commissioned concert

The 46th Kusatsu Summer International Music Academy & Festival Opening Concert: The Splendor of the Baroque, the Splendor of the Fin de Siècle

Monday, August 17, 2026

Doors open: 15:30 Start: 16:00

Kusatsu Ongaku no Mori International Concert Hall

Conductor: Johanna Malangre
Harpsichord / Claudio Brizi *

Bach / Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1178
Bach/Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 *
Bach (arranged by Mahler) / Orchestral Suites
Brahms / Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Prefectural music plaza

For supporting groups

Prefectural Music Square Gunma Symphony Orchestra Special Concert in Numata

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Doors open: 13:00 Start: 14:00

Tonenumata Bunka Kaikan　

Conductor: Ryuichiro Sonoda
Baritone/Uchuu Onishi *

Rossini / Overture to the opera "The Barber of Seville"
Rossini / Opera "The Barber of Seville" "I am the jack-of-all-trades of the town"*
Mozart / Overture to the opera "The Magic Flute"
Mozart / Opera "The Magic Flute" - "I am a bird catcher"*
Bizet / Prelude to the opera "Carmen"
Bizet / Opera "Carmen" "Toreador Song"*
Beethoven / Symphony No. 6 in F major, "Pastoral"

Other sponsored performances

Gunma Symphony Orchestra Music Class for Adults Gunma Symphony High School Music Class ~Open to the Public~ (June 9rd)

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Doors open: 13:30 Start: 14:00

Mikihito Kiryu Cultural Center

Conductor: Kensho Watanabe
Saxophone / Kenta Saito *

Bizet / "L'Arlésienne" Suite No. 2 *
Glazunov / Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakov / From the symphonic suite "Scheherazade": III "Dance of the Young Prince and Princess", IV "Festival in Baghdad"

Concert by group symphony orchestra

Gunma Flute Ensemble 6th Regular Concert

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Doors open 13:15 Starts 14:00

Takasaki Arts Theatre Music Hall

Flute/Miyuki Arai
Flute/Mayuko Kasuya
Flute/Wataru Kobayashi
Flute: Hironori Shiramizu (Gunma Symphony Orchestra)

H. Beeftink / The Birds
Mari Miura / Teatime Picture Book
R. Guillot / Divertimento Jazz
J.S. Bach / Unaccompanied Partitas (Shirakawa)　
etc.

Prefectural music plaza

Prefectural Music Square Gunma Symphony Orchestra Special Concert in Kiryu

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Doors open: 14:15 Start: 15:00

Mikihito Kiryu Cultural Center　

Conductor: Shun Oi
Piano: Tomohiro Ushida
Orchestra/Gunma Symphony Orchestra

Debussy (arranged by Büsser) / Petite Suite
Ravel / Piano Concerto in G Major
Tchaikovsky/Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Other sponsored performances

Gunma Symphony Orchestra Music Class for Adults Gunma Symphony High School Music Class ~Open to the Public~ (June 10rd)

Monday, October 5, 2026

Doors open: 13:30 Start: 14:00

Shoken Gakuen Maebashi Hall

Conductor/Takashi Oi
Piano: Jun Hagiwara *

Mozart / Overture to the opera "Theatre Manager"
Mozart / From the opera *The Magic Flute*: "I am a bird catcher"*
Wagner/ "Song of the Evening Star" from the opera *Tannhäuser*
Schubert (arranged by Reger) / Erlking *
Bizet/ "Toreador Song" from the opera *Carmen*
Brahms / Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

Other sponsored performances

Gunma Symphony Orchestra Music Class for Adults Gunma Symphony High School Music Class ~Open to the Public~ (June 10rd)

Thursday, October 15, 2026

Doors open: 13:30 Start: 14:00

Yosen Kogyo Oizumi Town Culture Village

Conductor: Kyotaro Sawamura
Tenor / Shion Nishiyama *

Donizetti/Prelude from the opera *L'elisir d'amore*, "How beautiful she is"*, "Una furtiva lagrima"*
From Mozart's opera *The Magic Flute*: "What a beautiful image,"* and "What a powerful, magical sound."*
Grieg/From Peer Gynt Suite: Morning, Peer Gynt's Homecoming, Solveig's Song, In the Hall of the Mountain King
Mendelssohn / Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"

Other sponsored performances

Gunma Symphony Orchestra Music Class for Adults Gunma Symphony High School Music Class ~Open to the Public~ (June 11rd)

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Doors open: 13:30 Start: 14:00

Glasses Itagaki Culture Hall Isesaki

Conductor/Munetoshi Matsumoto
Piano: Yukine Kuroki *

Beethoven / Overture to the incidental music "Egmont"
Liszt/Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S124/R455 *
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

Other sponsored performances

For supporting groups

Afternoon Masterpiece Concert No. 3

Thursday, December 3, 2026

Doors open 13:00 Starts 14:00

Shoken Gakuen Maebashi Hall Large Hall

Conductor: Kenichiro Kobayashi (Gunkyo Conductor Laureate)
Violin/Ryosuke Suo *

Glinka / Overture to the opera "Ruslan and Ludmila"
Sarasate/Zigeunerweisen *
Saint-Saëns / Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso *
Beethoven / Symphony No. 5 "Fate"