Performance calendar
GUNMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GUNMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Concerts
March 22 2026
sold out
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 19 2026
End of sale
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 15 2026
Concert by group symphony orchestra
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Doors open 13:00 Performance starts 14:00
Annaka City Cultural Center Hall
Violin/Shiho Tsutsui
Violin/Hana Matsumoto
Viola/Sachiko Taoka
Cello/Nanako Saka
Dvorak / String Quartet No. 12 "American"
Vivaldi / "Spring" from "The Four Seasons"
Strauss/Voices of Spring
Other film music
March 7 2026
Planned number of tickets sold out
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 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
February 27 2026
commissioned concert
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
February 22 2026
sold out
commissioned concert
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/Junya Katayose (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)**
February 21 2026
sold out
Subscription Concert
For supporting groups
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/Junya Katayose (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)**
February 15 2026
End of sale
Other sponsored performances
For supporting groups
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
February 11 2026
End of sale
Prefectural music plaza
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