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Summer Concert 2025

Conductor:David Afkham
Piano:Martin Helmchen

  • Schumann / Piano Concerto A Minor Op. 54
  • Brahms / Symphony No. 1 C Minor Op. 68

Friday, Jul 18, 2025 7:00pm

NHK Hall

Summer Concert 2025

Hotto Concert

Conductor:Shurihito Matsumoto
Piano*:Tomoki Sakata
Navigator:Teikyo Ichiryusai (Kodanshi)

  • Bernstein / Candide, Overture
  • Grieg / Peer Gynt, incidental music Op. 23 (Excerpts / Kodan narration)
  • Gershwin / Rhapsody in Blue*
  • Mendelssohn / Symphony No. 3 A Minor Op. 56, Scottish - 2nd mov.
  • Tchaikovsky / Capriccio italien Op .45 (Italian Capriccio)
  • Wagner / Götterdämmerung, opera - Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Twilight of the Gods - Siegfried's Rhine Journey)

Sunday, Aug 3, 2025 3:30pm

NHK Hall

Hotto Concert

Meidensha presents The NHK Symphony Orchestra Masterpiece Concert 2025

Conductor:Naoto Otomo
Cello:Sakura Toba

  • Dvořák / Cello Concerto B Minor Op. 104
  • Sibelius / Symphony No. 2 D Major Op. 43

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2025 7:00pm

Suntory Hall

Meidensha presents The NHK Symphony Orchestra Masterpiece Concert 2025

No. 2042 Subscription (Program A)

Conductor:Fabio Luisi
Piano:Yefim Bronfman

  • Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 5 E-flat Major Op. 73, Emperor
  • Franz Schmidt / Symphony No. 4 C Major

NHK Hall

No. 2042 Subscription (Program A)

No. 2043 Subscription (Program B)

Conductor:Fabio Luisi
Violin:María Dueñas

  • Takemitsu / Three Film Scores
  • Beethoven / Violin Concerto D Major Op. 61
  • Mendelssohn / Symphony No. 4 A Major Op. 90, Italienische (Italian)

Suntory Hall

No. 2043 Subscription (Program B)

No. 2044 Subscription (Program C)

Conductor:Ryan Bancroft
Baritone*:Thomas Hampson

  • Mahler / Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy’s Magic Horn) - Rheinlegendchen (Little Rhine Legend)*, Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (Where the Fair Trumpets Sound)*, Das irdische Leben (Earthly Life)*, Das himmlische Leben (Heavenly Life)*, Urlicht (Primeval Light)*
  • Sibelius / Four Legends, symphonic poem Op. 22

NHK Hall

No. 2044 Subscription (Program C)

Summer Concert 2025

Friday, Jul 18, 20257:00pm

Conductor:David Afkham
Piano:Martin Helmchen

Schumann / Piano Concerto A Minor Op. 54
Brahms / Symphony No. 1 C Minor Op. 68

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Hotto Concert

Sunday, Aug 3, 2025 3:30pm

Conductor : Shurihito Matsumoto
Piano* : Tomoki Sakata
Navigator : Teikyo Ichiryusai (Kodanshi)
Grieg / Peer Gynt, incidental music Op. 23 (Excerpts / Kodan narration)
Gershwin / Rhapsody in Blue* etc.

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Single Tickets (Sept. / Oct. / Nov.)

Starting Dates of Ticket Sales
General Public: Sun., July 27, 2025 10:00am

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Meidensha presents The NHK Symphony Orchestra Masterpiece Concert 2025

Wednesday, Oct 29, 20257:00pm

Conductor:Naoto Otomo
Cello:Sakura Toba

Dvořák / Cello Concerto B Minor Op. 104
Sibelius / Symphony No. 2 D Major Op. 43

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TOKYO
Profile of NHKSO

The NHK Symphony Orchestra presents about 120 concerts annually across Japan, including 54 subscription concerts, which are broadcast nationwide by NHK television and FM radio and some of which are globally introduced through international broadcast services and the orchestra’s official YouTube channel.
The orchestra had a European tour in May 2025, visiting six cities in five countries, in conjunction with the Mahler Festival (Concertgebouw, Amsterdam), the Prague Spring Festival, thus establishing a remarkable presence on the world’s renowned stages.
The orchestra marks its 100th anniversary in 2026.
Chief Conductor: Fabio Luisi

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Social Contributions

Music cheers us up and gives us moments of peace. NHK Symphony Orchestra gets out of the concert hall to deliver delightful music to people in various situations at various places in an effort to contribute to society at large.

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