Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

Commissioned by
Agency for Cultural Affairs Government of Japan
Strategic Plan for Integrated Use of Cultual Properties in 2019

Workshop

2019/2020 Season

Coming soon…

2018/2019 Season

Music for Peace : A Musical Workshop to Spread the Message of Peace

Date/Time: Saturday, February 23, 2019 18:00–20:00
Venue: JMS Asterplaza (Orchestra Practice Hall)

Performance by the musicians of Orchestre de Paris, Orchestra Sinfonia Varsovia and Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra and students of Hiroshima University, and a panel discussion by Mari Katayanagi, vice president of the Center for Peace, Hiroshima University. Participated about 80 people in the workshop, including international journalists, University and High school students.

2017/2018 Season

Cultural Ideas Exchange with Students and Journalists Invited from Overseas

Date/Time: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 16:30-18:00
Venue: Hiroshima City Municipal Ushita Junior High School Library

Three invited journalists, four foreign exchange students, and seven students from PC broadcasting club exchanged their ideas about the piano damaged by the atomic bomb blast and other subjects.

Ensemble preformance by the invited musicians and interaction with the students.

Date/Time: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 19:15-20:40

Venue: JMS Aster Plaza Orchestra Practice Hall

The invited musicians played an ensemble and intermingled with the students.
38 junior and senior high school students from in and around the Hiroshima city area involved in music clubs (orchestral and wind instruments) at their respective schools enjoyed a presentation of a woodwind quintet made up of members from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. The students then had an opportunity for a question-and-answer session with the musicians from the two orchestras. In addition, 40 visitors from the general public also attended.

Journalists Invited to Disseminate Information
Peter Dürfeld (Denmark), Janusz Marynowski (Poland), Juri Saito (France), Yoshimichi Okuda(Japan)

2016/2017 Season

Music for Peace Concert

Date/Time: Wnednesday, February 15, 2017 Start 18:00
Venue:Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

■Performance by the musicians appearing in the flagship concert “Music for Peace”.
Stanislaw Podemski (Violin) and Martin Stanzeleit (Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra Principal Cellist)
Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano Soloist) – He played the a piano damaged by the atomic bomb.

■Total 4 people including a young pianist from Hiroshima, a college student, and 2 high school students participated in the discussion with musicians from overseas. The appealed for “Music for peace” message to the musicians in English. A total of 59 people , including 39 spectators from the general public and 20 participants and journalists from around the world joined the workshop.