Performance calendar
GUNMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GUNMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
concerts test
March 3 2026
commissioned 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
March 7 2026
Other sponsored performances
For supporting groups
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)
March 19 2026
Other sponsored performances
For supporting groups
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Doors open 18:15 Starts 19:00
Takasaki City Theatre Concert Hall
Clarinet/Nishikawa Tomoya (Principal, Gunma Symphony Orchestra)
Clarinet/Tomoko Tamura (Principal Clarinet, Gunma Symphony Orchestra)
Clarinet/Yuka Takako (member of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra)
(Guest) Soprano/Saki Nakae
(Guest) Piano/Tomonori Kitamura
Mozart / No. 2 from 5 Divertimento K.439b (Anh.229)
Meyerbeer/Shepherd's Song
Lahana / A Woman's Love and Life
Berg / Four Pieces, Op. 5
Mahler / Symphony No. 4, 4th movement "Life in Heaven"
Koch / Songs of Istanbul [Japan Premiere]
Kreutzer/ Waterwheel
Widmann/Fantasy
Schubert / Shepherd on the Rock D.965
March 22 2026
Other sponsored performances
For supporting groups
Sunday, March 22, 2026
Doors open 14:00 Starts 15:00
Shoken Gakuen Maebashi Hall Large Hall
Conductor: Pietari Inkinen
Sibelius / Symphonic Poem "Forest Spirits" Op. 45-1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Beethoven/Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
March 28 2026
Subscription Concert
For supporting groups
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Doors open 15:00 Performance starts 16:00
Takasaki City Theatre Grand Theatre
Conductor/Norichika Iimori (Permanent Conductor of the Gunkyoku Symphony Orchestra)
Violin/Fumino Ito (Gunma Symphony Orchestra Solo Concertmaster)*
Clarinet/Nishikawa Tomoya (Principal Clarinet, Gunma Symphony Orchestra) *
Harp/Kazuko Shinozaki *
Soprano/Kobayashi Sara **
Mezzo-soprano/Yuga Yamashita **
Tenor/Kota Murakami **
Baritone/Uchuu Onishi **
Chorus/Kunitachi College of Music (chorus conductor: Yoshinao Kihara) **
Akira Nishimura / Triple Concerto "Butterfly Dream" for violin, harp, clarinet and orchestra (2023) *
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" **
March 29 2026
Tokyo Subscription concert
For supporting groups
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Doors open 14:00 Performance starts 15:00
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Concert Hall
Conductor/Norichika Iimori (Permanent Conductor of the Gunkyoku Symphony Orchestra)
Violin/Fumino Ito (Gunma Symphony Orchestra Solo Concertmaster)*
Clarinet/Nishikawa Tomoya (Principal Clarinet, Gunma Symphony Orchestra) *
Harp/Kazuko Shinozaki *
Soprano/Kobayashi Sara **
Mezzo-soprano/Yuga Yamashita **
Tenor/Kota Murakami **
Baritone/Uchuu Onishi **
Chorus/Kunitachi College of Music (chorus conductor: Yoshinao Kihara) **
Akira Nishimura / Triple Concerto "Butterfly Dream" for violin, harp, clarinet and orchestra (2023) *
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" **