Veranstaltungsort: Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall

Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2, Jonathan Nott conducts Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem in his final season as Music Director of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.

On their farewell Asian tour, András Schiff and his group Cappella Andrea Barca offer a programme of Bach's keyboard concertos performed in the spirit and style of chamber music.

The Olympics is not the only big event that is taking place around Tokyo this summer. A large-scale festival of classical music, Festa Muza Summer, is currently being held at Muza Kawasaki Concert Hall.

Maestro Myung-Whun Chung and Clara-Jumi Kang collaborate with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Festa Muza Kawasaki 2016.

On several occasions when I listened to Brahms’s first piano concerto in concert, I was left wondering whether Brahms really intended the pianist to play with so much physical force.