15 March 2026, 15:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Gen Okuda –piano, Keith Lockhart –conductor, THE ORCHESTRA JAPAN [more info]

15 March 2026, 14:00, Amity • Baycom Hall [Nishinomiya Shimin Kaikan] (Hyogo, Japan)

• Alberto Ginastera/Mamoru Nakata: Dances from 'Estancia' (Boosey & Hawkes)

Yasuo Kotani –conductor, Nishinomiya City Wind Orchestra

15 March 2026, 15:00, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

• Serge Prokofieff: Sinfonia Concertante for cello and orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Yo Kitamura –violoncello, Pietari Inkinen –conductor, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

15 March 2026, 15:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

Spring Festival in Tokyo 2026

• Toru Takemitsu: from 12 Songs for Guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: All in Twilight – Four pieces for guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Equinox for guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: In the Woods – Three pieces for guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Kiyoshi Shomura –guitar [more info]

19 March 2026, 19:00, Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater hitaru (Hokkaido, Japan)

• Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Eiji Oue –conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

19 March 2026, 20:00, Prinzregententheater (Munich, Germany)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Violin Concerto "Genesis" (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Veronika Eberle –violin, Enrico Onofri –conductor, Münchener Kammerorchester [more info]

19 March 2026, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Serge Prokofieff: Symphony No. 3 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Pietari Inkinen –conductor, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra [more info]

19 March 2026, 18:00, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel Suite (1919) (Schott Music [Mainz])

Ryuichiro Ikariyama –conductor, West Japan Medical Students’ Orchestra

21 March 2026, 20:15, Flagey (Bruxelles, Belgium)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Violin Concerto "Genesis" (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Veronika Eberle –violin, Kazushi Ono –conductor, Brussels Philharmonic [more info]

21 March 2026, 14:00, Fuchu no Mori Geijutsu Gekijo (Tokyo, Japan)

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Sinfonische Serenade (Schott Music [Mainz])

Yasufumi Tokito –conductor, Fiori di ciliègio Ensemble

21 March 2026, 13:30, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: 3. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Masako Teshima –alto, Shinji Moriguchi –conductor, Tokyo Musikverein Symphoniker, An Event to Sing Mahler's Symphony No. 3 with Masako Teshima, Yurigaoka Children Chorus [more info]

21 March 2026, 14:30, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi, Japan)

• Joseph Marx: Romantisches Klavierkonzert (Universal Edition)

Tomoki Sakata –piano, Kosuke Tsunoda –conductor, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra

22 March 2026, 15:00, Okayama Performing Arts Theatre, Harenowa (Okayama, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture (Boosey & Hawkes)

Junji Yamagami –conductor, Okayama City Junior Orchestra

22 March 2026, 15:00, Sumida Triphony Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances – from West Side Story (Boosey & Hawkes)

Kazuki Wada –conductor, Triphony Hall Junior Orchestra

22 March 2026, 17:00, Kirche Oberstrass (Zürich, Switzerland)

• Joe Hisaishi: My Neighbor Totoro for orchestra (Wonder City Inc.)

Olivera Sekulić –conductor, Orchestergesellschaft Zürich [more info]

22 March 2026, 15:00, Shinjuku Bunka Center (Tokyo, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: 2. Symphonie (new revised version by Stark-Voit/Kaplan) (Universal Edition)

Yasuko Sato –soprano, Aya Wakizono –mezzo soprano, Andrea Battistoni –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Shinjuku Bunka Center Chorus

24 March 2026, 17:00, Muse Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre (Saitama, Japan)

• Zoltán Kodály/Kazuhiro Morita: from Variations on a Hungarian Folksong “The Peacock” (Boosey & Hawkes)

Hayato Yamaguchi –conductor, Seibudai High School

25 March 2026, 19:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

Spring Festival in Tokyo 2026

• Arnold Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder for soli, choir and orchestra (Universal Edition)

Camilla Nylund –soprano, David Butt Philip –tenor, etc., Marek Janowski –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Opera Singers [more info]

25 March 2026, 19:30, Konzerthaus Stadthalle Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany)

Heidelberger Frühling Musikfestival

• Toru Takemitsu: Distance de Fée for violin and piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Augustin Hadelich –violin, Charles Owen –piano [more info]

28 March 2026, 15:00, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite for full orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Michael Daugherty: Route 66 for orchestra [National Premiere] (Boosey & Hawkes)
• George Gershwin/Frank Campbell-Watson: An American in Paris (Gershwin Music)

John Axelrod –conductor, Ongaku Daigaku Festival Orchestra [more info]

28 March 2026, 18:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Aaron Copland: Old American Songs - First set for medium voice or chorus and orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Tadashi Miroku –countertenor, Keitaro Harada –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Chorus [more info]

28 March 2026, 19:30, Hoku Topia (Tokyo, Japan)

• Joe Hisaishi: Symphonic Variation "Merry-Go-Round+Cave of Mind" – from Howl's Moving Castle (Wonder City Inc.)

Toshimichi Suzuki –conductor, Sonir Philharmonic

28 March 2026, 15:00, Oumihachiman Bunka Kaikan (Shiga, Japan)

• Leoš Janácek: from Sinfonietta (Universal Edition)

Ichiro Saito –conductor, Osaka Symphony Orchestra

28 March 2026, 19:00, Isarphilharmonie (Munich, Germany)

• Noriko Koide: Swaddling Silks and Gossamer Rain for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Elim Chan –conductor, Münchner Philharmoniker [more info]

28 March 2026, 14:00, J:COM Hall Hachioji (Tokyo, Japan)

• David Maslanka: Symphony No. 4 (Carl Fischer)

Kenta Tsujimura –conductor, Progetto Sinfonia

28 March 2026, 16:00, Seishi Nakamoto Private Museum (Miyagi, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: From far beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog for violin and piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Koji Morishita –violin, Yoko Kawabata –piano

28 March 2026, 15:00, Biwako Hall (Shiga, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Lento in Due Movimenti for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Les yeux clos II for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Litany – In Memory of Michael Vyner for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Rain Dreaming for harpsichord (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch II – In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Tomoki Kitamura –piano [more info]

29 March 2026, 15:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite for full orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Michael Daugherty: Route 66 for orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)
• George Gershwin/Frank Campbell-Watson: An American in Paris (Gershwin Music)

John Axelrod –conductor, Ongaku Daigaku Festival Orchestra [more info]

29 March 2026, 17:00, Ryutopia Niigata City Performing Arts Center (Niigata, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Aaron Copland: Old American Songs - First set for medium voice or chorus and orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Tadashi Miroku –countertenor, Keitaro Harada –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Niigata Tokyo Symphony Chorus [more info]

29 March 2026, 14:00, ROHM Theatre Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)

• Benjamin Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra – Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell for orchestra with narrator ad lib (Boosey & Hawkes)

Masahiko Hare –narrator, Nodoka Okisawa –conductor, City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra [more info]

29 March 2026, 16:00, Yamagin Kenmin Hall (Yamagata, Japan)

• Benjamin Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra – Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell for orchestra with narrator ad lib (Boosey & Hawkes)

Win Morisaki, Shoko Haida –narrator, Taizo Takemoto –conductor, Yamagata Symphony Orchestra [more info]

29 March 2026, 15:30, Hino Renga Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Aaron Copland/Kazuhiro Morita: Appalachian Spring Suite (Boosey & Hawkes)

Keiichi Morikami –conductor, Minamidaira High School Band

29 March 2026, 11:00, Isarphilharmonie (Munich, Germany)

• Noriko Koide: Swaddling Silks and Gossamer Rain for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Elim Chan –conductor, Münchner Philharmoniker [more info]

29 March 2026, 14:00, Shin-Minato Central Cultural Hall (Toyama, Japan)

• Yukiko Nishimura: Summer Triangle for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (Lauren Keiser)

Mai Kokubo –euphonium, Yusei Kano –conductor, Imizu Civic Wind Orchestra

29 March 2026, 14:00, Nara National Museum (Nara, Japan)

YAMATO international music week 2026

• Toru Takemitsu: Distance de Fée for violin and piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Olivier Charlier –violin, Emmanuel Strosser –piano

31 March 2026, 10:30, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• George Gershwin/Russell Warner: By Strauss for soprano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)
• Fritz Kreisler/René Staar: Liebesfreud for violin solo and string orchestra (Schott Music [Mainz])

Ayaka Oki –soprano, Nao Maeda –violin, Shun Oi –conductor, Orchestra Day All Japan Festival Orchestra mini

31 March 2026, 19:00, Yodobashi Church (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Sen I for flute (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Yoshie Ueno –flute

31 March 2026, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: 2. Symphonie (new revised version by Stark-Voit/Kaplan) (Universal Edition)

Misaki Morino –soprano, Etsuko Kano –alto, Ken Takaseki –conductor, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, TCPO Chor [more info]

31 March 2026, 19:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel Suite (1919) (Schott Music [Mainz])

Naoto Otomo –conductor, Orchestra Day All Japan Festival Orchestra [more info]