María Dueñas lets Beethoven breathe at Suntory Hall

María Dueñas and the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Fabio Luisi

Von SangKwon Lee, 21 September 2025

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“historically alert in its priorities yet frankly lyrical in its rhetoric”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Suntory Hall: Main Hall, Tokyo, am 19 September 2025

Takemitsu, Three film scores

Beethoven, Violinkonzert in D-Dur, Op.61

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Symphonie Nr. 4 in A-Dur, "Italienische", Op.90

María Dueñas, Violine

NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Fabio Luisi, Musikalische Leitung

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As part of its centenary celebrations this season, the NHK Symphony Orchestra has curated a Japanese Composer Series with three intriguing concerts, of which this concert is the second.

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As a leading exponent of Franz Schmidt's music, conductor Fabio Luisi leads the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo in a rare performance of his Fourth Symphony for the orchestra's season opener.

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Conducted by Fabio Luisi, Japan's premier orchestra serves up a superb blend of Eastern and Western music and influences.

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Joyful Mozart from Ton Koopman and the NHK Symphony

Nahoko Gotoh, 21st September

At Suntory Hall, Ton Koopman and the NHK Symphony Orchestra bring elegance and exuberance to an all-Mozart programme including a flute concerto featuring its principal flautist.

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Luisi and the NHK SO begin partnership with a Requiem for our times

Nahoko Gotoh, 11th September

For whatever reason Fabio Luisi chose Verdi's Requiem for his inauguration concert with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, it turned out to be an apt and poignant choice.

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Radiant Szymanowski from Isabelle Faust in Tokyo

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One of the few upsides to the current Covid-19 pandemic for the classical music world in Japan is that it has given opportunities to young home-grown talent.

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SangKwon Lee

SangKwon Lee is a Seoul-based classical music critic whose writing focuses on concert performances and recordings. A contributor to Gramophone and a member of the Music Critics Association of North America, he covers the classical music scene in Korea and internationally.

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