OMF2016 Newsletter Vol.7
July 7 & 10 OMF Special Event at Ginza NAGANO!
OMF special event to take place at Ginza NAGANO on July 9(Sat) & 10(Sun)! SKO members Ribon Aida (violin), Ryutaro Hei (contrabass) and Kazuko Shinozaki (harp) will give mini concerts and talk sessions. OMF mini tote bag will be given as present to all participants for paid programs.Special screenings of 2015OMF concerts will be held free of charge in between programs. Purchases of festival goods and new CD releases also available.
For more information, please see here.
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival comes to Ginza Day 1
＜Program 1＞
11:00 - 12:00 OMF Special Talk Session （Price: 2,000 yen/30 people)
Guests:Hiroki Miyajima (OMF Welcome Street Live Producer), Naomi Nishimori (Shin Matsumoto Monogatari Editor), and more
＜Program 2＞
16:00 - 17:00 Salon Concert & Talk Session by Saito Kinen Orchestra MembersＩ(Price: 5,000 yen/30 people/with Nagano wine）
Guests:Ribon Aida（Violin) , Ryutaro Hei (Contrabass)
For more information on July 9(Sat) Events & Application
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival comes to Ginza! Day 2
＜Program 1＞
11:00 - 11:45 Classic Music Seminar for Children (Price: Adult 2,500 yen, Child 500 yen, Child under 6 years old free/50 people）
Guest:Ribon Aida(Violin)
＜Program 2＞
15:00 - 16:00 Salon Concert & Talk Session by Saito Kinen Orchestra Member II (Price: 5,000 yen/30 people/with coffee or tea)
Guest:Kazuko Shinozaki (Harp)
For more information on July 10(Sun) Events & Application
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Gig program announcement
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Gig (Aug 28, Sun) program details have been announced.
Marcus Roberts who this year will be joining the festival for the fourth times, will perform his new piece as world premiere. The title of the new piece is Rhapsody in D. Toshiaki Murakami will conduct the number.
Seiji Ozawa, Marcus Roberts Trio and Saito Kinen Orchestra will perform Garshwin: Rhapsody in Blue. More about program, please see here.
OMF Special Poster at JR Shinjuku East Exit!
OMF special poster will go on display at JR Shinjuku East Exit. The poster was designed specially for this occasion, with this year OMF Guest Conductor Fabio Luisi and OMF Artistic Director Seiji Ozawa facing each other.
Transportations from central Tokyo to Matsumoto available by Super Azusa Express from JR Shinjuku, and highway bus from Busta Shinjuku, just opened this April.Come a look at the poster if you happen to be around in Shinjuku area. It is one month AD campaign.
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Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Gig Program Announcement
2016OMF is happy to announce the program details of Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Gig concert scheduled for Aug 28, 2016 (Sun).
Marcus Roberts who visited us in Matsumoto for 4 times so far, will this year perform a new piece as world premiere at 2016OMF Gig. The title of the new number is Rhapsody in D. According to Marcus, he composed this piece as a kind of celebration of Gershwin's two most influential works for piano and orchestra — Rhapsody in Blue and the Concerto in F.
Marcus Roberts and Seiji Ozawa performed for the first time in 1996 at Tanglewood Music Festival. The Rhapsody in Blue they performed together with Boston Symphony Orchestra received a great public response. A year later with Seiji Ozawa's strong wish, Marcus Roberts visits Matsumoto for the first time to hold a first jazz concert at the Festival. Since then, Marcus Roberts and Seiji Ozawa performed together for three times - each time insipiring each other in different way. “Classic music has a great impact on jazz musicians” says Marcus Roberts, who dedicates this piece to Seiji Ozawa and his dedication to bringing classical music and jazz together.
A new piece - Rhapsody in D - will be conducted by Toshiaki Murakami, a conductor who conducted 1999 & 2002SKF Takemitsu Memorial Concerts, 2015OMF Celebrating Seiji at 80! Special Outdoor Performance and has performed together with Artistic Director Seiji Ozawa at Seiji Ozawa Music Academy.
Seiji Ozawa, Marcus Roberts Trio and Saito Kinen Orchestra will perform together Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue.
＜Program＞
●Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, excerpts
Saito Kinen Orchestra
Conductor: Toshiaki Murakami
●Marcus Roberts : Rhapsody in D World Premiere
Marcus Roberts Trio
Saito Kinen Orchestra
Conductor: Toshiaki Murakami
●Trio Performance
Marcus Roberts Trio
Piano: Marcus Roberts
Bass：Rodney Jordan
Drums：Jason Marsalis
●Ibert: Divertissement pour orchestre de chambre
Saito Kinen Orchetra
Conductor: Toshiaki Murakami
●Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Marcus Roberts Trio
Saito Kinen Orchestra
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
July 9 & 10 OMF Special Event at Ginza NAGANO! 【Program Announcement】
OMF special event to take place at Ginza NAGANO on July 9(Sat) & 10(Sun)!
SKF members Ribon Aida (violin), Ryutaro Hei (contrabass) and Kazuko Shinozaki (harp) will give mini concerts and talk sessions.
For more information please see Ginza NAGANO website. (Japanese only)
July 9(Sat) 11:00 - 18:00 Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival comes to Ginza! Day 1
11:00 - 12:00 Talk session
(Price: 2,000 yen /30 people）
【Guest:Hiroki Miyajima (OMF Welcome Street Live Producer, Naomi Nishimori (Shin Matsumoto Monogatari Editor) and more】
16:00 - 17:00 Salon Concert & Talk Session by Saito Kinen Orchestra MembersＩ
（Price：5,000 yen/30 people/with Nagano wine）
【Guests：Ribon Aida（Violin) , Ryutaro Hei (Contrabass)】
●J.S Bach : “Prelude” “Gavotte” from Partita No.3 BWV1006
●F.Kreisler : Recitative and Scherzo-Caprice, op. 6
●H-A Teppo : Cadenza
●R. Glier (arr. F. Proto) : Suite for Violin and Double Bass
For more information on July 9(Sat) Events & Application
July 10(Sun) 11:00 - 18:00 Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival comes to Ginza! Day 2
11:00 - 11:45 Classic Music Seminar for Children
(Price: Adult 2,500 yen, Elementry School Student 500 yen, Child under 6 years old free/50 people)
【Guest：Ribon Aida(Violin) 】
15:00 - 16:00 Salon Concert & Talk Session by Saito Kinen Orchestra MemberII
(Price：5,000円/30 people/with coffee or tea)
【Guest：Kazuko Shinozaki (Harp)】
●G.F.Händel : 1st Movement from Harp Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV294
●C.Debussy : No.1 Arabesque from The Two Arabesques, / “La fille aux cheveux de lin”from First book of Pleludes
●M. Tournier : Etude de concert “Au matin”
●C. Salzedo : “Tango” “Rumba” from Suite of Eight Dances, / “Chanson dans la nuit” from Five Preludes
●G.Pierné : Impromptu-Caprice, op. 9
2016OMF Newsletter Vol. 6
2016OMF Tickets on sale now! Programs not to be missed this year!
2016OMF tickets are on sale as of June 4 (Sat)! Nearly 600 people lined up in front of ticket sales windows at Matsumoto City Gymnasium on the day. As for now, tickets of Orchestra Concert Program A (Aug 18 & 22) and Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Gig (Aug 28) are sold out. However, the tickets of other programs are still available for purchase on line. Please see ticket PIA website for further details.
Orchestra Concert Program B
This year’s must-see program No.1 is without saying Orchestra Concert Program B (Aug 19 & 21) conducted by the Grammy Award winner and Metropolitan Opera Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi. Hugely trusted by OMF Artistic Director Seiji Ozawa, Fabio will conduct Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C minor “The Resurrection” with SKO. Internationally acclaimed soprano Christine Goerke will for the first time perform as alto. Together with Rie Miyake (soprano), the two add beautiful voices as soloists. Please enjoy star-subbed performance of these unique concerts in Matsumoto.
OMF Opera by Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra Ravel: “L’enfant et les sortilèges”
A must-see program No.2 is OMF Opera by Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra Ravel: “L’enfant et les sortilèges”. The Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra which has been taught by Seiji Ozawa and SKO members with passion since year 2000, will perform under the baton of the Vienna State Opera music staff and conductor Eric Melear. With beautiful orchestration by Ravel, this fantasy opera is one of the titles that Seiji Ozawa strongly wishes to get popular in Japan. The opera singers: Marie Lenormand, Anna Christy, and Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, who acted on Grammy-winning 2013SKF production will be coming back to the stage again. The entry to the performance available for parents with children and students, too.
Chamber Concert II
A must-see program No.3 is Chamber Concert II (Aug 27) leaded by SKO flute player Jacques Zoon. Chamber Concert series are popular for presenting high quality chamber music. This year, Matsumoto friendly Jacques Zoon planned the program with Iseut Chuat (Cello), Naoko Yoshino (Harp), and Akira Eguchi (Piano). Along with Bach: Flute Sonata in E flat major, BMV1031 and Ravel: Introduction et Allegro, they perform Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 “To the memory of a great artist” arranged by Jaques Zoon himself for flute, cello and piano. This is the perfect program to enjoy on dusk of late summer.
TV Documentary featuring Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project XIV: Die Fldermaus on air again!
TV documentary featuring Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project XIV J.Strauss II: Die Fledermaus will be broadcast again on June 12 (Sun) midnight 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: June 12(Sun) 0:50- 1:35 (Saturday Midnight)
NHK Educational Official Website
OMF Newsletter Contact
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TEL：0263-39-0001
Email: omfnews@ozawa-festival.com
Please refrain from misuse or copying of the information provided.
©2016 Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, All rights reserved.