Performance List

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

Spring Festival in Tokyo 2026

• George Benjamin: Into the Little Hill – A lyric tale in two parts for soprano, contralto and ensemble of 15 players [National Premiere] (Faber Music)
• Malika Kishino: Nox (Gold and Silver) II – after a Haiku of Teitoku Matsunaga Versione per oboe, clarinetto e quartetto d’archi (Zerboni)
• Malika Kishino: Ochres per flauto, oboe e clarinetto (Zerboni)

Jenny Daviet –soprano, Joanne Evans –contralto, Pierre Bleuse –conductor, Ensemble intercontemporain [more info]

4 April 2026, 14:00, Shirakawa Hall (Aichi, Japan)

• Frederic Chopin/Ekier/Kamiński: Piano Concerto in E minor Op. 11 – National Edition (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne)
• Toru Takemitsu: Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Shiori Kuwahara –piano, Keitaro Harada –conductor, Aichi Chamber Orchestra

4 April 2026, 15:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Joe Hisaishi: Kiki's Delivery Service for piano, percussion and strings (Wonder City Inc.)

Takana Miyamoto –piano, Sachio Fujioka –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

4 April 2026, 14:00, Asahi-Do (Kyoto, Japan)

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

Koji Morishita –violin, Yoko Kawabata –piano

4 April 2026, 15:00, Barocksaal (Kyoto, Japan)

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

Seijiro Nagai, Hirono Tago, Miyu Muso –percussion

4 April 2026, 14:00, Setagaya Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)

• 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])

Noriko Ogawa –piano

4 April 2026, 14:00, Sogakudo of the Former Tokyo Music School (Tokyo, Japan)

Spring Festival in Tokyo 2026

• Toru Takemitsu: from SONGS (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Toshiyuki Muramatsu –countertenor, Daiki Yasukagawa –contrabass, Hiroko Takada –piano [more info]

5 April 2026, 16:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

Spring Festival in Tokyo 2026

• Wolfgang Rihm: Chiffre I for piano and 7 instruments (Universal Edition)
• Wolfgang Rihm: Chiffre VI for 8 players (Universal Edition)
• Wolfgang Rihm: Chiffre VII for orchestra (Universal Edition)

Pierre Bleuse –conductor, Ensemble intercontemporain [more info]

5 April 2026, 11:30, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: from Pulcinella Suite (Boosey & Hawkes)

Kana Ide –conductor, Yokohama Sinfonietta

5 April 2026, 14:45, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: from Pulcinella Suite (Boosey & Hawkes)

Kana Ide –conductor, Yokohama Sinfonietta

5 April 2026, 14:00, Oji Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• 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: Piano Pieces for Children for piano (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])
• Toru Takemitsu: Romance for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Madoka Fukami –piano

9 April 2026, 19:30, Bridgewater Hall (Manchester, U.K.)

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

Alpesh Chauhan –conductor, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain [more info]

10 April 2026, 19:00, Festival Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Frederick Delius/Thomas Beecham: The Walk to the Paradise Garden – from A Village Romeo and Juliet (Boosey & Hawkes)

Tadaaki Otaka –conductor, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

10 April 2026, 20:00, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (Kansas City, U.S.)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra "Im Nebel" [National Premiere] (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Julian Kaplan –trumpet, Matthias Pintscher –conductor, Kansas City Symphony [more info]

10 April 2026, 18:45, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi, Japan)

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

Jean-Claude Casadesus –conductor, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

11 April 2026, 14:00, Sumida Triphony Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Grażyna Bacewicz: Overture for symphony orchestra (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne)

Karen Ní Bhroin –conductor, New Japan Philharmonic [more info]

11 April 2026, 14:00, Culttz Kawasaki (Kawasaki City Sports and Culture Center) (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Alban Berg: Lulu – Opera in 2 acts (1927-1935) – including ‘Variations and Adagio’ (Universal Edition)

Ena Miyachi –soprano, Yuki Toyoshima, Atsuko Mochida –mezzo soprano, Shigeki Mine –bass, etc., Oscar Jockel –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

11 April 2026, 15:00, Festival Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Frederick Delius/Thomas Beecham: The Walk to the Paradise Garden – from A Village Romeo and Juliet (Boosey & Hawkes)

Tadaaki Otaka –conductor, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

11 April 2026, 19:00, Yamagata Terrsa (Yamagata, Japan)

• Richard Dubugnon: Concerto Héroïque for alto saxophone and orchestra (Faber Music)
• Toshio Hosokawa: Sakura (Kirschblüte) for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Kohei Ueno –alto saxophone, Kentaro Kawase –conductor, Yamagata Symphony Orchestra [more info]

11 April 2026, 19:30, Royal Festival Hall (London, U.K.)

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

Alpesh Chauhan –conductor, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain [more info]

11 April 2026, 20:00, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (Kansas City, U.S.)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra "Im Nebel" (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Julian Kaplan –trumpet, Matthias Pintscher –conductor, Kansas City Symphony [more info]

11 April 2026, 15:00, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (Schott Music [Mainz])

Saki Nakae –soprano, Jun Takahashi –tenor, Takashi Aoyama –baritone, Tsutomu Matsumura –conductor, Gloria Chamber Orchestra, Diamond Family –Chorus

11 April 2026, 14:00, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite (Boosey & Hawkes)

Keita Matsui –conductor, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa [more info]

11 April 2026, 16:00, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi, Japan)

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

Jean-Claude Casadesus –conductor, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

11 April 2026, 14:00, Lutheran Ichigaya Center (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Koji Morishita –violin, Yoko Kawabata –piano

11 April 2026, 13:30, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Alexander Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau – Fantasy in 3 movements, based on Andersen’s fairy tale (Universal Edition)

Hisayoshi Inoue –conductor, Mahler Festival Orchestra [more info]

12 April 2026, 14:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Grażyna Bacewicz: Overture for symphony orchestra (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne)

Karen Ní Bhroin –conductor, New Japan Philharmonic [more info]

12 April 2026, 14:00, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Nobuaki Nakata –conductor, The New Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo

12 April 2026, 15:00, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

Gargantua Music Festival 2026

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

Natsuki Horita –piano, Erika Kiko –conductor, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa

12 April 2026, 15:00, Yamagata Terrsa (Yamagata, Japan)

• Richard Dubugnon: Concerto Héroïque for alto saxophone and orchestra (Faber Music)
• Toshio Hosokawa: Sakura (Kirschblüte) for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Kohei Ueno –alto saxophone, Kentaro Kawase –conductor, Yamagata Symphony Orchestra [more info]

12 April 2026, 14:00, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (Kansas City, U.S.)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra "Im Nebel" (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Julian Kaplan –trumpet, Matthias Pintscher –conductor, Kansas City Symphony [more info]

12 April 2026, 13:00, Showa Academia Musicae (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch II – In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Hikari Sahara –piano

16 April 2026, 19:00, Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance THE PHOENIX HALL (Osaka, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Between Tides for violin, violoncello and piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Krzysztof Polonek –violin, Olaf Maninger –violoncello, Ohad Ben-Ari –piano

17 April 2026, 18:00, New National Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

• Alban Berg: Lulu – Opera in 2 acts (1927-1935) – including ‘Variations and Adagio’ (Universal Edition)

Akiko Tomihira –soprano, Hitomi Kawai, Akiko Goke –mezzo soprano, Shigeki Mine –bass, etc., Oscar Jockel –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

17 April 2026, 19:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

Spring Festival in Tokyo 2026

• Toru Takemitsu: Between Tides for violin, violoncello and piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Krzysztof Polonek –violin, Olaf Maninger –violoncello, Ohad Ben-Ari –piano [more info]

17 April 2026, 20:00, Tuttlinger Hallen (Tuttlingen, Germany)

• Toru Takemitsu: Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Douglas Bostock –conductor, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim [more info]

18 April 2026, 14:00, Festival Hall (Osaka, Japan)

Osaka International Festival 2026

• Béla Bartók: Tanz-Suite (Universal Edition)

Daichi Deguchi –conductor, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra

18 April 2026, 15:00, Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall [Hiroshimashi Bunka Koryu Kaikan] (Hiroshima, Japan)

• Arnold Bax: Symphony No. 6 (Faber Music)

Joshua Tan –conductor, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra [more info]

18 April 2026, 14:00, New National Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

• Alban Berg: Lulu – Opera in 2 acts (1927-1935) – including ‘Variations and Adagio’ (Universal Edition)

Ena Miyachi –soprano, Yuki Toyoshima, Atsuko Mochida –mezzo soprano, Shigeki Mine –bass, etc., Oscar Jockel –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

18 April 2026, 15:00, ACROS Fukuoka (Fukuoka, Japan)

• Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto (Boosey & Hawkes)

Seiji Okamoto –violin, Gen Ohta –conductor, Kyushu Symphony Orchestra [more info]

18 April 2026, 14:00, Festival Hall (Osaka, Japan)

Osaka International Festival 2026

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

Sachio Fujioka –conductor, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra

18 April 2026, 18:00, Tokyo Electron Hall Miyagi (Miyagi, Japan)

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

Erika Kiko –conductor, Sendai New Philharmonic Orchestra

18 April 2026, 14:00, Nerima Culture Center (Tokyo, Japan)

• Paul Hindemith/Keith Wilson: Symphonic Metamorphosis – on themes by Carl Maria von Weber (Schott Music [Mainz])

Masao Ando –conductor, TOKYO MUSE SYMPHONIC BAND

18 April 2026, 20:00, Hong Kong City Hall (Hong Kong, China)

• Toru Takemitsu: Nami no Bon for orchestra [National Premiere] (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Christoph Poppen –conductor, Hong Kong Sinfonietta [more info]

18 April 2026, 14:30, Monash University Clayton Campus (Melbourne, Australia)

• Toru Takemitsu: Ran, Suite for orchestra (STUDIOCANAL)

Erkki Veltheim –conductor, Monash Academy Orchestra [more info]

19 April 2026, 15:00, Fukuyama Arts and Culture Hall Reed & Rose (Hiroshima, Japan)

• Arnold Bax: Symphony No. 6 (Faber Music)

Joshua Tan –conductor, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

19 April 2026, 14:00, New National Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

• Alban Berg: Lulu – Opera in 2 acts (1927-1935) – including ‘Variations and Adagio’ (Universal Edition)

Akiko Tomihira –soprano, Hitomi Kawai, Akiko Goke –mezzo soprano, Shigeki Mine –bass, etc., Oscar Jockel –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

19 April 2026, 12:00, Gemeinde Pax Christi Krefeld (Krefeld, Germany)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Im Nebel for trumpet and piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Studio Musikfabrik [more info]

19 April 2026, 13:30, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: A String Around Autumn for viola and orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Meguna Naka –viola, Kinya Fujita –conductor, Klangrede

22 April 2026, 20:15, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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

Elim Chan –conductor, Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest [more info]

22 April 2026, 14:00, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi, Japan)

• Max Steiner/Frank Campbell-Watson: Tara – from the film 'Gone With the Wind' (Faber Music)

Daisuke Nagamine –conductor, Aichi Chamber Orchestra

23 April 2026, 20:15, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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

Elim Chan –conductor, Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest [more info]

23 April 2026, 18:45, Menicon ANNEX (Aichi, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: A Bird came down the Walk for viola accompanied by piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Tamaki Asano –viola, Ryu Matsuda –piano

24 April 2026, 19:00, NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes – from Peter Grimes (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Serge Prokofieff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Kyohei Sorita –piano, Tatsuya Shimono –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra [more info]

24 April 2026, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Serge Prokofieff: Symphony No. 4 in C (first version) (Boosey & Hawkes)

Kirill Karabits –conductor, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra [more info]

24 April 2026, 19:00, Miyagino Ward Cultural Center (Miyagi, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Entre-temps for oboe and string quartet (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Kiyohiro Nishizawa –oboe, Yuka Nishino –violin, Miyu Kitsuwa –violin, Daisuke Inobe –viola, Yosuke Kaneko –violoncello

24 April 2026, 20:00, Musikverein (Vienna, Austria)

• Toru Takemitsu: Toward the Sea II for alto flute, harp and string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Stefan Tomaschitz –alto flute, Volker Kempf –harp, Petr Popelka –conductor, Vienna Symphony Orchestra [more info]

25 April 2026, 14:00, NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes – from Peter Grimes (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Serge Prokofieff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Kyohei Sorita –piano, Tatsuya Shimono –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra [more info]

25 April 2026, 17:30, Hikifune Culture Center (Tokyo, Japan)

• Ikuma Dan: Yuzuru (Boosey & Hawkes)

Mariko Yumita –soprano, Ryoji Inoue –tenor, Masato Inoue –baritone, Taro Shimose –bass, Hideo Tamakawa –conductor, Sumida Opera Orchestra, Sumida Children's Chorus

25 April 2026, 15:00, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Frederick Delius/Thomas Beecham: The Walk to the Paradise Garden – from A Village Romeo and Juliet (Boosey & Hawkes)

Tadaaki Otaka –conductor, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

25 April 2026, 16:00, Takasaki City Theatre (Gunma, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: In the Forest for chamber orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Leoš Janácek/Charles Mackerras: Suite aus der Oper "Das schlaue Füchslein" (Universal Edition)

Oscar Jockel –conductor, Gunma Symphony Orchestra [more info]

25 April 2026, 14:00, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

• Peter Sculthorpe: Kakadu for orchestra (Faber Music)
• Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 2 Op. 61, Dz. 6 – (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne)

Moné Hattori –violin, Norichika Iimori –conductor, Pacific Philharmonia Tokyo

25 April 2026, 20:00, Hong Kong City Hall (Hong Kong, China)

• Toru Takemitsu: Fantasma/Cantos II for trombone and orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Frederic Belli –trombone, Yip Wing-sie –conductor, Hong Kong Sinfonietta [more info]

25 April 2026, 15:00, Kyoto Prefectural Guest House (ALTI) (Kyoto, Japan)

• 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: Piano Pieces for Children for piano (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])
• Toru Takemitsu: Romance for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Madoka Fukami –piano

25 April 2026, 22:00, Pinakothek der Moderne (München, Germany)

• Toru Takemitsu: Nostalghia – In Memory of Andrei Tarkovskij for violin and string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Liza Ferschtman –violin, Bas Wiegers –conductor, Münchener Kammerorchester [more info]

25 April 2026, 16:30, Biwako Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Shiga (Shiga, Japan)

Biwako Spring 2026

• Toru Takemitsu: Small Sky – from "Songs" for mixed chorus (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Rikuya Terashima –conductor, Biwako Hall Vocal Ensemble

26 April 2026, 14:00, Hikifune Culture Center (Tokyo, Japan)

• Ikuma Dan: Yuzuru (Boosey & Hawkes)

Hiroko Tanaka –soprano, Kazuaki Sato –tenor, Fumihiko Shimura –baritone, Yuki Washio –bass, Hideo Tamakawa –conductor, Sumida Opera Orchestra, Sumida Children's Chorus

28 April 2026, 20:00, Palais de la Musique et des Congrès (Strasbourg, France)

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

Aziz Shokhakimov –conductor, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg [more info]

29 April 2026, 19:30, Esplanade Theatres on the bay (Singapore)

• Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes – from Peter Grimes (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Serge Prokofieff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Kyohei Sorita –piano, Tatsuya Shimono –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra [more info]

29 April 2026, 20:00, Palais de la Musique et des Congrès (Strasbourg, France)

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

Aziz Shokhakimov –conductor, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg [more info]

29 April 2026, 14:00, The Symphony Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 4 [Editor : Erwin Ratz] *¹ (Universal Edition)
• Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Konzert "Nobody knows de trouble I see" (Schott Music [Mainz])

Hayato Kodama –trumpet, Miku Yasukawa*¹ –soprano, Sachio Fujioka –conductor, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra

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

• Joe Hisaishi: Saka no ue no Kumo for orchestra (Wonder City Inc.)

Masahiko Enkoji –conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra [more info]