Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra reflects on loss, memory and peace

Von Nahoko Gotoh, 08 August 2020

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“the music flowed under Hagiwara's fingers with clarity and purity of sound”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen (HBG) Hall, Hiroshima, am 5 August 2020

Penderecki, Polish Requiem: Chaconne

Fujikura, Piano Concerto no. 4 "Akiko's Piano" (world premiere)

Beethoven, Streichquartett Nr. 13 in B-Dur, Op.130: Cavatina

Mahler, Kindertotenlieder

Bach, Partita für Violine Nr. 2 d-Moll, BWV1004: Chaconne (arr. Hideo Saito)

Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

Tatsuya Shimono, Musikalische Leitung

Mami Hagiwara, Klavier

Mihoko Fujimura, Mezzosopran

Hiroshima sends its message of Peace through Music

Robert Markow, 16th February

The Hiroshima Symphony promotes a war-free world through music.

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Nahoko Gotoh, 24th April

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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A masterclass in chamber playing at Suntory Hall

Nahoko Gotoh, 2nd June

Intergenerational ensemble-making was the key feature of the opening concert of Suntory Hall's Chamber Music Garden festival, produced by eminent cellist and the hall's President Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi.

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Dvořák’s “American” in the East

Ju Hyuk Kim, 13th June

The Novus String Quartet from South Korea makes in impressive debut at the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

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Magische Jubiläumsaufführung von Die Frau ohne Schatten in Wien

Snapdragon, 10th October

Strauss-Versteher Christian Thielemann lädt am hundertsten Jahrestag der Welturaufführung zum musikalischen Träumen ein.

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Rolf Kyburz, 15th July

Unter Mitwirkung hervorragender Gesangssolisten bieten die Philharmonia Zürich und der Opernchor unter Fabio Luisi Mendelssohns Oratorium Elias auf sehr hohem Niveau.

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.