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GUNMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GUNMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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February 21 2026
Subscription Concert
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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 members of the Hiroshima Symphony OrchestraBeethoven / Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37*
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/Nishikawa Tomoya (Principal Clarinet, Gunma Symphony Orchestra) *
Harp/Kazuko Shinozaki *
Soprano/Kobayashi Sara **
Mezzo-soprano/Yuga Yamashita **
Tenor/Kota Murakami **
Baritone/Uchuu Onishi **
Chorus/Kunitachi College of Music (chorus conductor: 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" ** -
April 25 2026
Subscription Concert
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617th Subscription Concert
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Oskar Jockel
Violin/Fumika Mouri *Toshio Hosokawa / "In the Forest" for chamber orchestra
Vivaldi / Violin Concerto No. 1 in E major "Spring" from "The Four Seasons"*
Vaughan Williams / "The Skylark" Romance for Violin and Orchestra*
Janacek / "The Tale of the Cunning Vixen" Suite JW I/9 (arr. Mackerras)
Schumann / Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 "Spring" -
May 16 2026
Subscription Concert
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618th Subscription Concert
Saturday, May 16, 2026
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Kenichiro Kobayashi (Gunkyo Conductor Laureate)
From Kenichiro Kobayashi/Passacaglia
Berlioz/Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 -
June 20 2026
Subscription Concert
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619th Subscription Concert
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Eugene Tzigern
Timpani and percussion: Atsushi Mitsuhashi (Principal Player of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra)
Timpani and percussion: Tomohiro Tsujimoto (Principal Player of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra)Bruckner / Symphony No. 7 in E major WAB 107 (Coles version)
Glass / Concert Fantasy for two timpanists and orchestra -
July 19 2026
Subscription Concert
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620th Subscription Concert
Sunday, July 19, 2026
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Mikael Loponen
Piano/Shiori Kuwahara *Rautavaara/Adagio Celeste
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 *
Sibelius / Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 -
September 13 2026
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621th Subscription Concert
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Kensho Watanabe
Soprano/Mari Moriya
Mezzo-soprano/Lynn Shin-young
Chorus: Gunma Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Choir Conductor: Jun Abe)Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
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October 24 2026
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622th Subscription Concert
Saturday, October 24, 2026
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: David Leyland
Flute/Fabian Johannes Egger*
Horn/Muneo Hamachi (Principal Hornist of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra)**Camille Pepin / Fireworks (2025) [Japan Premiere]
Ibert/Flute Concerto *
Tomasi/Horn Concerto **
Saint-Saëns / Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "with organ" -
November 21 2026
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623th Subscription Concert
Saturday, November 21, 2026
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Satoshi Yoneda
Piano/Tomoki Sakata *Tomoki Sakata / New Commission [World Premiere]
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor"*
R. Strauss / Symphonic Poem "Don Juan" Op. 20 TrV 156
R. Strauss / Suite from the opera "Der Rosenkavalier", Op. 59, TrV 227 -
January 16 2027
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624th Subscription Concert
Saturday, January 16, 2027
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Daichi Deguchi
Piano: Jaden Aydzik-Zurko *Akira Ifukube / Japanese Suite for Strings
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 *
Stravinsky / Complete Ballet "The Firebird" (1910 edition)
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