Performance List

3 December 2025, 18:30, JMS Aster Plaza (Hiroshima, Japan)

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

Kotomi Baba –piano, Orie Suzuki –conductor, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

3 December 2025, 19:00, ACROS Fukuoka (Fukuoka, Japan)

• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances (Boosey & Hawkes)

Valery Polyansky –conductor, Kyushu Symphony Orchestra [more info]

4 December 2025, 19:00, Space Do (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toshi Ichiyanagi: Rhythm Gradation for timpani (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Tomomi Nozaki –timpani

4 December 2025, 18:45, Denki Bunka Kaikan (Aichi, Japan)

• Joseph Martin Kraus: Sinfonia in C minor (Artaria Editions)

Kosuke Tsunoda –conductor, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra

5 December 2025, 19:00, Kyoto Concert Hall (Kyoto, Japan)

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

Kisun Sung –conductor, Kyoto City University of Arts Faculty of Music Graduate School Orchestra

5 December 2025, 19:00, Harmony Hall Fukui (Fukui, Japan)

• Johann Strauss II/Arnold Schönberg: Kaiserwalzer for salon-ensemble (Schott Music [Mainz])

Fuminori Maro Shinozaki, Ryota Kuratomi –violin, Shotaro Nakamura –viola, Hiroya Ichi –violoncello, Ryo Shimizu –flute, Yoshie Toyonaga –clarinet, Ryoki Yamaguchi –organ

6 December 2025, 16:00, Shinjuku Bunka Center (Tokyo, Japan)

• Ikuma Dan: Watashi no Daijina Yohyo – from Yuzuru (Boosey & Hawkes)

Kazuko Sagara –soprano, Takeshi Ooi –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

6 December 2025, 15:00, Elisabeth University of Music (Hiroshima, Japan)

• George Gershwin/Frank Campbell-Watson: An American in Paris *¹ (Gershwin Music)
• Osamu Kawakami: Dona Nobis Pacem for female chorus [World Premiere] *²

Hiroyasu Matsumoto*¹, Nozomi Terasawa*² –conductor, Elisabeth University of Music Symphony Orchestra

6 December 2025, 14:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Shinji Moriguchi –conductor, Hitotsubashi University Orchestra [more info]

7 December 2025, 14:00, Takasaki City Theatre (Gunma, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring for full orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)
• George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Alexei Volodin –piano, Leonard Slatkin –conductor, Gunma Symphony Orchestra [more info]

7 December 2025, 11:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: from Three Dance Episodes - On the Town (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Alberto Ginastera: from Dances from 'Estancia' (Boosey & Hawkes)

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

7 December 2025, 14:00, Kurashiki City Auditorium (Okayama, Japan)

• Ikuma Dan: Yuzuru (Boosey & Hawkes)

Marie Sanada –soprano, Kazuya Akiyama –tenor, Showa Maeda, Toshinori Inoue –baritone, Uwe Heilmann –conductor, Kurashiki Orchestra, "Yuzuru" Anniversary Chorus, Ensemble Stelline, Coro Glicine

7 December 2025, 14:00, Happiness Hill Kota Hall (Aichi, Japan)

• George Gershwin: Summertime (h-moll) – from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin Music)

Kumi Amano –soprano, Tomohiko Imaki –conductor, The Gamagori Philharmonic Orchestra

7 December 2025, 13:30, Sumida Triphony Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: 1. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Daichi Deguchi –conductor, NTT Philharmonic Orchestra

7 December 2025, 19:15, Bunkyo Civic Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Haruka Omori –conductor, Orchestra Classica

7 December 2025, 18:30, Nagae Musical Instrument Mito (Ibaraki, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Cross Hatch for marimba and vibraphone (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Leo Shibanuma, Anzu Harigai –percussion

10 December 2025, 19:00, Komae Ecorma Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Akari Otaka –piano, Yu Kashina –conductor, Tokyo University of the Arts Students Orchestra

10 December 2025, 11:00, CHU Gabriel-Montpied (Clermont-ferrand, France)

• Toru Takemitsu: Waltz – from "Face of Another" – from Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Ryo Kojima –conductor, Orchestre national Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes [more info]

10 December 2025, 15:00, CHU Estaing (Clermont-ferrand, France)

• Toru Takemitsu: Waltz – from "Face of Another" – from Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Ryo Kojima –conductor, Orchestre national Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes [more info]

11 December 2025, 19:00, Kumamoto Prefectural Theater (Kumamoto, Japan)

• Frank Martin: Ballade für Posaune und kleines Orchester (Universal Edition)

Yuki Higashi –trombone, Hikaru Ebihara –conductor, Heisei college of music orchestra

11 December 2025, 13:00, Hôtel de Ville (Clermont-Ferrand, France)

• Toru Takemitsu: Waltz – from "Face of Another" – from Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Ryo Kojima –conductor, Orchestre national Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes [more info]

11 December 2025, 18:30, Maison Wangari-Maathai (Clermont-ferrand, France)

• Toru Takemitsu: Waltz – from "Face of Another" – from Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Ryo Kojima –conductor, Orchestre national Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes [more info]

12 December 2025, 18:50, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Glitter and Be Gay – from Candide *¹ (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Fritz Kreisler/René Staar: Liebesfreud for violin solo and string orchestra (Schott Music [Mainz])

Hiroko Koda*¹ –soprano, Mariko Senju –violin, Masahiko Enkoji –conductor, New Japan Philharmonic

12 December 2025, 18:45, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Circus Polka (Schott Music [Mainz])

Geoffrey Paterson –conductor, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

12 December 2025, 14:00, CHU Louise-Michel (Cébazat, France)

• Toru Takemitsu: Waltz – from "Face of Another" – from Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Ryo Kojima –conductor, Orchestre national Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes [more info]

13 December 2025, 18:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Ross Jamie Collins –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

13 December 2025, 16:00, Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Circus Polka (Schott Music [Mainz])

Geoffrey Paterson –conductor, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

13 December 2025, 20:00, Teatro la Fenice (Venezia, Italy)

• Toru Takemitsu: Star-Isle for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Kazuki Yamada –conductor, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice [more info]

14 December 2025, 14:45, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)
• Hershy Kay: Stars and Stripes – (Ballet Suite after Sousa) (Boosey & Hawkes)

Ami Ogaeri –piano, Masaki Asano –conductor, Orchestra dei Cercatori

14 December 2025, 16:00, Wakayama-Jo Hall (Wakayama, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: Totenfeier – Symphonic poem (Universal Edition)

Koshi Umeda –conductor, Symphony Orchestra of Wakayama University

14 December 2025, 19:30, Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, Germany)

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

Mark Hampson –conductor, Students of Robert Schumann Hochschule [more info]

14 December 2025, 17:00, Teatro la Fenice (Venezia, Italy)

• Toru Takemitsu: Star-Isle for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Kazuki Yamada –conductor, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice [more info]

17 December 2025, 18:30, Okayama Performing Arts Theatre, Harenowa (Okayama, Japan)

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

Rennosuke Fukuda –violin, Kimbo Ishii –conductor, Okayama Philharmonic Orchestra

17 December 2025, 19:00, Schloss Benrath (Düsseldorf, Germany)

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

Mark Hampson –conductor, Students of Robert Schumann Hochschule [more info]

18 December 2025, 19:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Shimpei Sasaki –conductor, Tokyo Wind Symphony Orchestra [more info]

18 December 2025, 18:00, Nakano ZERO (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Aika Hasegawa –conductor, Aoyama Gakuin University Wind Orchestra and Baton Twirling Club

19 December 2025, 18:50, The Symphony Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Glitter and Be Gay – from Candide *¹ (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Fritz Kreisler/René Staar: Liebesfreud for violin solo and string orchestra (Schott Music [Mainz])

Hiroko Koda*¹ –soprano, Mariko Senju –violin, Masahiko Enkoji –conductor, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra

20 December 2025, 15:00, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara (Hokkaido, Japan)

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

Kanade Yokoyama –conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

20 December 2025, 15:00, Musashino Civic Cultural Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 4 [Editor: Renate Stark-Voit] (Universal Edition)

Aphrodite Patoulidou –soprano, Giuseppe Mengoli –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

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

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

Hayato Nakamura –conductor, Hiroshima University Wind Orchestra

22 December 2025, 19:30, Toppan Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite (Boosey & Hawkes)

Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra Members [more info]

24 December 2025, 18:00, The Phoenix Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Toward the Sea for alto flute and guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])
• Toru Takemitsu/Daisuke Suzuki: Nami no Bon – from Film Scores for guitar solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Shinichi Fukuda –guitar, Shigenori Kudo –alto flute

25 December 2025, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Nigel Hess: from A Christmas Overture for Orchestra [National Premiere] (Faber Music)

Naoto Otomo –conductor, New Japan Philharmonic [more info]

26 December 2025, 13:00, Kurashiki City Auditorium (Okayama, Japan)

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

Mai Kasahara –conductor, Okayama Joto High School

26 December 2025, 15:30, Kurashiki City Auditorium (Okayama, Japan)

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

Mai Kasahara –conductor, Okayama Joto High School

26 December 2025, 18:30, The Symphony Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Tanzlied des Pierrot – from Die tote Stadt für Bariton und kleines Orchester (Schott Music [Mainz])

Takeshi Nishio –baritone, So Awatsuji –conductor, Osaka Symphony Orchestra

26 December 2025, 17:30, Saitama City Culture Center (Saitama, Japan)

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

Seiji Sagawa –conductor, Bunkyo Univercity Wind Orchestra

27 December 2025, 14:00, Kamakura Performing Arts Center (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Yutaro Takahashi –conductor, Kamakura wind orchestra-Music Farm

27 December 2025, 13:30, Sumida Triphony Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Max Reger: Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von L. van Beethoven (Bote & Bock)

Kyohei Tomihira –conductor, Orchestra HA’MON [more info]

28 December 2025, 15:00, Odawara Sannomaru Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Daisuke Suzuki –guitar, Keiko Mitsuhashi –conductor, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra

28 December 2025, 14:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Viktor Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis oder Die Tod-Verweigerung – Spiel in einem Akt von Peter Kien Concert Version (Schott Music [Mainz])

Ema Aoki, Akie Amou –soprano, Tadahiro Masujima, Takamasa Sawahara –tenor, Shingo Sudo –baritone, Teruhiko Komori, Hiroaki Otsuka –bass, etc., Norio Sato –conductor, Ensemble NOMAD [more info]

30 December 2025, 20:30, Athens Concert Hall (Athens, Greece)

• Joe Hisaishi: Symphonic Variation "Merry-Go-Round" – from Howl's Moving Castle (Wonder City Inc.)
• Toru Takemitsu: Waltz – from "Face of Another" – from Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Alexander Myrat –conductor, Athens State Orchestra [more info]

30 December 2025, 14:00, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen – Studie für 23 Solostreicher (Boosey & Hawkes)

Ishida-gumi

31 December 2025, 16:00, Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater hitaru (Hokkaido, Japan)

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

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

31 December 2025, 15:00, The Symphony Hall (Osaka, Japan)

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

Moné Hattori –violin, Keitaro Harada –conductor, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra

31 December 2025, 14:00, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen – Studie für 23 Solostreicher (Boosey & Hawkes)

Ishida-gumi

31 December 2025, 22:00, Bunkamura Orchard Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Nodoka Okisawa –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

31 December 2025, 15:00, Biwako Hall (Shiga, Japan)

• Ralph Vaughan Williams/Roy Douglas: from Songs of Travel (Boosey & Hawkes)

Daichi Fujiki –countertenor, Tetsuro Ban –conductor, Osaka Symphony Orchestra [more info]