October Concerts under Herbert Blomstedt (follow up)
Herbert Blomstedt, Honorary Conductor Laureate of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, who was scheduled to conduct eight concerts in October 2023, has decided to comply with the advice of his doctor to cancel his trip to Japan due to health reasons.
Of the eight concerts, we have already announced that Subscription Concerts Program A (Saturday October 14 & Sunday October 15 at NHK Hall) have been canceled. The remaining six concerts will be performed as follows.
We sincerely apologize to those who were looking forward to the collaboration of Herbert Blomstedt and NHK Symphony Orchestra but your kind understanding is highly appreciated.
October 2023 Subscription Concerts Program A
CANCELED (Announced on October 10th)Saturday, October 14 6:00pm
Sunday, October 15 2:00pm
At NHK Hall
Program
Bruckner / Symphony No. 5 B-flat Major
October 2023 Subscription Concerts Program C
The concerts will be held with Ken Takaseki as the conductor. The program remains the same.Friday, October 20 7:30pm
Saturday, October 21 2:00pm
At NHK Hall
Ken Takaseki, conductor
Nielsen / Aladdin, suite Op. 34— Oriental Festive March, Hindu Dance, The Market Place in Ispahan, Negro Dance
Sibelius / Symphony No. 2 D Major Op. 43
October 2023 Subscription Concerts Program B
The concerts will be held with Tadaaki Otaka as the conductor. The program and soloist remain the same.Wednesday, October 25 7:00pm
Thursday, October 26 7:00pm
At Suntory Hall
Tadaaki Otaka
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 5 E-flat Major Op. 73, Emperor
Brahms / Symphony No. 3 F Major Op. 90
The 125th Subscription Concert at Orchard Hall Series 2023/2024
The concert will be held with Tadaaki Otaka as the conductor. The program and soloist remain the same.Saturday, October 28 3:30pm
At Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, Main Hall
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 5 E-flat Major Op. 73, Emperor
Brahms / Symphony No. 3 F Major Op. 90
Promoted by Bunkamura
NHKSO Concert in Tokorozawa MUSE
With Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) and Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
The concert will be canceled as Herbert Blomstedt cannot travel to Japan due to health reasons. For ticket refund information, please visit the Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Center Muse website.Sunday, October 29 2:00pm
At Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre MUSE Ark Hall
Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 5 E-flat Major Op. 73, Emperor
Brahms / Symphony No. 3 F Major Op. 90
Tokorozawa Civic Cultural Centre MUSE：https://www.muse-tokorozawa.or.jp/en/
Biographies
Ken Takaseki, conductor（Program C）
Ken Takaseki has served in important positions of major orchestras in Japan, and currently he is Principal Conductor of the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra, Chief Conductor of the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra and the Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra. He has often guest-conducted orchestras overseas as well, and in 2017 he appeared with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra to conduct its subscription concert. He also actively works in operatic performances, including Ikuma Dan's Yuzuru (Evening Crane) in Russia in 2019, and Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol at the New National Theatre, Tokyo. In 1977, he won the Karajan Conductor Competition Japan and the 50th Suntory Music Award in 2021. He works with the NHK Symphony Orchestra on a regular basis, and led the orchestra’s tour in South Korea in 1993.
Tadaaki Otaka, conductor (Program B & the 125th Subscription Concert at Orchard Hall Series)
Tadaaki Otaka studied conducting under the tutelage of Hideo Saito at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, and with Hans Swarowsky atTadaaki Otaka studied conducting under the tutelage of Hideo Saito at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, and with Hans Swarowsky at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . He was appointed as Permanent Conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (now Conductor Laureate), he then continuously served in such positions as Permanent Conductor (now Honorary Guest Conductor) of Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (now Conductor Laureate), and Artistic Director of the New National Theatre. He has been Music Director of the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra since 2018. He has also been keen on training the next generation of artists, and he assumed the position of the chairperson of the Panel of Judges of the Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting in 2021. His first collaboration with the NHK Symphony Orchestra was in 1971 when he conducted the orchestra in a public recording for broadcast, and since then, he has repeatedly returned to the orchestra’s podium, and became the orchestra’s Permanent Conductor in 2010.
