2016OMF Newsletter Vol. 5
2016OMF Tickets go on sale in just a week!
2016OMF is very happy to welcome third year in a row our dear conductor Fabio Luisi both in Orchestra Concert Program A and Program B to conduct Honegger: Symphony No.3 “Liturgique” H.186 and Mahler:Symphony No.2 in C minor “The Resurrection” together with SKO this year. 2016OMF has also prepared variety of popular Chamber Concerts along with Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Gig perfomance, featuring well-known to Matsumoto audience jazz ensamble - Marcus Roberts Trio.
2016OMF tickets go on sale June 4 (Sat). You can purchase your tickets by phone and online (LAWSON Ticket/Ticket PIA/e+(e Plus)). If purchasing tickets from abroad, please visit PIA ticket website(*Information provided in Japanese only). For more information on ticket purchase, please visit OMF ticket page.
OMF Opera by Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra Conductor Change Announcement
The conducting schedule of the Artistic Director Seiji Ozawa for 2016OMF season has been revised. Seiji Ozawa initially scheduled for conducting OMF Opera by Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra performance on Sep.6 and Sep.9, 2016, will be replaced by Eric Melear, the conductor of Opera for Children performance. For further information, please click here.
TV Documentary featuring Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project XIV on air this weekend!
TV documentary featuring Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project XIV J.Strauss II: Die Fledermaus will be broadcast on May 28 (Sat) on NHK Educational. The documentary covering the rehearsals and Kyoto opera performances held at newly open ROHM Theatre Kyoto depicts OMF Artistic Director Seiji Ozawa’s passion for educating young Asian and Japanese musicians through opera performance. This program available for broadcast within Japan only.
Program: Kyoto-hatsu! Seiji Ozawa Music Academy
Broadcasting Date: May 28 (Sat) 15:00 - 15:45
NHK Educational Official Website
2011SKF Opera Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle to be released on CD!
The CD recording of 2011 SKF Opera Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle will be released on June 8 (Wed), 2016. The CD features the recording of two opera performances which were conducted by Seiji Ozawa in summer of 2011. Mattias Goerne, internationally acclaimed baritone who visited OMF last year, plays the main role Bluebeard. For further information on the CD release and purchase, please visit UNIVERSAL MUSIC official website.
Mito Chamber Orchestra The 96th Regular Concert
Art Tower Mito, the concert hall of which Seiji Ozawa is the director general, will hold Mito Chamber Orchestra The 96th Regular Concert on June 4 (Sat) and June 5(Sun) welcoming Russian conductor and violist Yuri Bashmet as a guest. The programs are Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G Minor, Hob.I-83, "La poule" (The Hen), Paganini: Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra in A minor, Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Schubert: Symphony No.5 in B flat major, D485. Bashmet will play beautiful solo in Paganini and Bruch, and will conduct Haydn and Schubert numbers. Tickets still available for purchase. For further information, please visit Art Tower Mito official site.
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