Masterpiece Performances of NHK Symphony Orchestra to be Aired and Transmitted to the World from NHK WORLD-JAPAN

It has been decided that NHK WORLD-JAPAN's English television channel will broadcast and stream NHK Symphony Orchestra concerts over the coming New Year holidays.

This time, three special performances from 2020, when subscription concerts were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be featured. Please look forward to the NHK Symphony Orchestra's captivating performances with some of Japan's leading artists.

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Title of the program: Masterpieces Performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra XI

Program presenter: Miki Yamamoto (Caster / NHK WORLD-JAPAN)
Guest: Morihide Katayama (Professor, Keio University / Music Critic)

Broadcast schedule and programs: Four times each day at 10:10am, 4:10pm, 10:10pm & 4:10am on the following day (JST) (duration: 49 minutes)

Sunday, December 21, 2025
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor
Akiko Suwanai, violin
Beethoven / Violin Concerto D Major Op. 61
Recorded on December 11, 2020 at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre

Sunday, December 28, 2025
Keitaro Harada, conductor
Dvořák / Symphony No. 9 E Minor Op. 95, From the New World
Recorded on November 20, 2020 at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre

Sunday, January 4, 2026
Masaru Kumakura, conductor
Mao Fujita, piano
Mendelssohn / Die Fingals-Höhle, overture Op. 26 (The Hebrides)
Schumann / Piano Concerto A Minor Op. 54
Recorded on November 14, 2020 at NHK Hall