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GUNMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GUNMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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April 19 2025
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607th Subscription Concert
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Norichika Iimori (Permanent Conductor of the Gunkyoku Symphony Orchestra)
Violin: Mayumi Kanagawa *Shinichiro Ikebe / Chronicle of 3776 meters (2003)
Berg / Violin Concerto "In Memory of an Angel"*
R. Strauss / Alpine Symphony, Op. 64, TrV 233 -
May 17 2025
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608th Subscription Concert
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Ken Takaseki (Honorary Conductor of the Gunkyoku Symphony Orchestra)
Harp: Alexander BordachevToshio Hosokawa / Aeolus for Harp and Chamber Orchestra -Return III- (2014) [Japan Premiere]
Shostakovich / Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 [50th anniversary of his death] -
June 22 2025
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609th Subscription Concert
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Johanna Malangre
Piano: Alexander Melnikov*
Trumpet: Jeroen Bellwaltz **Yasushi Akutagawa / "Triptych" (1953) in three movements for strings [100th anniversary of birth]
Shostakovich / Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 [50th Anniversary of His Death]* **
Shostakovich / Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 [50th anniversary of death]*
Prokofiev / Suite No. 2 from the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" Op. 64ter -
July 19 2025
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610th Subscription Concert
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Masaru Kumakura
Piano: Pascal Rogé*Sadao Betsumiya / Symphony No. 4 "Summer 1945" (1989)
Ravel / Piano Concerto in G major [150th Anniversary]*
Rachmaninoff / Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 -
September 20 2025
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611th Subscription Concert
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Takashi Yoshimatsu / Birds are Quiet... Work 72 (1997)
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K.551 "Jupiter"
Dvorak / Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From the New World" Op. 95 B.178 -
October 18 2025
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612th Subscription Concert
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Pierre Dumousseau
Accordion: Félicien Boulud *Toru Takemitsu / Requiem for Strings (1957)
Debussy / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Waksman/Accordion Concerto "Island of Time"*
Perrine/Accordionist Caprice*
Ravel / Suite No. 150 from the ballet music "Daphnis and Chloe" [XNUMXth Anniversary of Birth]
Ravel/Bolero [150th Anniversary] -
November 29 2025
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613th Subscription Concert
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Norichika Iimori (Permanent Conductor of the Gunkyoku Symphony Orchestra)
Soprano: Sara Kobayashi *
Soprano: Mari Moriya *
Soprano: Misaki Morino *
Mezzo-soprano: Akiko Tomioka *
Mezzo-soprano: Shoko Togo *
Tenor: Naoki Miyazato *
Baritone: Takashi Aoyama *
Bus: Kazunori Kubo *
Chorus: Gunma Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Choir Master: Jun Abe) *
Children's Choir: To be determined *
Co-star: Kanazawa Orchestra EnsembleYugo Kanno / New Commission (2025)
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major "Symphony of a Thousand" * -
January 25 2026
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614th Subscription Concert
Sunday, January 25, 2026
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend
Viola: Miyoko Ikeda (Principal Viola, Gunma Symphony Orchestra)*
Clarinet: Tomoko Tamura (Principal Clarinet, Gunma Symphony Orchestra)*Kosaku Yamada / Overture in D major (1912)
Bruch: Concerto for Clarinet and Viola in E minor, Op. 88*
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in C major "The Great" D944 -
February 21 2026
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615th Subscription Concert
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Christian Arming
Piano: Eric Lu*
Soprano: Watanabe Hitomi (Sieglinde) **
Tenor: Toshiaki Murakami (Sigmund)**
Bus: Fumihiko Shimura (Funding)**
Performed by: Hiroshima Symphony OrchestraToshio Hosokawa / "In the Forest" for chamber orchestra
Ravel / Piano Concerto for the Left Hand [150th Anniversary]*
Wagner / Music drama "Die Walküre" Act 1 (concert form)** -
March 28 2026
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616th Subscription Concert
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Norichika Iimori (Permanent Conductor of the Gunkyoku Symphony Orchestra)
Violin: Fumino Ito (Gunma Symphony Orchestra Solo Concertmaster)*
Clarinet: Tomoya Nishikawa (Principal Clarinetist, Gunma Symphony Orchestra) *
Harp: Kazuko Shinozaki *
Soprano: Sara Kobayashi **
Mezzo-soprano: Yuga Yamashita **
Tenor: Kota Murakami **
Baritone: Uchuu Onishi **
Chorus: Kunitachi College of Music (Choir Master: Yoshinao Kihara) **Akira Nishimura / Triple Concerto "Butterfly Dream" for violin, harp, clarinet and orchestra (2023) *
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" **
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