Performance List

1 December 2024, 14:00, Canora Hall (Nagano, Japan)

• George Gershwin/Russell Robert Bennett: Symphonic Picture – from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin Music)

Hajime Hama –conductor, Suwa Symphony Orchestra

1 December 2024, 13:00, 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]

1 December 2024, 18:00, 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]

1 December 2024, 11:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Kings Row Suite (Schott Music [Mainz])
• Igor Stravinsky: from The Rite of Spring (Boosey & Hawkes)

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

1 December 2024, 15:00, Meguro Persimmon Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Arvo Pärt: Fratres für Streichorchester und Schlagzeug (Universal Edition)

Daichi Deguchi –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

1 December 2024, 14:00, 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)
• Richard Strauss: Waldseligkeit (Boosey & Hawkes)

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

1 December 2024, 15:00, Hibiki Hall (Fukuoka, Japan)

• Arnold Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht für Streichorchester (Universal Edition)

Kazuki Sawa –conductor, Hibiki Strings

1 December 2024, 14:00, Ueda Santomyuze (Nagano, Japan)

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

Takumi Komoriya –violin, Kazumasa Matsumoto –piano

1 December 2024, 14:00, Onohigashi Shimin Center (Hiroshima, Japan)

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

Mizuho Yamaguchi –soprano, Yukie Oshimo –piano

1 December 2024, 15:00, Aste Shimin Plaza (Hyogo, Japan)

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

Ruriko Nagai –soprano, Kentaro Nagai –piano

3 December 2024, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Luciano Berio: Sinfonia for 8 voices and orchestra (Universal Edition)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Masato Suzuki: Requiem (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Joanne Lunn –soprano, Olivia Vermeulen –mezzo soprano, Nick Pritchard –tenor, Dominik Wörner –bass, Masato Suzuki –conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, RIAS Kammerchor [more info]

4 December 2024, 18:30, Kunitachi College of Music (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Toshiyuki Kudo –conductor, Kunitachi College of Music Basic Orchestra

4 December 2024, 19:00, Yamaha Music Osaka Namba (Osaka, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Equinox for guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Carlo Curatolo –guitar

5 December 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]

5 December 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]

5 December 2024, 19:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toshi Ichiyanagi: Generation of Space for double bass (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Masashi Yamamoto –contrabass [more info]

5 December 2024, 19:00, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

• Robert Schumann: Konzert d-Moll (Schott Music [Mainz])

Mayumi Kanagawa –violin, Elias Grandy –conductor, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa [more info]

5 December 2024, 19:00, Yamaha Ginza (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Equinox for guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Carlo Curatolo –guitar

6 December 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]

7 December 2024, 14:00, Culttz Kawasaki (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Tsuyoshi Tabei –conductor, Aprico Symphony Orchestra

7 December 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]

7 December 2024, 15:00, Elisabeth University of Music (Hiroshima, Japan)

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

Kokoro Kurisu –soprano, Makoto Sakurada –tenor, Hiroharu Orikawa –baritone, Maiku Shibata –conductor, Elisabeth University of Music Symphony Orchestra, Elisabeth University of Music Chorus, Pueri Cantantes

7 December 2024, 14:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Yuri Nitta –conductor, NTT Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

7 December 2024, 13:30, Muramatsu Recital Hall Shin-Osaka (Osaka, Japan)

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

Shigeto Shimba –tenor, Sachio Yoshida –piano

7 December 2024, 15:00, The Harmony Hall (Nagano, Japan)

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

Hiroyuki Mito –conductor, The Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo

7 December 2024, 18:30, Hakuju Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Equinox for guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Carlo Curatolo –guitar

8 December 2024, 15:00, Biwako Hall (Shiga, Japan)

• J. S. Bach/Anton Webern: Fuga (2. Ricercata) a 6 voci – aus „Das Musikalische Opfer“ (Universal Edition)

Tomoya Matsukawa –conductor, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra

8 December 2024, 15:00, 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]

8 December 2024, 11:00, Kölner Philharmonie (Köln, Germany)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Violin Concerto "Genesis" (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Akiko Suwanai –violin, Osmo Vänskä –conductor, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln [more info]

8 December 2024, 14:00, Ebina Culture Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Yasunao Ishida –violin, Members of the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra

8 December 2024, 14:00, Lifeport TOYOHASHI (Aichi, Japan)

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

Takeshi Shimoya –conductor, Toyohashi Symphony Orchestra

8 December 2024, 14:00, Keihanna Plaza (Kyoto, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Symphonie en Ut (Schott Music [Mainz])

Kaori Mori –conductor, Keihanna Philharmonic Orchestra

8 December 2024, 14:00, Act City Hamamatsu (Shizuoka, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Les yeux clos II for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Shunya Hondo –piano

8 December 2024, 11:30, Nippori Sunny Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Akiko Hashiguchi –piano

9 December 2024, 19:00, Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna, Austria)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Ferne-Landschaft II for orchestra ^† (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Wiener Staatsballett [more info]

9 December 2024, 20:00, Kölner Philharmonie (Köln, Germany)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Violin Concerto "Genesis" (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Akiko Suwanai –violin, Osmo Vänskä –conductor, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln [more info]

9 December 2024, 19:30, OsnabrückHalle (Osnabrück, Germany)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Voice from the Ocean for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Mihkel Kütson –conductor, Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester [more info]

10 December 2024, 20:00, Kölner Philharmonie (Köln, Germany)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Violin Concerto "Genesis" (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Akiko Suwanai –violin, Osmo Vänskä –conductor, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln [more info]

10 December 2024, 19:00, Kyoto Concert Hall (Kyoto, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947) (Boosey & Hawkes)

Kimbo Ishii –conductor, Kyoto City University of Arts Faculty of Music Graduate School Orchestra

11 December 2024, 19:00, Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna, Austria)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Ferne-Landschaft II for orchestra ^† (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Wiener Staatsballett [more info]

12 December 2024, 13:30, CROSS HALL (Shizuoka, Japan)

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

Shigeto Shimba –tenor, Sachio Yoshida –piano

13 December 2024, 19:30, Palau de la Musica (Valencia, Spain)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Violin Concerto "Genesis" [National Premiere] (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Veronika Eberle –violin, Alexander Liebreich –conductor, Orquesta de València [more info]

13 December 2024, 19:00, Hama-Rikyu Asahi Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Koichi Yokomizo –viola, Yoshito Numasawa –piano

14 December 2024, 17:00, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara (Hokkaido, Japan)

• Gerald Finzi: Farewell to Arms – Introduction and Aria for tenor and small orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Naoki Miyasato –tenor, Kentaro Kawase –conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

14 December 2024, 19:00, Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna, Austria)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Ferne-Landschaft II for orchestra ^† (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Wiener Staatsballett [more info]

14 December 2024, 13:30, MPC HALL KANAZAWA (Ishikawa, Japan)

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

Shigeto Shimba –tenor, Sachio Yoshida –piano

15 December 2024, 13:00, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara (Hokkaido, Japan)

• Gerald Finzi: Farewell to Arms – Introduction and Aria for tenor and small orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Naoki Miyasato –tenor, Kentaro Kawase –conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

15 December 2024, 15:00, Hiroshima Sunplaza (HIroshima, Japan)

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

Hayato Sumino –piano, conductor, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

15 December 2024, 15:00, Izumi Hall (Osaka, Japan)

• Karl Jenkins: Stabat Mater (Boosey & Hawkes)

Shuichi Toma –conductor, Sinfonia Collegium OSAKA, Collegium Musicum Chor, Osaka, Heinrich Schütz Kammerchor, Osaka

15 December 2024, 14:00, Tiara Koto (Tokyo, Japan)

• Gustav Mahler: Totenfeier (Universal Edition)

Toshihiro Yonezu –conductor, Orchestra dei Cercatori

17 December 2024, 19:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Kyoko Ogawa –violin, Yu Ito –violoncello, Kosuke Akimoto –piano [more info]

17 December 2024, 18:30, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara (Hokkaido, Japan)

• Richard Strauss: Second Waltz Sequence – from Der Rosenkavalier (Boosey & Hawkes)

Toshiaki Umeda –conductor, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

18 December 2024, 13:30, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Shigeto Shinba –tenor, Sachio Yoshida –piano [more info]

18 December 2024, 19:00, Moriyama Citizen Hall (Shiga, Japan)

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

Yoshinao Kihara –conductor, The Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo

19 December 2024, 19:00, Barocksaal (Kyoto, Japan)

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

Tomo Ando –percussion

19 December 2024, 19:00, Aria Music Salon (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Misora Ozaki –piano

21 December 2024, 15:00, ROHM Theater Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)

• George Gershwin: Cuban Overture (Gershwin Music)

Kosuke Tsunoda –conductor, City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra [more info]

21 December 2024, 15:00, The Phoenix Hall (Osaka, Japan)

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

Kyoko Ogawa –violin, Yu Ito –violoncello, Kosuke Akimoto –piano

21 December 2024, 14:00, Takasago Chiku Center (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Hibiki Ikeuchi –baritone, Yuta Yano –piano

21 December 2024, 19:30, Deutsche Oper Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

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

Jonathan Stockhammer –conductor, Orchesters der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Staatsballett Berlin [more info]

22 December 2024, 14:30, Kioi Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Zoltán Kodály: Concerto for Orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Ichiro Nodaira –conductor, Orchestra Nipponica [more info]

22 December 2024, 14:00, Sagami Women's University Green Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

• Carl Orff/Juan Vicente Mas Quiles: Carmina Burana (Schott Music [Mainz])

Saki Nakae –soprano, Seiji Kanazawa –tenor, Toshiaki Komada –baritone, Yu Nishimura –conductor, Kitasato Wind Orchestra, Orff Festival Chorus

22 December 2024, 15:00, Chofu-shi Green Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

• Igor Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto for clarinet and big band (Faber Music)

Takashi Haruta –clarinet, Hideaki Matsumura –conductor, PANDA Wind Orchestra

23 December 2024, 19:00, Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna, Austria)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Ferne-Landschaft II for orchestra ^† (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Wiener Staatsballett [more info]

24 December 2024, 18:45, Niterra Nihon Tokushu Togyo Center for Culture & Arts [Nagoya Shimin Kaikan] (Aichi, Japan)

• Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture (Boosey & Hawkes)
• Leonard Bernstein: Glitter and Be Gay – from Candide *¹ (Boosey & Hawkes)

Yui Takahashi*¹ –soprano, Kentaro Kawase –conductor, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

25 December 2024, 17:00, J:COM Hall Hachioji (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Hajime Ikeda –conductor, Chuo University Symphonic Band

25 December 2024, 16:00, Deutsche Oper Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

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

Jonathan Stockhammer –conductor, Orchesters der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Staatsballett Berlin [more info]

26 December 2024, 19:00, Kyoto Concert Hall (Kyoto, Japan)

• Olivier Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques for piano and small orchestra (Universal Edition)

Ryo Moriwaki –conductor, club MoCo

26 December 2024, Nippon Seinenkan (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Toshimichi Suzuki –conductor, Narita High School and Junior High School Music Club

26 December 2024, Tokyo National University of the Arts (Tokyo, Japan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Concerto de Chambre for 13 players (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Tokyo University of Arts Students

27 December 2024, 18:30, Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna, Austria)

• Toshio Hosokawa: Ferne-Landschaft II for orchestra ^† (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Wiener Staatsballett [more info]

27 December 2024, 19:30, Weiwuying Concert Hall (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

• Toru Takemitsu: Quotation of Dream – Say sea, take me! for 2 pianos and orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Yi-Chih Lu, Evan Wong –piano, Ichiro Nodaira –conductor, National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan [more info]

28 December 2024, 13:30, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

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

Masahiko Kurano –conductor, Kanazawa University Philharmonic Orchestra

29 December 2024, 15:00, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

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

Hayato Sumino –piano, Yutaka Sado –conductor, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

30 December 2024, 15:00, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

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

Hayato Sumino –piano, Yutaka Sado –conductor, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

31 December 2024, 15:00, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

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

Hayato Sumino –piano, Yutaka Sado –conductor, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

31 December 2024, 15:00, Biwako Hall (Shiga, Japan)

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Straussiana (Schott Music [Mainz])
• Richard Strauss: Fanfare für die Wiener Philharmoniker (Boosey & Hawkes)

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

31 December 2024, 17:00, Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater hitaru (Hokkaido, Japan)

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

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

31 December 2024, 15:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Yuki Saito –guitar, Kazuyoshi Akiyama –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]