Performance List

1 March 2025, 15:00, Sakata Civic Hall (Yamagata, Japan)

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

Miyuji Kaneko –piano, Junichi Hirokami –conductor, Yamagata Symphony Orchestra

1 March 2025, 15:00, Tohoku University Centennial Hall (Miyagi, Japan)

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

Nobuyuki Sawano –conductor, JGSDF North Eastern Army Band

1 March 2025, 14:00, Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater (Aichi, Japan)

• Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Concerto funebre for solo-violin and string orchestra (Schott Music [Mainz])
• Toshio Hosokawa: Meditation – to the Victims of Tsunami 3.11 for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Shion Minami –violin, Alexander Liebreich –conductor, Aichi Chamber Orchestra

1 March 2025, 14:00, Nerima Culture Center (Tokyo, Japan)

• Joe Hisaishi: Runner of the Spirit (Wonder City Inc.)

Akihiro Nakafukushima –conductor, JGSDF 1st Army Band

1 March 2025, 19:30, Apollo-Theater (Siegen, Germany)

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

Markus Huber –conductor, Philharmonie Südwestfalen [more info]

1 March 2025, 14:00, Biwako Hall (Shiga, Japan)

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (Schott Music [Mainz])

Mari Moriya –soprano, Hisako Yagi, Tokiko Mori –mezzo soprano, Aya Funakoshi –alto, Tetsutaro Shimizu –tenor, Yuki Kuroda –baritone, etc., Tetsuro Ban –conductor, City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Biwako Hall Vocal Ensemble, Otsu Children's Choir [more info]

1 March 2025, 14:00, Bunkyo Civic Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Frederick Loewe/Alexander Courage: Overture from My Fair Lady (film) (Faber Music)

Yosuke Funabashi –conductor, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

1 March 2025, 19:30, Maly Koncert (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: All That the Man Left Behind When He Died – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: In the Month of March – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Small Sky – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: To the Island – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Seiichi Kamimura –countertenor, Masafumi Tanaka –baritone, Misaki Anno –piano

2 March 2025, 18:00, Philharmonie de Paris (Paris, France)

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

Barbara Dragan –conductor, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine [more info]

2 March 2025, 14:00, Biwako Hall (Shiga, Japan)

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (Schott Music [Mainz])

Mihoko Kinoshita, Kanna Ogawa –soprano, Makiko Yamashita –mezzo soprano, Yasuhiro Yamamoto –tenor, Hibiki Ikeuchi –baritone, etc., Tetsuro Ban –conductor, City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Biwako Hall Vocal Ensemble, Otsu Children's Choir [more info]

2 March 2025, 14:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: 1. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Myung-Whun Chung –conductor, KBS Symphony Orchestra & Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Joint orchestra [more info]

2 March 2025, 14:00, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

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

Minami Matsubara –soprano, Shota Kago –tenor, Hirotaka Yui –baritone, Satoshi Kawasaki –conductor, Orchestra baltic, Choir baltic, Ikeda Junior Chorus

2 March 2025, 14:30, Soai University (Osaka, Japan)

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

Masahiko Enkoji –conductor, Soai Orchestra

2 March 2025, 11:00, Salle culturelle Les Arlucs (Cannes, France)

• Toru Takemitsu: How slow the Wind for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Karel Deseure –conductor, Orchestre national de Cannes [more info]

3 March 2025, 20:00, Philharmonie de Paris (Paris, France)

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

Barbara Dragan –conductor, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine [more info]

3 March 2025, 19:30, Apollo-Theater (Siegen, Germany)

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

Markus Huber –conductor, Philharmonie Südwestfalen [more info]

3 March 2025, 19:30, LOTTE Concert Hall (Seoul, Korea)

• Gustav Mahler: 1. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Myung-Whun Chung –conductor, KBS Symphony Orchestra & Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Joint orchestra [more info]

4 March 2025, 18:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Aaron Copland: Clarinet Concerto (Boosey & Hawkes)

Takashi Haruta –clarinet, Kosuke Tsunoda –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

4 March 2025, 19:30, Apollo-Theater (Siegen, Germany)

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

Markus Huber –conductor, Philharmonie Südwestfalen [more info]

4 March 2025, 19:00, FUKUOKA Health Promotion Center (Fukuoka, Japan)

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

Toru Kaku –baritone, Bito Makiko –piano

5 March 2025, 19:00, Nippori Sunny Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: All Alone – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: The Game of Love – from Songs (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Taichiro Hirano –tenor, Sana Fujimori –piano

7 March 2025, 14:00, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi, Japan)

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

Norichika Iimori –conductor, Chubu Philharmonic Orchestra

7 March 2025, 19:30, Apollo-Theater (Siegen, Germany)

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

Markus Huber –conductor, Philharmonie Südwestfalen [more info]

7 March 2025, 15:00, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Horn Concerto – Moment of Blossoming (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Stefan Dohr –horn, Kentaro Kawase –conductor, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

7 March 2025, 19:30, Heinz Hall (Pittsburgh, U.S.)

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

Elim Chan –conductor, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra [more info]

7 March 2025, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Tamayo Yoshida –soprano, Kasumi Shimizu –mezzo soprano, Kahchun Wong –conductor, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo College of Music Chorus [more info]

7 March 2025, 13:00, Grainger Studio (Adelaide, Australia)

• Toru Takemitsu: How slow the Wind for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

David Sharp –conductor, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra [more info]

8 March 2025, 14:00, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Boosey & Hawkes)

MINAMI –violin, Daniel Raiskin –conductor, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

8 March 2025, 15:00, Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall [Hiroshimashi Bunka Koryu Kaikan] (Hiroshima, Japan)

• George Gershwin: Cuban Overture (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody for solo piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin: Strike Up the Band Overture (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin/Russell Robert Bennett: Symphonic Picture – from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Wayne Marshall –piano, conductor, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra [more info]

8 March 2025, 14:00, Suncity Hall (Saitama, Japan)

• Atsuhiko Gondai: Klageglocken for piano [World Premiere]

Michie Koyama –piano

8 March 2025, 19:30, Apollo-Theater (Siegen, Germany)

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

Markus Huber –conductor, Philharmonie Südwestfalen [more info]

8 March 2025, 15:00, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Horn Concerto – Moment of Blossoming (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Stefan Dohr –horn, Kentaro Kawase –conductor, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

8 March 2025, 14:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Tamayo Yoshida –soprano, Kasumi Shimizu –mezzo soprano, Kahchun Wong –conductor, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo College of Music Chorus [more info]

8 March 2025, 14:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: 9. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Kazuyoshi Tanaka –conductor, Jugend Philharmoniker [more info]

8 March 2025, 14:00, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

• Serge Prokofieff: Classical Symphony (Boosey & Hawkes)

Nodoka Okisawa –conductor, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa [more info]

8 March 2025, 10:00, Grainger Studio (Adelaide, Australia)

• Toru Takemitsu: How slow the Wind for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

David Sharp –conductor, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra [more info]

9 March 2025, 14:00, Reed＆Rose [Fukuyama Hall of Art & Culture] (Hiroshima, Japan)

• George Gershwin: Cuban Overture (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody for solo piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin: Strike Up the Band Overture (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin/Russell Robert Bennett: Symphonic Picture – from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Wayne Marshall –piano, conductor, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

9 March 2025, 15:00, Bunkamura Orchard Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis – on themes by Carl Maria von Weber (Schott Music [Mainz])
• Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947) *¹ (Boosey & Hawkes)

Ryoma Takagi*¹ –piano, Kensho Watanabe –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

9 March 2025, 15:00, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Horn Concerto – Moment of Blossoming (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Stefan Dohr –horn, Kentaro Kawase –conductor, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

9 March 2025, 11:00, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Landscape II for harp and string quartet (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Lena-Maria Buchberger –harp, Kizuna-Quartett [more info]

9 March 2025, 14:00, Itami Aiphonic Hall (Hyogo, Japan)

• Toshi Ichiyanagi: Scenes of Poem I for mixed chorus and violoncello (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Madoka Yoshida –violoncello, Shigeki Nishioka –conductor, Choir Group Connecting to the Future

9 March 2025, 14:30, Heinz Hall (Pittsburgh, U.S.)

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

Elim Chan –conductor, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra [more info]

9 March 2025, 14:00, Biwako Hall (Shiga, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Universal Edition)

Sayaka Shigeshima –mezzo soprano, Naoki Miyasato –tenor, Ryusuke Numajiri –conductor, City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra [more info]

9 March 2025, 14:00, Sunport Hall Takamatsu (Kagawa, Japan)

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

Keiko Mitsuhashi –conductor, Seto Philharmonic Orchestra

11 March 2025, 14:00, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Frederic Chopin/Ekier, Jan & Kamiński, Paweł: Piano Concerto in E minor Op. 11 (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne)

Michie Koyama –piano, Ryusuke Numajiri –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

12 March 2025, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Alban Berg: Wozzeck Concert Version (Universal Edition)

Allison Oakes –soprano, Benjamin Bruns, Tatsundo Ito, Jörg Schneider –tenor, Sir Simon Keenlyside –baritone, Falk Struckmann –bass, etc., Sebastian Weigle –conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, New National Theatre Chorus, TOKYO FM Boys Choir [more info]

12 March 2025, 19:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis – on themes by Carl Maria von Weber (Schott Music [Mainz])
• Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947) *¹ (Boosey & Hawkes)

Ryoma Takagi*¹ –piano, Kensho Watanabe –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

12 March 2025, 19:00, Musicasa (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Sen VI for percussion (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Kosuke Matsuda –percussion

13 March 2025, 19:00, Square Ebara (Tokyo, Japan)

• Jean Françaix: Onze Variations sur un thème de Haydn (Schott Music [Mainz])
• Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite (Boosey & Hawkes)

Masato Miyagawa –conductor, musica AKTANA

13 March 2025, 18:00, Røros Kirke (Røros, Norway)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Blossoming II for orchestra [National Premiere] (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Patrik Ringborg –conductor, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra [more info]

14 March 2025, 18:45, Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater (Aichi, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes – from On the Town (Boosey & Hawkes)
• George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody for solo piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin/Russell Robert Bennett: Symphonic Picture – from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin Music)

Wayne Marshall –piano, conductor, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

14 March 2025, 19:30, Kyoto Concert Hall (Kyoto, Japan)

• Unsuk Chin: subito con forza [National Premiere] (Boosey & Hawkes)

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

14 March 2025, 19:00, New National Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

• Carl Czerny/Knudåge Riisager: Etudes ^† (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel Ballett (1910/1995) – Critical revised version by Herbert Schneider ^† (Schott Music [Mainz])

Martin Yates –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, The National Ballet of Japan [more info]

14 March 2025, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis – on themes by Carl Maria von Weber (Schott Music [Mainz])
• Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947) *¹ (Boosey & Hawkes)

Ryoma Takagi*¹ –piano, Kensho Watanabe –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

14 March 2025, 19:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

• Jörg Widmann: Horn Concerto [National Premiere] (Schott Music [Mainz])

Stefan Dohr –horn, Kazushi Ono –conductor, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra [more info]

15 March 2025, 18:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Alban Berg: Wozzeck Concert Version (Universal Edition)

Allison Oakes –soprano, Benjamin Bruns, Tatsundo Ito, Jörg Schneider –tenor, Sir Simon Keenlyside –baritone, Falk Struckmann –bass, etc., Sebastian Weigle –conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, TOKYO FM Boys Choir, New National Theatre Chorus [more info]

15 March 2025, 16:00, Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater (Aichi, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes – from On the Town (Boosey & Hawkes)
• George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody for solo piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)
• George Gershwin/Russell Robert Bennett: Symphonic Picture – from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin Music)

Wayne Marshall –piano, conductor, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

15 March 2025, 14:00, New National Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

• Carl Czerny/Knudåge Riisager: Etudes ^† (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel Ballett (1910/1995) – Critical revised version by Herbert Schneider ^† (Schott Music [Mainz])

Martin Yates –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, The National Ballet of Japan [more info]

15 March 2025, 18:30, New National Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

• Carl Czerny/Knudåge Riisager: Etudes ^† (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel Ballett (1910/1995) – Critical revised version by Herbert Schneider ^† (Schott Music [Mainz])

Martin Yates –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, The National Ballet of Japan [more info]

15 March 2025, 18:00, Rantokaku Art Museum (Hiroshima, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Lied III for violoncello and piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Ayano Kamimura –violoncello, Saori Oya –piano

15 March 2025, 14:00, Yamanashi Prefectural Citizen's Culture Hall (Yamanashi, Japan)

• Leoš Janácek/Jiří Zahrádka: Sinfonietta (Universal Edition)

Arata Hiraide –conductor, Orchestre de Chateau Mégère

15 March 2025, 17:30, Salamanca Hall (Gifu, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 4 [Editor : Erwin Ratz] (Universal Edition)

Mari Moriya –soprano, Junichi Hirokami –conductor, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra

15 March 2025, 16:00, Setagaya Kumin Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Andrea Battistoni –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

16 March 2025, 14:00, New National Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

• Carl Czerny/Knudåge Riisager: Etudes ^† (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel Ballett (1910/1995) – Critical revised version by Herbert Schneider ^† (Schott Music [Mainz])

Martin Yates –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, The National Ballet of Japan [more info]

16 March 2025, 15:00, Hachijoumachi Multi-purpose Hall Ojare (Tokyo, Japan)

• Ikuma Dan: Yuzuru (Boosey & Hawkes)

Emi Sawahata –soprano, Tatsuya Higuchi –tenor, Ryohei Izumi, Kodai Niga –baritone, etc., Toshiaki Murakami –conductor, Toho Gakuen College of Music Orchestra, Hachijou 'Yuzuru' Boys and Girls Choir

16 March 2025, 14:00, Sapporo City Lifelong Learning Center (Hokkaido, Japan)

• Astor Piazzolla/Leonid Desyatnikov: The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires for solo violin and string orchestra (Faber Music)

Akiko Okabe –violin, Ars Chamber Ensemble

16 March 2025, 14:00, Nerima Culture Center (Tokyo, Japan)

• Johann Strauss II/Michael Rot: Im Krapfenwald'l – Polka française für Orchester (Strauss Edition Wien)

Yasuhiro Komori –conductor, Nerima Symphony Orchestra [more info]

16 March 2025, 14:30, National Taichung Theater (Taichung, Taiwan)

• Toru Takemitsu: And then I knew ’twas Wind for flute, viola and harp (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Hui-Mei CHEN –flute, Naoko Tomizawa –viola, Shu-Hsin CHEN –harp [more info]

17 March 2025, 19:00, NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Shinya Kiyozuka –piano, Ryusuke Numajiri –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

19 March 2025, 18:45, Denki Bunka Kaikan (Aichi, Japan)

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

Makiko Suzumura –piano

19 March 2025, 19:30, Musicasa (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Hibiki Ikeuchi –baritone, Yuki Mihara –piano

19 March 2025, 19:00, National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo, Japan)

Spring Festival in Tokyo 2025

• Toru Takemitsu: Toward the Sea III for alto flute and harp (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Ai Takeyama –alto flute, Rino Kageyama –harp [more info]

20 March 2025, 14:00, Wako Shimin Bunka Center Sun Azalea (Saitama, Japan)

• Keiko Abe: Marimba d'amore for marimba solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Shunsuke Onodera –marimba

20 March 2025, 16:30, Sagamihara Shimin Kaikan (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Malcolm Arnold: Peterloo Overture (Faber Music)

Takuo Aizawa –conductor, Yokohama City Orchestra, Kanagawa University High School Symphony Orchestra

20 March 2025, 15:00, ACROS Fukuoka (Fukuoka, Japan)

• Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (Boosey & Hawkes)

ACROS String Ensemble [more info]

20 March 2025, 14:00, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Toshi Ichiyanagi: "Coexistence" for Orchestra – (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Giovanni Sollima: Terra con Variazioni per violoncello e orchestra [National Premiere] *¹ (Casa Musicale Sonzogno)
• Giovanni Sollima: Violoncelles, vibrez! per 2 violoncelli e orchestra d'archi (Casa Musicale Sonzogno)

Giovanni Sollima*¹, Mari Endo –violoncello, Masato Suzuki –conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra [more info]

20 March 2025, 14:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Konzert D-Dur für Violine und Orchester (Schott Music [Mainz])
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances (Boosey & Hawkes)

Benjamin Beilman –violin, Killian Farrell –conductor, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra [more info]

20 March 2025, 16:00, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi, Japan)

• Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum [National Premiere] (Faber Music)

Mihoko Kinoshita –soprano, Daichi Deguchi –conductor, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Green Echo, Nagoya Children’s Choir

20 March 2025, 15:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

Spring Festival in Tokyo 2025

• Igor Stravinsky: Apollon musagète (Boosey & Hawkes)

Tokyo-HARUSAI Chamber Orchestra [more info]

20 March 2025, 14:00, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi, Japan)

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

Yuko Tanaka –conductor, Theater Orchestra Tokyo

22 March 2025, 17:00, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Leonard Bernstein: from Concert Suite No. 1 - West Side Story for soprano and tenor soloists and orchestra *¹ (Boosey & Hawkes)

Sylvia Grab*¹ –mezzo soprano, Tomohiko Nakai*¹ –tenor, Ryusuke Numajiri –conductor, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra

22 March 2025, 15:00, Yodobashi Church (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Vertical Song for flute (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Joji Yuasa: Projection for Tenor Recorder – (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Yoshie Ueno –flute, Toshiya Suzuki –tenor recorder

22 March 2025, 14:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toshi Ichiyanagi: "Coexistence" for Orchestra – (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Giovanni Sollima: Terra con Variazioni per violoncello e orchestra *¹ (Casa Musicale Sonzogno)
• Giovanni Sollima: Violoncelles, vibrez! per 2 violoncelli e orchestra d'archi (Casa Musicale Sonzogno)

Giovanni Sollima*¹, Mari Endo –violoncello, Masato Suzuki –conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra [more info]

22 March 2025, 15:00, Soma Shimin Kaikan (Fukushima, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: from Family Tree - Musical Verses for Young People for narrator and orchestra *¹ (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: from Nami no Bon for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: from Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu/Yasushi Akutagawa: from Alone on the Pacific, Suite for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Nahoko Tazoe*¹ –narrator, Yusuke Kimoto –conductor, Soma children Orchestra

23 March 2025, 15:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

Spring Festival in Tokyo 2025

• J. S. Bach/Józef Koffler: Goldberg Variations for small orchestra (Ars-Viva-Verlag)

Trevor Pinnock –conductor, Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo [more info]

23 March 2025, 14:00, Mitaka City Arts Center (Tokyo, Japan)

• Benjamin Britten: Sinfonietta (1932, arr.1936) for small orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Karl Naito –conductor, Mitaka Junior Orchestra

23 March 2025, 19:00, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite for 13 instruments (Boosey & Hawkes)

Gen Iwamoto –conductor, World of the Keihin Tohoku Line

23 March 2025, 14:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toshi Ichiyanagi: "Coexistence" for Orchestra – (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Giovanni Sollima: Terra con Variazioni per violoncello e orchestra *¹ (Casa Musicale Sonzogno)
• Giovanni Sollima: Violoncelles, vibrez! per 2 violoncelli e orchestra d'archi (Casa Musicale Sonzogno)

Giovanni Sollima*¹, Mari Endo –violoncello, Masato Suzuki –conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra [more info]

23 March 2025, 14:00, Kioi Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Mami Nishio –piano, Yutaka Wakamiya –conductor, Tokyo 21c Philharmonic

23 March 2025, 16:00, Nago City Hall (Okinawa, Japan)

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

Noel Billingsley –guitar, Naoto Otomo –conductor, Ryukyu Symphony Orchestra

23 March 2025, 14:00, Hitachi Systems Hall Sendai [Sendai-shi Seinen Bunka Center] (Miyagi, Japan)

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

Ken Takaseki –conductor, Sendai Junior Orchestra

24 March 2025, 18:30, Kioi Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• George Gershwin/William Schoenfeld: I Got Rhythm Variations – from Girl Crazy for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Ryota Kikuchi –piano, Mirai Abe –conductor, New Japan Philharmonic

25 March 2025, 19:00, Tsurumi Salvia Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Blossoming for string quartet (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toshi Ichiyanagi: String Quartet No. 3 "Inner Landscape" (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: A Way a Lone for string quartet (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Quartet Excelsior

26 March 2025, 13:00, Sumida Triphony Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Jacques Offenbach: from La Belle Hélène (OEK critical edition) (Bote & Bock)

Toshimichi Suzuki –conductor, Narita Music Club

27 March 2025, 19:00, Tokyo Concerts Lab. (Tokyo, Japan)

• Atsuhiko Gondai: Mute Song for guitar [World Premiere]

Koki Fujimoto –guitar

27 March 2025, 19:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Circus Polka (Schott Music [Mainz])
• Igor Stravinsky: Concerto en Ré for violin and orchestra (Schott Music [Mainz])

Seiji Okamoto –violin, Daichi Deguchi –conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra

28 March 2025, 19:30, Palau de la Musica (Valencia, Spain)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Futari Shizuka – The Maiden from the Sea Opera in One Act (1 Scene) [National Premiere] (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toshio Hosokawa: Meditation – to the Victims of Tsunami 3.11 for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Archipelago S. for 21 players (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Christina Daletska –soprano, Ryoko Aoki –noh singer, Alexander Liebreich –conductor, Orquesta de València [more info]

29 March 2025, 15:00, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Atsuhiko Gondai: Yokohama Testaments for organ

Mitsune Uchida –organ

29 March 2025, 14:00, Sogakudo of the Former Tokyo Music School (Tokyo, Japan)

Spring Festival in Tokyo 2025

• Toshio Hosokawa: Sakura for marimba (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Noriko Tsukagoshi –marimba [more info]

29 March 2025, 14:00, Tatebayashi Culture Hall (Gunma, Japan)

• Fritz Kreisler/René Staar: Liebesfreud for violin solo and string orchestra (Schott Music [Mainz])

Ai Okumura –violin, Norichika Iimori –conductor, Gunma Symphony Orchestra [more info]

29 March 2025, 14:00, Mizkie Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Lars-Erik Larsson: Concertino for Trombone and String Orchestra (Gehrmans Musikförlag)

Hiroyuki Odagiri –trombone, Mizkie Chamber Orchestra

29 March 2025, 15:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Family Tree – Musical Verses for Young People for narrator and orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Yuri Inoue –narrator, Ryusuke Numajiri –conductor, Ongaku Daigaku Festival Orchestra [more info]

30 March 2025, 14:00, iichiko Culture Center (Oita, Japan)

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

Kenji Maeda –piano, Erika Kiko –conductor, iichiko Grand Theater Junior Orchestra

30 March 2025, 14:00, ROHM Theater Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)

• Engelbert Humperdinck: from Hänsel und Gretel (Schott Music [Mainz])

Aya Funakoshi, Noriko Wakisaka –soprano, Tadatoshi Mukai –baritone, Keita Matsui –conductor, City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Kyoto Junior Chorus [more info]

30 March 2025, 11:20, Tokyo University of the Arts Sogakudo (Tokyo, Japan)

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: from Konzert D-Dur für Violine und Orchester (Schott Music [Mainz])

Rinka Aoki –violin, Toshiaki Umeda –conductor, The Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra, Tokyo

30 March 2025, 15:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Eri Sawae –soprano, John Ken Nuzzo –tenor, Toru Onuma –baritone, Keiji Ajisaka –conductor, aile orchestra

30 March 2025, 14:00, Kanagawa Art Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Yuta Kobayashi –conductor, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra

30 March 2025, 14:30, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

• Toru Takemitsu: And then I knew ’twas Wind for flute, viola and harp (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Hui-Mei CHEN –flute, Naoko Tomizawa –viola, Shu-Hsin CHEN –harp [more info]

30 March 2025, 13:30, Kyoto Concert Hall (Kyoto, Japan)

• Joji Yuasa: An Elegy for Mandoline Orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Yasunobu Inoue –conductor, ARTE MANDOLINISTICA