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Shimono × HSO Kick-off Conductor: Tatsuya Shimono, General Music Director of HSO
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8

Overwhelming live performance at the Subscription Concert held in Osaka to commemorate the inauguration of Tatsuya Shimono as General Music Director of HSO!!
Shimono × HSO Kick-off: The original source comes from a live performance given at The Symphony Hall in Osaka to commemorate the inauguration of Tatsuya Shimono as General Music Director of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra (HSO), following in the footsteps of his mentor, Kazuyoshi Akiyama. The music with high quality sound downloaded in high resolution enables you to enjoy the atmosphere and excitement of the venue to the fullest.

[Included Works] Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (April 14, 2017; The Symphony Hall in Osaka)  [Performers] Conductor: Tatsuya Shimono Orchestral Music: Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra [Release]July 2017 Product purchase:　mora – WALKMAN® Official Music Store Price: 1,500 yen (tax included)

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Conductor: Max Pommer
Bouquet of Music HSO Masterpiece Concert – Spring –

Bouquet of Music HSO Masterpiece Concert – Spring –
[Genealogies of Music—from Baroque to Romantic Music]

[Included Works] Brahms: Symphony No. 1 Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6 (May 25, 2016; International Conference Center Hiroshima, Phoenix Hall) [Performers] Conductor: Max Pommer Orchestral Music: Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra [Release] December 2016 Product purchase: mora – WALKMAN® Official Music Store Price: 1,000yen (tax included)

Peace Arch Hiroshima Classical Music Concert

The original source comes from a live performance at the Peace Arch Hiroshima Classical Music Concert held in summer 2016. The concert was performed by the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra (HSO), whose theme is “Music for Peace,” together with musicians from Japan, which experienced a tragedy in WWII, the U.S., Germany, and Poland. Held with the aim of sending a message of peace through music, the concert brought astounding joy to the audience.
Musical pieces include a beautiful piano concerto by Chopin, performed by Aimi Kobayashi, who is a Japan’s prominent young pianist and a finalist in the 17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition, the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra from Poland, the homeland of Chopin, and HSO. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Ode to Joy performed by musicians from Japan, the U.S., Germany, and Poland is also included. There is no doubt that all of these performances will be engraved in your memory.

[Included Works] Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 (posthumous work) Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 with Chorus (July 23, 2016; Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall) [Performers]  Conductor: Kazuyoshi Akiyama; Piano: Aimi Kobayashi Soprano: Nicole Cabell; Mezzo-soprano: Mihoko Fujimura Tenor: Christian Elsner; Bass: Adam Palka Chorus: Tokyo Opera Singers Orchestral Music: Sinfonia Varsovia / Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra [Release] December 2016 Product purchase: mora – WALKMAN® Official Music Store Price: 1,500 yen (tax included)

Martha Argerich Music for Peace with Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

In August 2015, which marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the A-bombing in Hiroshima, the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra gave a performance together with Martha Argerich for the first time in Hiroshima and Tokyo. The live sound source of “An Evening of Peace Concert,“ which was held in Hiroshima in 2015 and met with a favorable reception, has been distributed in high resolution for charity.
The proceeds will be donated for the maintenance of the A-bombed piano that had been owned by Akiko Kawamoto (Akiko’s piano), on which Martha Argerich played a song, and for the support of musical activities conducted by the Soma Children’s Orchestra and Chorus (Fukushima Prefecture) through the Friends of El Sistema Japan.

[Included Works] Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 Schuman: Traumes Wirren from “Fantasiestücke,” Op. 12 (August 5, 2015; Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall) [Performers] Conductor: Kazuyoshi Akiyama Piano: Martha Argerich Orchestral Music: Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra [Release] April 22, 2016 (Fri.) Product purchase: “e-onkyo music” – High-resolution sound source distribution website “mora” – Music download and distribution website Price: 3,240 yen (tax included)