commissioned concert

George Hariono Piano Concerto, Takasaki Performance

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Doors open: 13:15 Start: 14:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor/Kazumasa Watanabe
Piano: George Hariono
Orchestra/Gunma Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky/Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Rachmaninoff / Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
*Please note that this may change due to unforeseen circumstances.

Subscription Concert

For supporting groups

619th Subscription Concert

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Conductor: Eugene Tzigern
Timpani: Atsushi Mihashi (Principal Timpani Player, Gunma Symphony Orchestra)
Timpani: Tomohiro Tsujimoto (Principal Timpani Player, Gunma Symphony Orchestra)

Glass / Concert Fantasy for two timpanists and orchestra
Bruckner / Symphony No. 7 in E major WAB 107 (Coles version)

commissioned concert

Gunma Symphony Orchestra Ueda Regular Concert -Summer 2026- "A Festival of Concertos"

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Doors open 14:15 Performance starts 15:00

Santomyuze Large Hall

Conductor: Kosuke Tsunoda
Guitar: Yasuji Ohagi
Violin / Ayana Tsuji
Piano: Kaoruko Igarashi

Rodrigo / Concerto de Aranjuez
Mendelssohn / Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Rachmaninoff / Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

commissioned concert

Maki Asami Ballet Company "Don Quixote" (full length)

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Doors open: 13:00 Start: 14:00

Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre

Kitri / Mayumi Yonezawa
Basil / Chiharu Kiyotaki
Ballet/Maki Asami Ballet Company
Conductor/Hiroe Yukawa
Orchestra/Gunma Symphony Orchestra
*Please note that performers and other details may change due to unavoidable circumstances.

Direction and choreography: Azari M. Plisetsky, Valentina Savina (M. Petipa, Gorsky version)
Composer: Leon Minkus
Art and Set Design: Naotsugu Kawaguchi
Costume: Hiroko Kawaguchi
Artistic Director: Kyozo Mitani

Tomo Subscription concert

For supporting groups

56th Tomo Subscription Concert

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Doors open 14:00 Performance starts 15:00

Ota Civic Hall

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

Subscription Concert

For supporting groups

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

Concert by group symphony orchestra

Hara Quartet × Hiroshi Nagao ~The Ultimate Piano Quintet~

Monday, July 20, 2026

Doors open: 13:30 Show start: 14:00

Takasaki City Theatre Concert Hall

Violin: Miwako Hara (member of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra)
Violin/Nanami Hitomi
Viola/Iida Kaori
Cello/Yuichi Hara
Piano/Hiroshi Nagao

Debussy / String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Fauré / Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 89
Schumann / Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

Other sponsored performances

For supporting groups

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")

Other sponsored performances

For supporting groups

The 20th Gunma Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Concert: Enjoying the World of Brass Ensembles Produced by Tuba Player Hiroyuki Matsushita – Featuring Tuba Player Noriyoshi Murakami of the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Turkey.

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Doors open 18:30 Starts 19:00

Takasaki City Theatre Concert Hall

Trumpet / Yasushi Ota (Principal)
Trumpet/Kikuchi Yoshiko
Horn/Masaaki Mukai
Trombone / Kazuhiko Tanada (Principal)
Euphonium / Natsumi Minobe (Guest Performer)
Euphonium / Yuya Miyajima (Guest Performer)
Tuba/Hiroyuki Matsushita
Guest Tuba: Noriyoshi Murakami

L. Niehaus / The Whale Story
WA Mozart (arranged by J. Fletcher) / Eine Kleine Tubammusik
J.S. Bach (arranged by D. Warden) / Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
J. Stevens / Manhattan Suite, Movements 1 & 2
Miho Hazama / The Four Seasons
J. Horowitz / Music Hall Suite
Original Dixieland Jazz Band (arranged by L. Henderson) / Tuba Tiger Rag [solo: Noriyoshi Murakami]
V. Ewald (arranged by R. King) / Symphony for Brass (Brass Quintet No. 1)

Other sponsored performances

For supporting groups

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 *

Bach-Mahler/Orchestral Suite
Mendelssohn/Violin Concerto *
Brahms: Symphony No. 4