Performance calendar
GUNMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GUNMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Concerts
August 1 2026
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Other sponsored performances
For supporting groups
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")
July 20 2026
Concert by group symphony orchestra
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
July 19 2026
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Subscription Concert
For supporting groups
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
July 18 2026
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Tomo Subscription concert
For supporting groups
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
July 11 2026
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commissioned concert
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
July 4 2026
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commissioned concert
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
June 20 2026
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Subscription Concert
For supporting groups
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)
June 14 2026
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commissioned concert
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.
June 9 2026
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Other sponsored performances
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Doors open: 13:30 Start: 14:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor: Derrick Inoue
Violin / Risa Tonomura *
Smetana / Overture to the opera "The Bartered Bride"
Mendelssohn/Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 *
Dvořák/Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Rimsky-Korsakov / Spanish Capriccio, Op. 34
June 6 2026
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Other sponsored performances
For supporting groups
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor / Ryusuke Numajiri
Tosca / Yasuko Sato
Cavaradossi/Stefan Pop
Scarpia/Hayato Kamie
Angelotti/Hidekazu Tsumaya
Spoletta/Noriyuki Sawabu
Sciarrone/Toshimasa Ichikawa
Il Sagrestano/Masahiko Hare
Un carceriere/Masanao Takahashi
Un pastore/Michika Shibano*
Chorus / GT Symphonic Concert Professional Singers (Choir Conductor: Dai Kishimoto)*
Children's Choir/Fujioka City Ono Elementary School Choir Club
Staging/Jun Aguni
Puccini / Opera "Tosca" in 3 acts, performed in the original language (with Japanese subtitles)