Performance List

1 October 2025, 14:00, The Symphony Hall (Osaka, Japan)

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

Thibaut Garcia –guitar, Shurihito Matsumoto –conductor, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra

3 October 2025, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Fritz Kreisler/Péter Wolf: Liebesfreud for violin and chamber orchestra (Schott Music [Mainz])

Naoto Sakiya –violin, Junichi Hirokami –conductor, Tacticart Orchestra [more info]

3 October 2025, 19:00, Arcrea HIMEJI (Himeji Culture and Convention Center) (Hyogo, Japan)

Le Pont International Music Festival 2025 Ako ＆ Himeji

• Olli Mustonen: Nonetto II (Schott Music [Mainz])

Daishin Kashimoto –violin, Lise Berthaud –viola, Jean-Guihen Queyras –violoncello, Olivier Thiery –double bass, etc. [more info]

3 October 2025, 19:00, NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

NHK Music Festival 2025

• Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier op. 59 - Suite (Boosey & Hawkes)

Eva Ollikainen –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra [more info]

3 October 2025, 19:00, Oji Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Akiko Watanabe –soprano, Keisuke Tsushima –piano

4 October 2025, 16:00, Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo, Japan)

• Federico Gardella: Improvvisi silenzi di conchiglia for ensemble [National Premiere] (Zerboni)
• Toshio Hosokawa: Regentanz for six percussionists [National Premiere] *¹ (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toshio Hosokawa: The Flood for ensemble [National Premiere] (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Osamu Kawakami: Apolemia for 12 players [World Premiere]

Yoshinao Kihara –conductor, Kunitachi Philharmoniker, Kunitachi College of Music Percussion Ensemble*¹, etc.

4 October 2025, 14:00, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

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

Noriko Tanetani –soprano, Kentaro Kawase –conductor, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa [more info]

4 October 2025, 14:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Thibaut Garcia –guitar, Naoto Otomo –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

4 October 2025, 16:00, NHK Osaka Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier op. 59 - Suite (Boosey & Hawkes)

Eva Ollikainen –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra [more info]

5 October 2025, 15:00, Bunkamura Orchard Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances – from West Side Story (Boosey & Hawkes)
• George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Makoto Ozone –piano, Myung-Whun Chung –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

5 October 2025, 14:00, Kamakura Performing Arts Center (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Junichi Watanabe –conductor, Yokohama New Cinema Orchestra

5 October 2025, 14:00, Suginami Koukaidou (Tokyo, Japan)

• Zoltán Kodály: Theater-Ouverture (Universal Edition)

Koki Yamagami –conductor, The Bell of Elm Symphony Orchestra

5 October 2025, 15:00, Nerima Culture Center (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Kanahi Yamashita –guitar, Shun Oi –conductor, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

5 October 2025, 15:00, Kyoto City University of Arts (Kyoto, Japan)

• Richard Strauss/Robert Heger: Heimliche Aufforderung – from 4 Lieder (Universal Edition)

Sota Katahira –tenor, Tetsuro Ban –conductor, Kyoto City University of Arts Faculty of Music Graduate School Orchestra

9 October 2025, 19:00, Toyosu Cultural Center (Tokyo, Japan)

• Pierre Boulez: Dérive 1 for 6 instruments (Universal Edition)
• Sebastian Hilli: Butterfly Curve for chamber ensemble [National Premiere] (Schott Music [Mainz])

Tetsuya Yamamoto –conductor, Ensemble Recurrence

9 October 2025, 19:30, St. Mary's Cathedral (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: From the Darkness for mixed choir [National Premiere] (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toshio Hosokawa: O Magnum Mysterium for female (children's) chorus (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toshio Hosokawa: Sakura – from Two Japanese Folk Songs arrangements for children's (or female) chorus (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Hisae Hasegawa –conductor, The Little Singers of Tokyo, Concert Choir Junior Kammerchor Chorus

9 October 2025, 13:45, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Eduard Strauss/Michael Rot: Mit Extrapost – Polka schnell (Strauss Edition Wien)

Masahiko Enkoji –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

10 October 2025, 20:00, NDR Konzerthaus (Hannover, Germany)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Melodia for accordion (Hohner Verlag)

Nemanja Lukic –accordion [more info]

11 October 2025, 15:00, Tome Festival Hall (Miyagi, Japan)

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

Chikara Iwamura –conductor, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra

11 October 2025, 13:30, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: 9. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

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

11 October 2025, 13:30, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Giant Panda –conductor, Zoorasian Philharmonic Orchestra

11 October 2025, 14:00, Sumida Triphony Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Joe Hisaishi –conductor, New Japan Philharmonic

11 October 2025, 18:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Susanna Mälkki –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

12 October 2025, 16:00, Goethe Institut Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Extasis (revised version) for violin (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toshio Hosokawa: In die Tiefe der Zeit for saxophone and accordion [World Premiere] (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toshio Hosokawa: Melodia for accordion (Hohner Verlag)
• Toshio Hosokawa: Regentanz for six percussionists (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toshio Hosokawa: Sen I for flute (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toshio Hosokawa: Spell Song for oboe (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toshio Hosokawa: Winter Bird for violin (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Fumika Mohri –violin, Tomomi Ota –accordion, Yoshie Ueno –flute, Masanori Oishi –soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, Yoshinao Kihara –conductor, Kunitachi College of Music Percussion Ensemble [more info]

12 October 2025, 18:00, Kairakuen (Ibaraki, Japan)

Mito International Music Festival 2025

• Toshio Hosokawa: Threnody – to the victims of Tohoku Earthquake 3.11 for viola (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Air for flute (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Kaori Wakabayashi –flute, Yoshiko Hannya –viola [more info]

12 October 2025, 14:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Susanna Mälkki –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

12 October 2025, 14:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Yuki Osaki –piano [more info]

13 October 2025, 19:00, Art Centre of Palacký University (Olomouc, Czech Republic)

MusicOlomouc17 International Festival Of Contemporary Music

• Toshio Hosokawa: Memory – In Memory of Isang Yun for violin, violoncello and piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Ivana Pristašová –violin, Martin Jäggi –violoncello, Marek Keprt –piano [more info]

13 October 2025, 18:00, Kairakuen (Ibaraki, Japan)

Mito International Music Festival 2025

• Toshio Hosokawa: Threnody – to the victims of Tohoku Earthquake 3.11 for viola (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Air for flute (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Kaori Wakabayashi –flute, Yoshiko Hannya –viola [more info]

13 October 2025, 14:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Joe Hisaishi –conductor, New Japan Philharmonic [more info]

13 October 2025, 16:00, Shimane Civic Center (Shimane, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: A Song of Circles and Triangles – from "Songs" for mixed chorus (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Small Sky – from "Songs" for mixed chorus (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Hiroyuki Mito –conductor, The Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo

15 October 2025, 19:30, Toppan Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Oreksis for piano quintet (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Yusuke Hayashi, Yuki Ishihara –violin, Kyoko Shoda –viola, Akina Karasawa –violoncello, Tomoki Kitamura –piano [more info]

16 October 2025, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances – from West Side Story (Boosey & Hawkes)
• George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Makoto Ozone –piano, Myung-Whun Chung –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

16 October 2025, 19:00, Sumida Triphony Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Antonin Dvorák/Fritz Kreisler: Songs My Mother Taught Me for Violin and Orchestra (Carl Fischer)

Yasuko Ohtani –violin, Kazuki Wada –conductor, New Japan Philharmonic

16 October 2025, 18:45, Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall [Hiroshimashi Bunka Koryu Kaikan] (Hiroshima, Japan)

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

Hayato Sumino –piano, Christian Arming –conductor, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

17 October 2025, 20:15, De Doelen (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

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

Kazuki Yamada –conductor, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest [more info]

18 October 2025, 17:00, Muse Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre (Saitama, Japan)

• Michael Daugherty: Passacaglia in Primary Colors for symphonic wind band (Faber Music)

Hirotaka Kido –conductor, Inaho Symphonic Winds

18 October 2025, 18:30, Museum Wiesbaden (Wiesbaden, Germany)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Silent Flowers for string quartet (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Arditti Quartet [more info]

18 October 2025, 15:00, Wakayama Prefectural Cultural Hall (Wakayama, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: 1. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Norichika Iimori –conductor, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra

18 October 2025, 14:00, Kyoto Concert Hall (Kyoto, Japan)

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

Mayuko Kamio –violin, NHK Symphony Orchestra Members [more info]

18 October 2025, 16:00, Sinfonia Iwakuni (Yamaguchi, Japan)

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

Hayato Sumino –piano, Christian Arming –conductor, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

18 October 2025, 14:30, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi, Japan)

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

Yoko Matsuo –conductor, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra

18 October 2025, 18:00, NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms for chorus and orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Herbert Blomstedt –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Choir [more info]

18 October 2025, 14:00, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Funeral Music – from "Black Rain" – from Three Film Scores for string orchestra with Noh performance (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Junichi Hirokami –conductor, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa [more info]

19 October 2025, 14:00, Kyoto Furitsu Fumin Hall ALTI (Kyoto, Japan)

• Benjamin Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Suite – aus der Musik zu Shakespeares "Viel Lärmen um nichts" für Kammerorchester (Schott Music [Mainz])

Kohei Yamamoto –tenor, Nobuaki Fukukawa –horn, Yuko Tanaka –conductor, Kyoto Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

19 October 2025, 15:00, Fenice Sacay [Sakai Performing Arts Center] (Osaka, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: 1. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Norichika Iimori –conductor, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra

19 October 2025, 14:00, NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms for chorus and orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Herbert Blomstedt –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Choir [more info]

19 October 2025, 14:15, De Doelen (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

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

Kazuki Yamada –conductor, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest [more info]

20 October 2025, 19:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances – from West Side Story (Boosey & Hawkes)
• George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Makoto Ozone –piano, Myung-Whun Chung –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

22 October 2025, 19:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (Boosey & Hawkes)

Joe Hisaishi –conductor, Music Future Band [more info]

23 October 2025, 17:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

The Music Competition of Japan

• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Aleko's Cavatina – from Aleko (Boosey & Hawkes)

competitors at the final round, Kanade Yokoyama –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

23 October 2025, 18:30, Nagano City Arts Center (Nagano, Japan)

• Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (Boosey & Hawkes)

Joe Hisaishi –conductor, Music Future Band [more info]

24 October 2025, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• John Adams: Frenzy: a short symphony for orchestra [National Premiere] (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel Suite (1919) (Schott Music [Mainz])
• Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Boosey & Hawkes)

Gustavo Dudamel –conductor, Los Angeles Philharmonic [more info]

24 October 2025, 19:00, Kyoto Furitsu Fumin Hall ALTI (Kyoto, Japan)

• Alban Berg: Kammerkonzert für Klavier und Geige mit 13 Bläsern (Universal Edition)
• Pierre Boulez: Dérive 1 for 6 instruments (Universal Edition)
• Igor Stravinsky: Septet (Boosey & Hawkes)

Yasushi Toyoshima –violin, viola, Natsuki Futamata –piano, Ryo Moriwaki –conductor, "club MoCo" Kyoto City University of Arts

24 October 2025, 18:45, Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall [Hiroshimashi Bunka Koryu Kaikan] (Hiroshima, Japan)

• Toshio Hosokawa: In the Forest for chamber orchestra [National Premiere] (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Bohuslav Martinů: Symphony No. 5 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Christian Arming –conductor, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

24 October 2025, 19:00, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

• Serge Prokofieff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel Suite (1919) (Schott Music [Mainz])

Keigo Mukawa –piano, Pierre Dumoussaud –conductor, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa [more info]

24 October 2025, 19:00, The Symphony Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Nami no Bon for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu/Hiroyuki Iwaki: Family Tree – Musical Verses for – – – Young People (version for narrator and small orchestra) *¹ (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Kanako Kato*¹ –accordion, Hikari Terada*¹ –narrator, Gen Ohta –conductor, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra [more info]

25 October 2025, 19:00, Ritz (Vaasa, Finland)

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

Kristian Heberg –conductor, Wasa Sinfonietta [more info]

25 October 2025, 14:30, Nagano Prefectural Ina Culture Hall (Nagano, Japan)

Shuji Isawa Music Festival

• Johann Strauss II/Michael Rot: Die Fledermaus - Mein Herr Marquis für Sopran und Orchester (Strauss Edition Wien)
• Johann Strauss II/Michael Rot: Frühlingsstimmen-Walzer für Sopran und Orchester (Strauss Edition Wien)

Sanae Yoshida –soprano, Akiyoshi Sako –conductor, Tokyo Geidai Symphony Orchestra

25 October 2025, 14:00, Teatro Giglio Showa (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Maho Ichikawa –horn, Mirai Abe –conductor, Orchestra del Teatro Giglio Showa

26 October 2025, 11:00, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle (Stuttgart, Germany)

• Toshio Hosokawa: "Erdbeben. Träume" Suite (revised version) for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Sylvain Cambreling –conductor, Staatsorchester Stuttgart [more info]

26 October 2025, 11:00, Musik- und Kongresshalle (Lübeck, Germany)

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

Takahiro Nagasaki –conductor, Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck [more info]

27 October 2025, 19:30, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle (Stuttgart, Germany)

• Toshio Hosokawa: "Erdbeben. Träume" Suite (revised version) for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Sylvain Cambreling –conductor, Staatsorchester Stuttgart [more info]

27 October 2025, 19:30, Musik- und Kongresshalle (Lübeck, Germany)

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

Takahiro Nagasaki –conductor, Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck [more info]

28 October 2025, 20:00, Berliner Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany)

• Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances – from West Side Story (Boosey & Hawkes)
• George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Makoto Ozone –piano, Myung-Whun Chung –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

29 October 2025, 19:00, Festival Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Andrzej Panufnik: Katyn Epitaph for orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Joji Yuasa: An Elegy for percussion, harp, piano and string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

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

30 October 2025, 19:30, Müpa Budapest (Budapest, Hungary)

• Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances – from West Side Story (Boosey & Hawkes)
• George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Makoto Ozone –piano, Myung-Whun Chung –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

30 October 2025, 19:00, Festival Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Andrzej Panufnik: Katyn Epitaph for orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Joji Yuasa: An Elegy for percussion, harp, piano and string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

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

30 October 2025, 13:30, Madetojan sali (Oulu, Finland)

• Toru Takemitsu: Death and Resurrection – from Black Rain for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Nodoka Okisawa –conductor, Oulu Sinfonia [more info]

31 October 2025, 18:30, Centro di Cultura Giapponese (Milan, Italy)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Kuroda-bushi for violoncello (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toshio Hosokawa: Small Chant for violoncello (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Mechele Marco Rossi –violoncello [more info]

31 October 2025, 18:45, JMS Aster Plaza (Hiroshima, Japan)

• Masao Ohki: Symphony No. 5 "Hiroshima" (Theodore Presser)

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