Performance List

NOTICE: This list includes selected performances in which works that Schott Music Tokyo represents as the original publisher or as the agency in Japan will be performed.

Highlighted = Works to be premiered.
^† = Ballet or Dance performance.

3 May 2024, 13:30, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Sora Suzuki –marinba [more info]

3 May 2024, 10:15, Tokyo International Forum (Tokyo, Japan)

La Folle Journée Tokyo 2024

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

Christian Arming –conductor, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

3 May 2024, 15:15, Tokyo International Forum (Tokyo, Japan)

La Folle Journée TOKYO 2024

Toshio Hosokawa: Etude I – 2 Lines for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toshio Hosokawa: Etude II – Point and Line for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toshio Hosokawa: Etude III – Calligraphy, Haiku, 1 line for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toshio Hosokawa: Etude IV – Ayatori, Magic by 2 hands, 3 Lines for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toshio Hosokawa: Etude V – Anger for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toshio Hosokawa: Etude VI – Lied, Melody for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toshio Hosokawa: Melodia II for piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Tomoki Kitamura –piano

3 May 2024, 15:00, Yokosuka Arts Theatre (Kanagawa, Japan)

Serge Prokofieff: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Akira Wakabayashi –piano, Ken Takaseki –conductor, Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

3 May 2024, 14:00, Nakano ZERO (Tokyo, Japan)

Igor Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes Suite (Schott Music [Mainz])

Koki Yamagami –conductor, Orchestra May Lily

4 May 2024, 16:00, Osaka Philharmony Hall (Osaka, Japan)

Keiko Abe: Memories of the seashore for marimba solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Keiko Abe: Wind in the Bamboo Grove for marimba solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Keiko Abe –marimba

4 May 2024, 10:15, Tokyo International Forum (Tokyo, Japan)

La Folle Journée Tokyo 2024

Béla Bartók/Arthur Willner: from Rumänische Volkstänze for string orchestra (Universal Edition)
Josef Suk: from Ein Märchen Suite (Bote & Bock)

Kimbo Ishii –conductor, Tokyo 21c Philharmonic

4 May 2024, 15:00, Kioi Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

Ikuma Dan: from Yuzuru (Boosey & Hawkes)

Sara Kobayashi –soprano, Ichiro Saito –conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra

4 May 2024, 21:15, Tokyo International Forum (Tokyo, Japan)

La Folle Journée Tokyo 2024

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

Satoru Shionoya –piano, Keiko Mitsuhashi –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

4 May 2024, 14:00, Tokyo International Forum (Tokyo, Japan)

La Folle Journée Tokyo 2024

Anders Hillborg: Peacock Tales – Concerto for soprano saxophone and orchestra - Millennium Version [National Premiere] (Faber Music)
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus – Concerto for Birds and Orchestra (Fennica Gehrman)

Valentine Michaud –saxophone, Kosuke Tsunoda –conductor, Yokohama Sinfonietta

4 May 2024, 17:10, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

Gargantua Music Festival 2024

Charles Ives/William Schuman: Variations on "America" (Theodore Presser)

Gen Ohta –conductor, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra

4 May 2024, 12:45, Tokyo International Forum (Tokyo, Japan)

La Folle Journée Tokyo 2024

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 *² (Boosey & Hawkes)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini *¹ (Boosey & Hawkes)

Nathanaël Gouin*¹, Marie-Ange Nguci*² –piano, Kimbo Ishii –conductor, Tokyo 21c Philharmonic

4 May 2024, 14:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Koji Morishita –violin, Yoko Kawabata –piano

4 May 2024, 18:30, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

Gargantua Music Festival 2024

Ralph Vaughan Williams/Gordon Jacob: English Folk Song Suite (Boosey & Hawkes)

Marios Papadopoulos –conductor, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa [more info]

5 May 2024, 16:00, Osaka Philharmony Hall (Osaka, Japan)

Keiko Abe: Memories of the seashore for marimba solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Keiko Abe: Wind in the Bamboo Grove for marimba solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Keiko Abe –marimba

5 May 2024, 19:50, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

Gargantua Music Festival 2024

Leonard Bernstein: Maria – from West Side Story *² (Boosey & Hawkes)
Leonard Bernstein: Tonight – from West Side Story *¹ (Boosey & Hawkes)

Yuki Akimoto*¹ –soprano, Yohei Kondo*¹, Tatsundo Ito*² –tenor, Yuko Amanuma*¹, Ryusuke Numajiri*² –conductor, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Gargan Ensemble

5 May 2024, 15:00, Miyazaki Citizen's Plaza (Miyazaki, Japan)

29th Miyazaki International Music Festival

Pierre Boulez: Dérive 1 for 6 instruments (Universal Edition)

Ayako Takagi –flute, Hidemi Mikai –clarinet, Kyoko Ogawa –violin, Rei Tsujimoto –violoncello, Kazunori Meguro –vibraphone, Hiroshi Nagao –piano, Ichiro Nodaira –conductor

5 May 2024, 19:30, ROHM Theater Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)

George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody for solo piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Ryota Kikuchi –piano, Kento Takeuchi –conductor, Style KYOTO orchestra

5 May 2024, 10:15, Tokyo International Forum (Tokyo, Japan)

La Folle Journée Tokyo 2024

Gustav Holst: from Japanese Suite (Boosey & Hawkes)

Kanade Yokoyama –conductor, Gunma Symphony Orchestra

5 May 2024, 14:00, Dai-ichi Seimei Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

John Lennon and Paul McCartney/Toru Takemitsu: Michelle – from 12 Songs for Guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])
John Lennon and Paul McCartney/Toru Takemitsu: Yesterday – from 12 Songs for Guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Kaori Muraji –guitar

5 May 2024, 16:00, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Johann Herbeck: Türkischer Marsch (Rondo alla Turca) for orchestra (Universal Edition)

Norichika Iimori –conductor, PACIFIC PHILHARMONIA TOKYO

5 May 2024, 14:00, Owariasahi-shi Bunka Kaikan (Aichi, Japan)

Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite (Boosey & Hawkes)

Yuki Takai –conductor, Neu Nagoya Symphoniker

5 May 2024, 17:15, Tokyo International Forum (Tokyo, Japan)

La Folle Journée Tokyo 2024

Toru Takemitsu: Air for flute (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Shigenori Kudo –flute

6 May 2024, 13:30, Sagami Women's University Green Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Makoto Shimada –conductor, Sagamihara Secondary School Symphonic Band

6 May 2024, 16:00, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Tatsuya Shimono –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra [more info]

8 May 2024, 19:00, Makomanai Rokkatei Hall (Hokkaido, Japan)

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

Toshiharu Nakajima –countertenor, Takashi Yamada –piano

9 May 2024, 19:00, Shibuya Cultural Center Owada (Tokyo, Japan)

Pierre Boulez: Initiale for 7 brass instruments (Universal Edition)

Yasuaki Itakura –conductor, Gendai Sozo Tokyo

10 May 2024, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

Gustav Mahler: 9. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Kahchun Wong –conductor, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

11 May 2024, 14:00, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Tokyo, Japan)

Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Boosey & Hawkes)
Toru Takemitsu: Music of Training and Rest – from "Jose Torres" – from Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toru Takemitsu: Waltz – from "Face of Another" – from Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Mariam Batsashvili –piano, Tadaaki Otaka –conductor, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra [more info]

11 May 2024, 14:00, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

Alban Berg: Der Wein *¹ (Universal Edition)
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde *² (Universal Edition)

Eri Takahashi*¹ –soprano, Dorottya Láng*² –mezzo soprano, Benjamin Bruns*² –tenor, Jonathan Nott –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

11 May 2024, 15:00, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

Claude Debussy/Paolo Fradiani: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune for ensemble or chamber orchestra [National Premiere] (Universal Edition)

Yoshie Ueno –flute, Ami Kaneko –oboe, Taira Kaneko –clarinet, Nobuaki Fukukawa –horn, Mai Fukui –harp, Ami Oike, Nobuhiro Suyama –violin, Rachel Yui Mikuni –viola, Kei Yamazawa –violoncello, Miku Nagasaka –contrabass, Ryo Moriwaki –conductor

11 May 2024, 19:30, Don Bosco Basel (Basel, Swaziland)

Joe Hisaishi: Water Traveller for orchestra (Wonder City Inc.)

Miro Hanauer –conductor, Animeorchester beider Basel [more info]

11 May 2024, 19:30, Nikolaisaal (Potsdam, Germany)

Toshio Hosokawa: In the Forest for chamber orchestra [World Premiere] (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Bas Wiegers –conductor, Kammerakademie Potsdam [more info]

11 May 2024, 15:00, Miyakomesse (Kyoto, Japan)

TAIWAN PLUS 2024

Shigeru Kishida: Variations by Kyo Warabeuta for narrator and orchestra (reduced version) (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Asako Nishimura –Narrator, Kimbo Ishii –conductor, Style KYOTO orchestra

11 May 2024, 14:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

Gustav Mahler: 9. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Kahchun Wong –conductor, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

11 May 2024, 18:00, NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

Riccardo Panfili: Abitare la battaglia per grande orchestra [National Premiere] (Zerboni)

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

11 May 2024, 13:30, Chiba City Wakaba Culture Hall (Chiba, Japan)

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

Satoshi Nishimura –tenor, Sayaka Kato –piano

11 May 2024, 19:30, Shangyin Opera House (Shanghai, China)

Toru Takemitsu: Dreamtime for orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toru Takemitsu: Three Film Scores for string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toru Takemitsu: Toward the Sea II for alto flute, harp and string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Fu Zu –alto flute, Chen Yuying –harp, Zhang Yi –conductor, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

11 May 2024, 14:00, Hikone City Culture Plaza (Shiga, Japan)

Toru Takemitsu: Londonderry Air – from 12 Songs for Guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toru Takemitsu: from SONGS (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Takuya Okamoto –guitar, Toshiharu Nakajima –countertenor

12 May 2024, 14:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

Alban Berg: Der Wein *¹ (Universal Edition)
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde *² (Universal Edition)

Eri Takahashi*¹ –soprano, Dorottya Láng*² –mezzo soprano, Benjamin Bruns*² –tenor, Jonathan Nott –conductor, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra [more info]

12 May 2024, 15:20, Miyakomesse (Kyoto, Japan)

TAIWAN PLUS 2024

Shigeru Kishida: Variations by Kyo Warabeuta for narrator and orchestra (reduced version) (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Asako Nishimura –Narrator, Kimbo Ishii –conductor, Style KYOTO orchestra

12 May 2024, 13:30, Sumida Triphony Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

Gustav Mahler: 9. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Kazufumi Yamashita –conductor, Shunyukai Symphony Orchestra

12 May 2024, 15:00, Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall [Hiroshimashi Bunka Koryu Kaikan] (Hiroshima, Japan)

Gustav Mahler: Adagio aus der Symphonie Nr. 10 (Universal Edition)
Serge Prokofieff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Martha Argerich –piano, Christian Arming –conductor, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

12 May 2024, 13:45, The Symphony Hall (Osaka, Japan)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Johann Herbeck: Türkischer Marsch (Rondo alla Turca) for orchestra (Universal Edition)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: from Piano Concerto No. 2 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Niu Niu –piano, Norichika Iimori –conductor, PACIFIC PHILHARMONIA TOKYO

12 May 2024, 17:45, The Symphony Hall (Osaka, Japan)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Johann Herbeck: Türkischer Marsch (Rondo alla Turca) for orchestra (Universal Edition)
Sergei Rachmaninoff: from Piano Concerto No. 2 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Niu Niu –piano, Norichika Iimori –conductor, PACIFIC PHILHARMONIA TOKYO

12 May 2024, 14:00, NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

Riccardo Panfili: Abitare la battaglia per grande orchestra (Zerboni)

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

12 May 2024, 14:00, Chigasaki Civic Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

Serge Prokofieff: Peter and the Wolf for narrator and orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Hiroshi Aoshima –narrator, Ryuichiro Ikariyama –conductor, Chigasaki Symphony Orchestra

12 May 2024, 14:30, Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater (Aichi, Japan)

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 (revised version) (1926, rev. 1941) (Boosey & Hawkes)

Kanon Matsuda –piano, Ichiro Saito –conductor, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra

12 May 2024, 14:00, Funabashi Shimin Bunka Hall (Chiba, Japan)

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier op. 59 - Suite (1909-10) (Boosey & Hawkes)

Akihiro Nishiguchi –conductor, Funabashi Philharmonic Orchestra

12 May 2024, 14:00, settsukyosaal (Osaka, Japan)

Toru Takemitsu: Londonderry Air – from 12 Songs for Guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toru Takemitsu: from SONGS (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toru Takemitsu/Daisuke Suzuki: Nami no Bon – from Film Scores for guitar solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Toshiharu Nakajima –countertenor, Takuya Okamoto –guitar

15 May 2024, 14:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Kento Tsubosaka –piano, Hirofumi Kurita –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

16 May 2024, 19:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Tomo Ando –percussion

16 May 2024, 19:30, Orchestra Hall (Chicago, U.S.)

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

Kazuki Yamada –conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra [more info]

17 May 2024, 19:00, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

Richard Strauss: from Elektra (Reduced version) (Boosey & Hawkes)
Richard Strauss: from Salome (Reduced version) (Boosey & Hawkes)

Asmik Grigorian –soprano, Karen Durgaryan –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

17 May 2024, 13:30, Orchestra Hall (Chicago, U.S.)

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

Kazuki Yamada –conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra [more info]

17 May 2024, 20:00, Rhein-Mosel-Halle (Koblenz, Germany)

Toru Takemitsu: To the Edge of Dream for guitar and orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Łukas Kuropaczewski –guitar, Benjamin Shwartz –conductor, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie [more info]

18 May 2024, 14:00, Bunkyo Civic Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Kanade Yokoyama –conductor, SIENA Wind Orchestra

18 May 2024, 14:00, Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Hyogo, Japan)

George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)
Serge Prokofieff: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Boosey & Hawkes)

Aya Sakamoto –piano, Mayuko Ishigami –violin, Daichi Deguchi –conductor, Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra

18 May 2024, 18:00, Kurume City Plaza (Fukuoka, Japan)

Paul Hindemith: Symphonie "Mathis der Maler" (Schott Music [Mainz])

Yuki Kakiuchi –conductor, Kurume City Orchestra

18 May 2024, 14:30, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan)

Toshio Hosokawa: Sen I for flute (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Yoshie Ueno –flute [more info]

18 May 2024, 14:00, Ichikawa City Cultural Hall (Chiba, Japan)

Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten for string orchestra and bell (Universal Edition)

Kazufumi Yamashita –conductor, Chiba Symphony Orchestra

18 May 2024, 14:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Niu Niu –piano, Lio Kuokman –conductor, PACIFIC PHILHARMONIA TOKYO [more info]

18 May 2024, 13:00, Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara (Hokkaido, Japan)

Toru Takemitsu: 12 Songs for Guitar (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toru Takemitsu/Daisuke Suzuki: Glowing Autumn – from Film Scores for guitar solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toru Takemitsu/Daisuke Suzuki: Nami no Bon – from Film Scores for guitar solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toru Takemitsu/Daisuke Suzuki: Waltz – from Film Scores for guitar solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Daisuke Suzuki –guitar

18 May 2024, 15:00, Yokosuka Arts Theatre (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Ichiro Nodaira –piano

18 May 2024, 19:30, Orchestra Hall (Chicago, U.S.)

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

Kazuki Yamada –conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra [more info]

18 May 2024, 15:00, Tokyo University of the Arts Sogakudo (Tokyo, Japan)

Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Konzert für Oboe und kleines Orchester (Schott Music [Mainz])

Ryota Araki –oboe, Shigeo Genda –conductor, The Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra, Tokyo

19 May 2024, 13:30, Togen Bunka Kaikan (Yamanashi, Japan)

Benjamin Britten: Matinées musicales (Boosey & Hawkes)

Isao Murai –conductor, Southern Alps Utopia Symphony Orchestra

19 May 2024, 14:00, Orchard Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Kento Tsubosaka –piano, Hirofumi Kurita –conductor, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra [more info]

19 May 2024, 14:00, Eniwa Civic Hall (Hokkaido, Japan)

Toshi Ichiyanagi: Paganini Personal for marimba and piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

You Satoh –marimba, Emi Muramoto –piano

19 May 2024, 13:30, Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

Gustav Mahler: 2. Symphonie (revised version Stark/Kaplan) (Universal Edition)

Mao Morita –soprano, Etsuko Kano –mezzo soprano, Takeshi Ooi –conductor, Prost Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Association Choir [more info]

19 May 2024, 14:00, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

Gustav Mahler: 3. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Elizabeth DeShong –mezzo soprano, Juraj Valčuha –conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Kunitachi College of Music Chorus, The Little Singers of Tokyo [more info]

19 May 2024, 13:30, Amagasaki Cultural Center (Hyogo, Japan)

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

Ryosuke Asano –conductor, Ensemble Free WEST

19 May 2024, 14:00, Kuse Espace Hall (Okayama, Japan)

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

Yusuke Kinoshita –viola, Yumi Torigoe –piano

19 May 2024, 14:00, Sonorium (Tokyo, Japan)

Toru Takemitsu: Londonderry Air – from 12 Songs for Guitar Guiter (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toru Takemitsu: from SONGS (Schott Music [Tokyo])
Toru Takemitsu/Daisuke Suzuki: Nami no Bon – from Film Scores for guitar solo (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Takuya Okamoto –guitar, Toshiharu Nakajima –countertenor

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

Gustav Mahler: 3. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Elizabeth DeShong –mezzo soprano, Juraj Valčuha –conductor, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Kunitachi College of Music Chorus, The Little Singers of Tokyo [more info]

21 May 2024, 19:30, Orchestra Hall (Chicago, U.S.)

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

Kazuki Yamada –conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra [more info]

22 May 2024, 19:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

Composium 2024

Igor Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920) (Boosey & Hawkes)
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Beacons [National Premiere] (Boosey & Hawkes)
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Last Song for Olly [National Premiere] (Boosey & Hawkes)
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Remembering [National Premiere] (Boosey & Hawkes)

Paul Daniel –conductor, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra [more info]

24 May 2024, 18:30, Orchard Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

Yui Takahashi –soprano, Daichi Fujiki –countertenor, Jun Hagiwara –baritone, Katsuhiro Ida –conductor, Theater Orchestra Tokyo, Tokyo Opera Singers, NHK Tokyo Children Chorus, K-BALLET TOKYO [more info]

24 May 2024, 19:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

Toru Takemitsu: Air for flute (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Michiaki Ueno –violoncello

25 May 2024, 14:00, Kioi Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture (Boosey & Hawkes)
George Gershwin/Ferde Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra (Gershwin Music)

Satoru Shionoya –piano, Satoshi Yoneda –conductor, Tokyo 21c Philharmonic

25 May 2024, 14:00, Westa Kawagoe (Saitama, Japan)

Aaron Copland: Rodeo (Boosey & Hawkes)

Fumitaka Murakami –conductor, Kawagoe Philharmonic Orchestra

25 May 2024, 14:00, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

Fritz Kreisler: Tambourin Chinois for violin and orchestra (Schott Music [Mainz])

Rina Matsuda –violin, Ryusuke Numajiri –conductor, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra

25 May 2024, 18:30, Orchard Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

25 May 2024, 19:00, Art Tower Mito (Ibaraki, Japan)

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

Martha Argerich –piano, Radek Baborák –conductor, Mito Chamber Orchestra [more info]

25 May 2024, 18:00, Yamagata Citizens' Hall (Yamagata, Japan)

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances (Boosey & Hawkes)

Ryuichiro Ikariyama –conductor, Yamagata Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

25 May 2024, 16:00, Takasaki City Theatre (Gunma, Japan)

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

Thibaut Garcia –guitar, Keitaro Harada –conductor, Gunma Symphony Orchestra [more info]

25 May 2024, 14:00, Ishikawa Ongakudo (Ishikawa, Japan)

Alexander Zemlinsky/Thomas Heinisch: Lyrische Symphonie for soprano, baritone and chamber orchestra (Universal Edition)

Miku Yasukawa –soprano, Toru Kaku –baritone, Masaaki Suzuki –conductor, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa [more info]

26 May 2024, 13:30, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall (Kanagawa, Japan)

J. S. Bach/Arnold Schönberg: Präludium und Fuge (Universal Edition)
Gustav Mahler: 9. Symphonie (Universal Edition)

Toshihiro Yonezu –conductor, Ricoh Philharmonic Orchestra

26 May 2024, 14:00, Canora Hall (Nagano, Japan)

Aaron Copland: El Salon Mexico (Boosey & Hawkes)
George Gershwin: Concerto in F (Gershwin Music)

Yukio Yokoyama –piano, Hajime Hama –conductor, Suwa Symphony Orchestra

26 May 2024, 14:00, Otsu Civic Hall (Shiga, Japan)

César Cui: In modo populari – Kleine Suite (Belaieff)

Sumio Yamakawa –conductor, Otsu Philharmonic Orchestra

26 May 2024, 14:00, Kohoku Kokaido (Kanagawa, Japan)

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

Yugo Matsumura –conductor, Kohoku-kumin Symphony Orchestra

26 May 2024, 14:00, Makubetsu Centennial Hall (Hokkaidou, Japan)

Toshi Ichiyanagi: Paganini Personal for marimba and piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

You Satoh –marimba, Emi Muramoto –piano

26 May 2024, 14:00, Minamiashigarashi Bunkakaikan (Kanagawa, Japan)

Fritz Kreisler: Tambourin Chinois for violin and orchestra (Schott Music [Mainz])

Rina Matsuda –violin, Ryusuke Numajiri –conductor, Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra

26 May 2024, 13:00, Orchard Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

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

26 May 2024, 14:00, Nobeoka Cultural Center (Miyazaki, Japan)

Serge Prokofieff: Peter and the Wolf for narrator and orchestra (Boosey & Hawkes)

Junko Sonoda –narrator, Shougo Watanabe –conductor, Nobeoka Philharmonic Orchestra

26 May 2024, 15:00, Art Tower Mito (Ibaraki, Japan)

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

Martha Argerich –piano, Radek Baborák –conductor, Mito Chamber Orchestra [more info]

26 May 2024, 14:00, Mito City Civic Center (Ibaraki, Japan)

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

Noriyuki Hirakawa –conductor, Ibaraki Symphony Orchestra

26 May 2024, 14:00, Suntory Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

Toru Takemitsu: Orion for violoncello and piano (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Mikio Unno –violoncello, Harue Unno –piano [more info]

28 May 2024, 19:00, Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo, Japan)

Music Tomorrow 2024

Peter Eötvös: Harp Concerto [National Premiere] *¹ (Schott Music [Mainz])
Peter Eötvös: Reading Malevich for orchestra [National Premiere] (Schott Music [Mainz])
Joji Yuasa: An Elegy for percussion, harp, piano and string orchestra (Schott Music [Tokyo])

Xavier de Maistre*¹ –harp, Peter Rundel –conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra [more info]

29 May 2024, 19:00, Kioi Hall (Tokyo, Japan)

Béla Bartók/Tibor Serly: Viola Concerto *¹ (Boosey & Hawkes)
Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae for solo viola and strings *² (Boosey & Hawkes)

Hayang Park*¹, Sào Soulez Larivière*² –viola, Kazufumi Yamashita –conductor, Toho Gakuen Orchestra [more info]

31 May 2024, 19:00, Tokyo University of the Arts Sogakudo (Tokyo, Japan)

Peter Eötvös: Focus – Concerto for saxophone and orchestra [National Premiere] *² (Schott Music [Mainz])
Peter Eötvös: Sirens' Song for orchestra (Schott Music [Mainz])
Peter Eötvös: Speaking Drums – Four poems for percussion solo and orchestra *¹ (Schott Music [Mainz])
Peter Eötvös: The Gliding of the Eagle in the Skies for orchestra (Schott Music [Mainz])

Takafumi Fujimoto*¹ –percussion, Nobuya Sugawa*² –saxophone, Zsolt Nagy –conductor, The Geidai Philharmonia Orchestra, Tokyo

31 May 2024, 18:45, Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater (Aichi, Japan)

Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor (Robert Lienau)

Ayana Tsuji –violin, Naoto Otomo –conductor, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra

NOTICE: This list includes selected performances in which works that Schott Music Tokyo represents as the original publisher or as the agency in Japan will be performed.

Highlighted = Works to be premiered.
^† = Ballet or Dance performance.