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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 Vrynt
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

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GT Symphonic Concert vol.5 Opera "Carmen" Concert Style

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Doors open 13:00 Performance starts 14:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor: Ryusuke Numajiri
Carmen/Hiroka Yamashita
Don Jose / David Esteban
Escamillo/Takaoki Onishi
Michaela/Eri Nakamura
Zuniga/Hidekazu Tsumaya
Morales/Kari Toru
Dancairo/Takashi Tomokiyo
Remendado/Tokiyuki Sawatake
Frasquita / Airi Sunada
Mercedes/Asami Fujii
Chorus: GT Symphonic Concert Professional Singers (chorus director: Dai Kishimoto)
Children's Choir/GT Symphonic Concert "Carmen" Children's Choir
Stage composition/Aguni Jun

Bizet / Opera "Carmen" (Concert format, 3 acts, performed in the original language, with Japanese subtitles)

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Meet the orchestra! Gunkyo Flat Concert

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Doors open: 9:30 Show start: 10:30

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor: Ryuichiro Sonoda
Mezzo-soprano/Michiko Hayashi *

Mozart / Overture to the opera "The Marriage of Figaro"
Mozart / "What is love like?" from the opera "The Marriage of Figaro" *
Bizet / Prelude "Habanera" from the opera "Carmen" *
Ponchielli / "Dance of the Hours" from the opera "La Gioconda"
Siečinski/Vienna, the city of my dreams *
Lehar / Gold and Silver

Prefectural music plaza

Easy Classical Music Concert - Learning what is important in life from classical music -

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Doors open: 13:15 Start: 14:00

Haruna Cultural Center Large Hall

Conductor and narrator: Kanade Yokoyama
Orchestra/Gunma Symphony Orchestra

Strauss II / Waltz "Wine, Women, Song"
Debussy/Clair de Lune
Elgar/Salute to Love
Smetana / Symphonic Poem Cycle "My Country" - Vltava (Moldau)
Brahms / Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

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Gunma Symphony Orchestra 80th Anniversary Commemoration "Beethoven: Complete Symphonies Concert" 3st

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Doors open 15:00 Starts 16:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor: Francesco Angelico
Piano: Till Fellner *

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 *
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60

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 Orchestra

Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37*
Wagner / Music drama "Die Walküre" Act 1 (concert form)**

commissioned concert

Ueda Regular Concert -Winter 2026-

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Doors open 14:15 Performance starts 15:00

Santomuse Large Hall (Ueda City Cultural Arts Center)

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 Orchestra

Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37*
Wagner / Music drama "Die Walküre" Act 1 (concert form)**

commissioned concert

Gunma Symphony Orchestra Mini Concert & "Project X" Public Viewing

Friday, February 27, 2026

Doors open: 17:50 Start: 18:20

Takasaki City Theatre Concert Hall

Violin/Shiho Tsutsui
Violin/Takashi Sano
Violin/Nanami Shiokai
Violin/Hana Matsumoto
Viola/Reina Ota
Viola/Sachiko Taoka
Cello/Eiichiro Nakata
Cello/Nanako Saka
Moderator: Miki Watanabe (NHK Maebashi Broadcasting Station anchor)

star on earth
Mozart / Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 1st Movement
Other

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The 29th NTT East Gunma Branch Charity Gunma Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Doors open: 15:30 Start: 16:30

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor/Ken Takaseki
Violin/Miyu Tachibana*
Orchestra/Gunma Symphony Orchestra

Saint-Saëns / Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 *
Tchaikovsky / Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

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GT Symphonic Concert vol.6 Film Music Masterpieces Selection, Masterpieces Revived on the Screen III "Fantasia" Concert with Video

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Doors open 13:00 Performance starts 14:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor: Taizo Takemoto
Guide/Satoshi Asaoka

"Fantasia's Masterpieces"
Part 1 (performance only)
Elgar/Pomp and Circumstance No. 1
Mussorgsky / Night on Bald Mountain
Stravinsky: Kaschei - Lullaby - Finale from "The Firebird"
Part 2 (with video)
Beethoven: "First Movement" from Symphony "Pastoral" (arranged by Hajime Kawakami)
Dukas / Symphonic Poem "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (arranged by Hajime Kawakami and CHIAKi)
Tchaikovsky / Ballet "The Nutcracker" (arranged by Kenji Kozuka)
Ponchielli / "Dance of Time" "Finale" from the opera "La Gioconda" (arranged by Hajime Kawakami)