2016OMF Newsletter Vol.9
OMF Chamber Music Study Group Open Rehearsal Announcement
Only 19 days left until 2016OMF open! The opening concert of the festival - OMF Chamber Music Study Group –Brass Ensemble- will start its rehearsal from Aug 3(Wed) to 7(Sun) at Okushiga Kogen Hotel, Nagano. The rehearsals are open to public free of charge (rehearsal time to be announced). The Brass Ensemble will give a performance as Mori no Orchestra at Okushiga Kogen Hotel on Aug 8 (Mon) 3 pm. Entry free of charge. OMF Chamber Music Study Group –Brass Ensemble- will perform on Aug 9 (Tue) at Agata no Mori Bunka Kaikan. Tickets are on sale at Ticket Pia.
Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga, Asia starts soon!
Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga, Asia is about to begin on July 23rd (Sat) at Okushiga Kogen, Nagano. For more than 20 years, the Okushiga Academy has been teaching young musicians chamber music based on Ozawa’s strong belief - “chamber music is fundamental for all string musicians”. The SKO members Sadao Harada and Yoshiko Kawamoto together with Seiji Ozawa International Music Academy Switzerland's Julian Szulman will this year coach 24 young string musicians coming from China, Taiwan and Japan. They will give a performance at Yamanouchi Higashi Elementary School on July 29 (Fri), Okushiga Kogen Hotel Mori no Ongakudo on July 30 (Sat)and at Hakuju Hall, Tokyo on Aug 1 (Mon). Seiji Ozawa has been performing for the students at Yamanouchi Junior High School for more than 30 years, in which name last year in September the school opened Ozawa Room 30, an exhibition classroom commemorating the 30 years of work with Seiji Ozawa. This year the Okushiga Academy performance at Yamanouchi High School will take place at the elementary school next to the Junior High School. During this year's Okushiga Academy, Mori no Ongakukai Photo Exhibition will be also held at Okushiga Kogen Hotel. Free entry. For more information, please call 0269-34-2034 (Japanese only).
OMF Special Event at Ginza NAGANO Report
OMF Special Event on July 9 (Sat) & 10 (Sun) at Ginza Nagano ends with great success. The first program OMF Special Talk Show welcomed Hiroki Miyajima (Welcome Street Live producer) and Naomi Nishimori (OMF Volunteer Staff) as guest speakers. The reason why Miyajima wanted to start the street live in Matsumoto, and the backstage story that only volunteer staff could know were shared with the audience. The second program on the first day was Saloon Concert and Talk Show with SKO members Ribon Aida and Ryutaro Hei. The audience enjoyed their session with OMF special wine. Ribon Aida came back to the event the following day to hold Classic Music Lecture for Children. "We use the same score sheet which was composed in really old time, however, the sound is different to each and every musician. That fascinates me”, said Aida while explaining the charms of classical music to the young audience. The final performer who joined the event was SKO harpist Kazuko Shinozaki. All loved her heavenly sounds enjoying freshly brewed Maruyama coffee. During the event, we were also selling the tickets of the 2016OMF programs. Despite the rain and early opening hours, many people lined before the store opens. Orchestra Concert Program B, Chamber Concert II, OMF Chamber Music Study Group –Brass Emsumble-, OMF Opera by Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra Ravel: L’enfant et les sortiléges are currently available for purchase on Ticket Pia website. We would like to thank everyone who join us in Ginza NAGANO for this event and look forward to seeing you all in Matsumoto this summer.
OMF Newsletter Contact
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Executive Committee
3-18-13 Ote Matsumoto-shi Nagano 390-0874 JAPAN
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.
2016OMF Newsletter Vol.8
July 9 & 10 2016OMF tickets on sale at Ginza NAGANO!
We are happy to announce that tickets of 2016OMF ALL programs will be out on sale at July 9 (Sat) & 10 (Sun) 2016OMF Special Event held at Ginza NAGANO, Tokyo. Orchestra Concert A Program and Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Gig tickets will be also available for purchase. This will be the first window tickets sales in Tokyo this year. Purchases will be available on both days from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm.
On both days, along with mini saloon concerts, OMF special talk sessions and music lecture for children, we are also organizing 2015OMF concert digest screenings and the sales of OMF goods. Venue is just two minutes walk from Wako and Mitsukoshi Department store in Ginza. If you happen to be nearby this weekend, please do drop by to see us.
* Ginza NAGANO map (Venue: 2F Free Space)
2016OMF Must See Program Feature:Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Gig
This year’s must see program No.4 is Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Gig. The title of new piece by Marcus Roberts has recently announced as Rhapsody in D. The piece which will be performed as World Premiere at 2016OMF, was inspired by Gershwin’s famous Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in F. Along with Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue with Seiji Ozawa and Saito Kinen Orchestra, please also enjoy Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet excerpts and Ibert: Divertissement pour orchestre de chamber conducted by Toshiaki Murakami.
2016OMF Must See Program Feature:Chamber Concert I
This year’s must-see program No.5 is Chamber Concerts. A well known for top class musicians giving high level chamber music performance every year. In Chamber Concert I, we have Michelangelo String Quartet as a star music group with Ryo Sasaki (viola) and Jing Zhao (cello) as guests. Michelangelo String Quartet with world renowned SKO member Nobuko Imai as violinist has great popularity both abroad and in Japan. Welcoming young and aspiring violinist Daniel Austrich on second violin, who received high acclaim at 2013SKF, the quartet is coming back to Matsumoto after 3 years absence.
2016OMF Must See Program Feature:OMF Chamber Music Study Group – Brass Ensemble-
This year’s must see program No.6 is OMF Chamber Music Study Group – Brass Ensemble. Ten brass students selected through the audition and taught by the members of Saito Kinen Orchestra will present the result of their study in a recital. After intensive one week long tutorials, the students will show the result of their study offering surely an outstanding performance and memorable opening of the 2016OMF, held this year as always at Agata no Mori Bunka Kaikan.
Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga performs in Tokyo!
Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga, Asia will hold a concert on Aug 1 (Mon) at Hakuju Hall, Tokyo. Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga, Asia, formerly known as the Saito Kinen Chamber Music Study Group, started in 1997 in Okushiga Kogen, Nagano, with Seiji Ozawa's strong belief that the intensive quartet training with the finest instructors is fundamental for cultivating world-class string musicians. In 2011, the Academy was re-established as a non-profit organization (NPO) with an aim to enable Asian music students from beyond Japan to attend the academy and to help raise the profile of chamber music across Asia. Being taught by renowned mentors Sadao Harada, Yoshiko Kawamoto and Julian Szulman, the students will perform Beethoven:String Quartet in F Major No.16 Op.135 and more. For more information, please see here.
OMF Newsletter Contact
Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Executive Committee
3-18-13 Ote Matsumoto-shi Nagano 390-0874 JAPAN
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.
July 9 & 10 2016OMF tickets on sale at Ginza NAGANO!
We are happy to announce that tickets of 2016OMF ALL programs will be out on sale at July 9 (Sat) & 10 (Sun) OMF Special Event held at Ginza NAGANO, Tokyo. Orchestra Concert A program and Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Gig tickets will be also available for purchase. This will be the first window tickets sales in Tokyo this year.
This OMF special event, held just a month prior to the opening of 2016OMF, features saloon concerts and talk sessions by SKO members Ribon Aida (violin), Ryutaro Hei (contrabass) and Kazuko Shinozaki (harp) along with Music Lecture for Children, OMF special talk sessions and 2015OMF concert digest screenings. Venue just two minutes walk from Wako and Mitsukoshi Department store in Ginza. If you happen to be nearby this weekend, please do drop by to see us.
We look forward to welcoming you at Ginza NAGANO this weekend.
＜＜2016OMF Ticket Sale＞＞
July 9 (Sat) & 10 (Sun) Window Open 11:00 - 18:00 at Ginza NAGANO 2F Event Space
●Aug 18 (Thu) Orchestra Concert Program A (Seats: S / A)
●Aug 22 (Mon) Orchestra Concert Program A (Seats: S / A)
●Aug 19 (Fri) Orchestra Concert Program B (Seats: S / A)
●Aug 21 (Sun) Orchestra Concert Program B (Seats: S / A / B)
●Aug 28 (Sun) Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Gig (Seats: S / A)
●Aug 20 (Sat) Chamber Concert I
●Aug 27 (Sat) Chamber Concert II
●Aug 9 (Tue) OMF Chamber Music Study Group --Brass Ensemble--
●Sep 6 (Tue) OMF Opera by Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra Ravel: "L'enfant et les sortilèges" (Seats: S / A)
●Sep 9 (Fri) OMF Opera by Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra Ravel: "L'enfant et les sortilèges" (Seats: S / A)
※Purchases closed once tickets are sold out. ※Limited to 2 tickets per performance per person. ※Tickets on photo are examples.