Performance List

1 November 2024, 19:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• George Gershwin: Concerto in F (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody for solo piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin/William Schoenfeld: I Got Rhythm Variations – from Girl Crazy for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Ryota Kikuchi –piano, Kazuki Wada –conductor, Tacticart Orchestra [more info]

1 November 2024, 19:00, Tokyo Concerts Lab. (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Vertical Song for flute (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Lotta Wennäkoski: Foliage for cello and piano [World Premiere] (Fennica Gehrman)

Shino Saito –flute, Mano Shimojima –violoncello, Itaru Ogawa –piano [more info]

1 November 2024, 13:00, Hallé St Peter's (Manchester, U.K.)

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

Virginia Shaw –oboe, members of The Halle Orchestra [more info]

2 November 2024, 11:00, Hoku Topia (Tokyo, Japan)

• Aaron Copland: from Lincoln Portrait (Boosey & Hawkes)

Shinsuke Tajiri –conductor, Tokyo University of Arts Students and Volunteer Graduates Orchestra

2 November 2024, 14:00, Hoku Topia (Tokyo, Japan)

• Aaron Copland: from Lincoln Portrait (Boosey & Hawkes)

Shinsuke Tajiri –conductor, Tokyo University of Arts Students and Volunteer Graduates Orchestra

2 November 2024, 14:00, Kamakura Performing Arts Center (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: 9. Symphonie (Universal Edition)
• Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs *¹ (Boosey & Hawkes)

Akiko Tomihira*¹ –soprano, Kyohei Tomihira –conductor, Kamakura Symphony Orchestra

2 November 2024, 14:00, Suncity Hall (Saitama, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: All That the Man Left Behind When He Died – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Kei Fukui –tenor, Etsuko Taniike –piano

3 November 2024, 14:00, Act City Hamamatsu (Shizuoka, Japan)

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

Kotaro Kato –conductor, Hamamatsu Youth Wind Orchestra

3 November 2024, 14:00, The College Operahouse (Osaka, Japan)

• Joseph Haydn: Lo Speziale – Dramma giocoso in 3 Akten (Universal Edition)

Satomi Naitou, Hitomi Muraoka –soprano, Kunihito Kiyohara, Masataka Nakagawa –tenor, Kunihiko Makimura –conductor, The College Operahouse Orchestra

3 November 2024, 13:30, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara (Hokkaido, Japan)

• Johann Strauss II/Michael Rot: Newa Polka (Strauss Edition Wien)

Shigeo Genda –conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

4 November 2024, 14:00, Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo, Japan)

• Ferdinand David: Concertino in E flat for trombone and orchestra (Musikverlag Zimmermann)

Honami Kurahashi –trombone, Takashi Fukuda –conductor, Kunitachi College of Music S Orchestra

4 November 2024, 15:00, Yamatotakada City Cultural Hall (Nara, Japan)

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

Takuma Ishii –piano, Takeshi Ooi –conductor, Osaka Symphony Orchestra

4 November 2024, 15:00, Kanagawa Prefectural Music Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Osamu Kawakami: Eight Seasons of Octocorallia for harp and string ensemble [World Premiere] *¹ (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: And then I knew ’twas Wind for flute, viola and harp *² (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Small Sky – from Songs *³ (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Miki Nakayama*³ –soprano, Seiya Ueno*² –flute, Meguna Naka*² –viola, Naoko Yoshino*^1.2 –harp, Naoya Otsuka*³ –harpsichord, Kanagawa Prefectural Music Hall 70th Anniversary Ensemble*¹ [more info]

4 November 2024, 15:00, Flügel Saal (Chiba, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: I Just Sing – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Small Sky – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear? – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu/Daisuke Suzuki: Nami no Bon – from Film Scores for guitar solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Tomoko Kiuchi –soprano, Takuya Okamoto –guitar

4 November 2024, 14:00, Torigin Bunka Kaikan (Tottori, Japan)

• Peteris Vasks: Vientuļais eņģelis – Meditation for violin and string orchestra [National Premiere] (Schott Music [Mainz])

Moné Hattori –violin, Tottori Chamber Orchestra

5 November 2024, 19:30, Tonhalle (Zürich, Switzerland)

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

Victor Dijon de Monteton –conductor, Praga Camerata Symphonic Orchestra [more info]

7 November 2024, 19:00, ACROS Fukuoka (Fukuoka, Japan)

• Noriko Koide: Hakata Rhapsody for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

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

7 November 2024, 18:00, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall (London, U.K.)

• Toru Takemitsu: Spirit Garden for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Ben Palmer –conductor, RCM Philharmonic [more info]

7 November 2024, 19:30, Bridgewater Hall (Manchester, U.K.)

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

Olari Elts –conductor, The Halle Orchestra [more info]

8 November 2024, Charlottesville High School (Charlottesville, U.S.)

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

Naima Burrs –conductor, South Central Senior Regional Orchestra

8 November 2024, 17:30, Oslo Konserthus (Oslo, Norway)

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

Nick Davies –conductor, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

8 November 2024, 20:00, Oslo Konserthus (Oslo, Norway)

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

Nick Davies –conductor, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

8 November 2024, 18:00, The College Operahouse (Osaka, Japan)

• Franz Strauss: 1. Konzert for horn and orchestra *¹ (Universal Edition)
• Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto *² (Boosey & Hawkes)

Hibiki Seta*¹ –Horn, Masato Yasumura*² –oboe, Hidehiro Shindori –conductor, The College Operahouse Orchestra

8 November 2024, 19:00, Ushigome Tansu Kumin Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Marina Hirata –piano

9 November 2024, 18:00, NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Francesco Piemontesi –piano, Kazuki Yamada –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra [more info]

9 November 2024, 14:00, Teatro Giglio Showa (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Aaron Copland: Clarinet Concerto (Boosey & Hawkes)

Kota Okano –clarinet, Yasuhiro Komori –conductor, Orchestra del Teatro Giglio Showa

9 November 2024, 14:00, STIMMER SAAL (Shiga, Japan)

• Noriko Koide: Sumika for string quartet [World Premiere] (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Yoshu Kamei, Maiko Matsuoka –violin, Takahiro Yasuda –viola, Seiko Takemoto –violoncello

9 November 2024, 14:00, Kanagawa Prefectural Music Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Serge Prokofieff: Divertimento (Boosey & Hawkes)

Tsubasa Kurihara –conductor, The Seaside Philharmonia [more info]

9 November 2024, 15:00, Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Mass for mixed chorus and double wind quintet (Boosey & Hawkes)

Yoshinao Kihara –conductor, Kunitachi College of Music Students Orchestra, Kunitachi College of Music Students Majoring in Vocal Music

9 November 2024, 13:30, Koriyama City Library (Fukushima, Japan)

• Joji Yuasa: Cosmos Haptic IV for violoncello and piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Joji Yuasa: Viola Locus for viola (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Ayako Tahara –viola, Ayano Kamimura –violoncello, Aki Takahashi –piano

10 November 2024, 14:00, Tokai City Arts Theatre (Aichi, Japan)

• J. S. Bach/Luciano Berio: Contrapunctus 19 – from Die Kunst der Fuge (Universal Edition)
• Franz Schubert/Luciano Berio: Rendering (Universal Edition)
• Toru Takemitsu: Signals from Heaven – Two Antiphonal Fanfares (Schott Music [Tokyo])

John Axelrod –conductor, Aichi Chamber Orchestra

10 November 2024, 14:00, NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Francesco Piemontesi –piano, Kazuki Yamada –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra [more info]

10 November 2024, 14:00, Dai-ichi Seimei Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture (Boosey & Hawkes)
• George Gershwin/Frank Campbell-Watson: An American in Paris (Gershwin Music)

Stephen Takayuki Charette –conductor, Chuo-ku Symphony Orchestra

10 November 2024, 15:00, Sai-no-kuni Saitama Arts Theater (Saitama, Japan)

• Joe Hisaishi: CIRCUS – from Vermeer & Escher for piano trio (Wonder City Inc.)
• Joe Hisaishi: ENCOUNTER – from Vermeer & Escher for piano quintet (Wonder City Inc.)
• Joe Hisaishi: MUSE-UM – from Vermeer & Escher for piano (Wonder City Inc.)
• Joe Hisaishi: SENSE OF THE LIGHT – from Vermeer & Escher for piano quintet (Wonder City Inc.)
• Joe Hisaishi: Shaking Anxiety and Dreamy Globe for 2 marimbas (Wonder City Inc.)
• Joe Hisaishi: VERTICAL LATERAL THINKING – from Vermeer & Escher for piano trio (Wonder City Inc.)

Asuka Hatanaka, Yasuko Miyamoto –marimba, Mayuko Ishigami, Satoshi Morioka –violin, Mari Adachi –viola, Koya Suzuki –violoncello, Kenichi Nakagawa –piano

10 November 2024, 20:30, Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI (Lugano, Switzerland)

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

Kokoro Imagawa –violin, Francesco Angelico –conductor, Ensemble 900 [more info]

10 November 2024, 16:00, Bridgewater Hall (Manchester, U.K.)

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

Olari Elts –conductor, The Halle Orchestra [more info]

10 November 2024, 13:00, Koriyama City Library (Fukushima, Japan)

• Joji Yuasa: Icon on the Source of White Noise –

Sumihisa Arima –electronics

13 November 2024, 19:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 7 (revised version)[Editor : Kubik] (Bote & Bock)

Andrea Battistoni –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

15 November 2024, 20:30, Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

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

Gerard Salonga –conductor, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

16 November 2024, 19:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• J. S. Bach/Anton Webern: Fuga (2. Ricercata) a 6 voci (Universal Edition)

Kanako Abe –conductor, Tokyo Akademische Kapelle [more info]

16 November 2024, 14:00, Marinart (Shizuoka, Japan)

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

Chihiro Yamanaka –piano, Taizo Takemoto –conductor, Mt. Fuji Philharmonic Orchestra

16 November 2024, Ehime Prefectural Convention Hall (Ehime, Japan)

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

Kimihiko Hasegawa –conductor, Ehime Senior High School Philharmonic

16 November 2024, 19:45, Macao Cultural Centre (Macao, China)

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

Lio Kuokman –conductor, Macao Orchestra [more info]

16 November 2024, 20:30, Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

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

Gerard Salonga –conductor, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

16 November 2024, 15:00, Natori-shi Bunka Kaikan (Miyagi, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: All That the Man Left Behind When He Died – from "Songs" for mixed chorus (Schott Music [Tokyo])

The Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo members

16 November 2024, 14:00, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

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

Alina Ibragimova –violin, Cédric Tiberghien –piano [more info]

16 November 2024, 14:00, Dai-ichi Seimei Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Small Sky – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear? – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Wings – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Toru Kaku –baritone, Asahi Matsuoka –piano [more info]

17 November 2024, 14:00, Sun-beam Yanai (Yamaguchi, Japan)

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

Misaki Fujii –piano, Masaru Nakai –conductor, Windmill Philharmonic Orchestra

17 November 2024, 15:00, Bunkamura Orchard Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 7 (revised version)[Editor : Kubik] (Bote & Bock)

Andrea Battistoni –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

17 November 2024, 13:30, Machida Shimin Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Yasuko Furumi –piano, Haruto Imai –conductor, Machida Philharmonic Orchestra

17 November 2024, 15:00, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara (Hokkaido, Japan)

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

Alina Ibragimova –violin, Cédric Tiberghien –piano [more info]

19 November 2024, 19:30, Toppan Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• György Ligeti: Kammerkonzert – für 13 Instrumentalisten (Schott Music [Mainz])
• Iannis Xenakis: Eonta for piano, 2 trumpets and 3 tenor trombones (Boosey & Hawkes)

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

19 November 2024, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 7 (revised version)[Editor : Kubik] (Bote & Bock)

Andrea Battistoni –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

19 November 2024, 19:00, Oji Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Yoshie Tanaka –mezzo soprano, Kayoko Iida –piano

21 November 2024, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in three movements (Schott Music [Mainz])

Dima Slobodeniouk –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra [more info]

21 November 2024, 19:00, Oji Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Alina Ibragimova –violin, Cédric Tiberghien –piano

22 November 2024, 18:30, Teatro Giglio Showa (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Yasufumi Tokito –conductor, Showa Academia Musicae Orchestra

22 November 2024, 19:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Ernest Bloch: Violin Concerto (Boosey & Hawkes)

Yasunao Ishida –violin, Nobuaki Nakata –conductor, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

22 November 2024, 18:45, JMS Aster Plaza (Hiroshima, Japan)

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Klavierkonzert in Cis für die linke Hand allein mit Orchesterbegleitung (Schott Music [Mainz])
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood – Symphonic Suite (Schott Music [Mainz])

Mami Hagiwara –piano, Christian Arming –conductor, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra [more info]

22 November 2024, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in three movements (Schott Music [Mainz])

Dima Slobodeniouk –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra [more info]

23 November 2024, 15:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

College of Music Orchestra Festival

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

Yasufumi Tokito –conductor, Showa Academia Musicae Orchestra [more info]

23 November 2024, 17:00, Lumiere Hall (Osaka, Japan)

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

Takumi Hara –conductor, Giocoso Raid Wind Orchestra

23 November 2024, 14:00, Oji Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toshi Ichiyanagi: Duo Interchange for violin and violoncello

Yosuke Inda –violoncello, Chihiro Inda –violin

23 November 2024, 15:00, Tiara Koto (Tokyo, Japan)

• Serge Prokofieff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Ayako Uehara –piano, Sachio Fujioka –conductor, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

23 November 2024, 11:00, Tokamachi Bunka Hall (Niigata, Japan)

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

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23 November 2024, 14:00, Tokamachi Bunka Hall (Niigata, Japan)

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

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23 November 2024, 13:30, Sunport Hall Takamatsu (Kagawa, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: All That the Man Left Behind When He Died – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Shigeto Shinba –tenor, Sachio Yoshida –piano

23 November 2024, 15:00, Mitaka City Arts Center (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Alina Ibragimova –violin, Cédric Tiberghien –piano

23 November 2024, 16:00, Takasaki City Theatre (Gunma, Japan)

• Richard Wagner/Henk de Vlieger: The Ring – an orchestral adventure (Schott Music [Mainz])

Gen Ohta –conductor, Gunma Symphony Orchestra [more info]

24 November 2024, Hitotsubashi University Kanematsu Auditorium (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Yuki Takai –conductor, Hitotsubashi University Orchestra

24 November 2024, 15:00, Nagoya City Higashi Sports Center (Aichi, Japan)

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

Keita Matsui –conductor, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

24 November 2024, 13:30, Hirakata Performing & Visual Arts Center (Osaka, Japan)

• Paul Hindemith: Symphonie in Es (Schott Music [Mainz])

Ryosuke Asano –conductor, Ensemble Free WEST

24 November 2024, 14:00, Suginami Koukaidou (Tokyo, Japan)

• Joe Hisaishi: Stand Alone – from Saka no Ue no Kumo for voice and orchestra (Wonder City Inc.)

Tomio Yamamoto –conductor, Suginami Philharmonic Orchestra, The Chorus of Momoi Dai-go Elementary School

24 November 2024, 15:00, Izumi Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Toshi Ichiyanagi: Ballade for cello-marimba(or marimba) (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Mutsuko Taneya –marimba

24 November 2024, 14:30, Rune Kodaira (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Takashi Wada –conductor, Kodaira seishounen suisougakudan

24 November 2024, 15:00, Tsuruimura Sonmin Sports Kenkou Zoushin Shisetsu (Hokkaido, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Small Sky – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Wings – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Michiko Hayashi –mezzo soprano, Shota Nakano –piano

26 November 2024, 13:30, Studio Der WPR (Reutlingen, Germany)

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

Thomas Herzog –conductor, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen [more info]

27 November 2024, 18:45, Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall [Hiroshimashi Bunka Koryu Kaikan] (Hiroshima, Japan)

• Bohuslav Martinů: Symphony No. 6 – (Fantaisies symphoniques) (Boosey & Hawkes)

Christian Arming –conductor, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra [more info]

27 November 2024, 17:40, Tokyo College of Music Ikebukuro Campus (Tokyo, Japan)

• David Maslanka: Symphony No. 8 (Carl Fischer)

Tatsuya Shimono –conductor, Tokyo College of Music Wind Music Academy

27 November 2024, 18:30, Hokkoku Shimbun Akabane Hall (Ishikawa, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Concerto in Es "Dumbarton Oaks" for chamber orchestra (Schott Music [Mainz])

Keita Matsui –conductor, Gargan Ensemble

29 November 2024, 19:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Fancy Free (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring for full orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Derrick Inouye –conductor, PACIFIC PHILHARMONIA TOKYO [more info]

29 November 2024, 19:30, Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater (Schwerin, Germany)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Hanjo Opera in one act (6 scenes) (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Anna Cavaliero –soprano, Hanna Larissa Naujoks –mezzo soprano, Martin Gerke –baritone, Aki Schmitt –conductor, The Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin [more info]

29 November 2024, 19:00, Toyosu Cultural Center (Tokyo, Japan)

• Jean Sibelius: Concert Overture [National Premiere] (Fennica Gehrman)

Yuri Nitta –conductor, The 40th anniversary celebration orchestra of Sibelius Society of Japan

30 November 2024, 17:00, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara (Hokkaido, Japan)

• Paul Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher – Konzert nach alten Volksliedern für Bratsche und kleines Orchester (Schott Music [Mainz])

Nils Mönkemeyer –viola, Elias Grandy –conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

30 November 2024, 14:00, The Lutheran Hall (Hokkaido, Japan)

• John Lennon and Paul McCartney/Toru Takemitsu: Yesterday – from 12 Songs for Guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Akira Nakada/Toru Takemitsu: A Song of Early Spring – from 12 Songs for Guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Tamaki Shibuya –guitar

30 November 2024, 18:00, NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Arnold Schönberg: Pelleas und Melisande (Universal Edition)
• Richard Strauss: Das Rosenband (The Rose-Chain) (Universal Edition)
• Richard Strauss: Freundliche Vision (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Richard Strauss: Morgen! – from 4 Lieder (Universal Edition)

Christiane Karg –soprano, Fabio Luisi –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra [more info]

30 November 2024, 13:30, KAWAI Sendai (Miyagi, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: All That the Man Left Behind When He Died – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Shigeto Shinba –tenor, Sachio Yoshida –piano