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GT Symphonic Concert vol.3 Midsummer Selection of Japanese Film Music 2026-2027

Saturday, August 1, 2026

Doors open 13:00 Performance starts 14:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor: Satoshi Yoneda
Guide/Satoshi Asaoka (Concert Sommelier)

Part XNUMX
Toru Takemitsu / Three Film Scores (Films "José Torres," "Black Rain," and "The Face of Another")
Joe Hisaishi / Spirited Away Suite (Suite from "Spirited Away")
Part XNUMX
Naosumi Yamamoto, Junnosuke Yamamoto / From the movie "Tora-san": "Welcome Back, Tora-san", "Sakura's Theme ~ Shibamata Theme", "Tora-san Main Theme - Orchestral Version"
From Yasushi Akutagawa's film suite "Yatsuhaka Village" (1977, original score): 'Main Title', 'Armored Warrior - Memories of a Father', 'Tragedy - The Murder of 32 People', 'The Abyss of the Blue Will-o'-the-Wisp (Theme of the Journey)', 'The End of the Cursed Blood (Theme of the Fallen Warrior)', 'Ending'
Akira Ifukube / SF Symphonic Fantasy No. 1 (Based on films such as "Godzilla," "King Kong vs. Godzilla," "Battle in Outer Space," "Frankenstein vs. Baragon," "Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster," and "Destroy All Monsters")

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Afternoon Masterpiece Concert No. 2 - 46th Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy & Festival Pre-Concert

Sunday, August 16, 2026

Doors open 13:00 Starts 14:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor: Johanna Malangre
Violin/Kaho Murata *

J.S. Bach (arranged by Mahler) / Orchestral Suites
Mendelssohn / Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 MVW014*
Brahms / Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

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Meet the Orchestra! 2026 Gunma Symphony Orchestra Summer Concert: Magical Orchestra!

Sunday, August 23, 2026

Doors open: 14:00 Start: 15:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor/Takashi Oi
Guide: Ami Ishii
Soprano / Kanna Ogawa
Baritone / Toru Kakui
Piano: Yuki Osaki
Ballet / Reiko Yamamoto Ballet Company

Wagner / Prelude to Act 3 of the opera "Lohengrin"
Rimsky-Korsakov / Flight of the Bumblebee
From Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute": "I am a bird catcher," "A desire for revenge burns in my heart like hell."
From Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique
J. Williams / "Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter
Joe Hisaishi / Kiki's Delivery Service
A. Menken / "A Whole New World" and "Friend Like Me" from Aladdin
H. Arlen / "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz
Dukas / Symphonic Poem "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

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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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GT Symphonic Concert vol.4 Gunma Symphony Orchestra x Ensemble Wien-Berlin Mozart Concerto Feast 2026-2027

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Doors open 13:00 Performance starts 14:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Soloist/Ensemble Wien-Berlin
　Horn / Stefan Dohr
　Flute / Karl-Heinz Schütz
　Oboe / Jonathan Kelly
　Clarinet / Gerald Pachinger
　Bassoon / Richard Galler

All-Mozart Program
　Oboe Concerto in C major, K.314
　Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K.313
　Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447
　Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K.191
　Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622

commissioned concert

[Free Invitation Performance] Gunma Symphony Orchestra Takasaki Music Festival Opening Concert

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Doors open: 15:00 Start: 16:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor: Kazuki Wada
Violin/Mariko Senju *
Orchestra/Gunma Symphony Orchestra

Vivaldi/Violin Concerto "The Four Seasons" (Harpsichord: Shun Oi)*
Dvorak / Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"

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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"

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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

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GT Symphonic Concert vol.5 Tatsuya Shimono's "Planets" Lecture Concert 2026-2027

Saturday, December 19, 2026

Doors open 13:00 Performance starts 14:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor and narrator: Tatsuya Shimono
Chorus (female choir) / Gunma Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Holst/Suite "The Planets"
Walton / Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

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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)