Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra (HSO) started as 'Hiroshima Civic Symphony Orchestra' in 1963. The orchestra was renamed the current name in 1970. Since becoming a professional orchestra in 1972, HSO is trying to send the peace message by music,as the Orchestra of Hiroshima, the International Peace Memorial City.

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HSO has many concerts to be longing for peace.
Especially, 'Evening for Peace Concert' is held around August 6th, the date of the atomic bomb was dropped, and many great artists who approve of 'Music for Peace', the theme of HSO, are joining the concert.
In 2015,the seven decades after the end of the World War II, Martha Argerich, one of the superlative pianist appeared at Hiroshima on Aug.5 and Tokyo on Aug. 11. After the concerts, She become HSO's 'Peace and Music Ambassador'.

HSO has been active in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions of Japan, and been providing high-quality classical music for people in the area by almost 140 concerts and activities, including 10 subscription concerts with various artists and unique programs.

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