Beethoven’s 250th Anniversary/
2016-2020 and beyond Project
Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
Music for Peace Concert

This concert sends a message of peace through music from Hiroshima, and features mostly symphonies by Beethoven. This year we welcome special guests including pianist Makoto Ozone who has become popular through a variety of activities.

Date/Time

Sunday, February 24, 2019
Curtain: 3 p.m. Venue Opens: 2 p.m.

Venue

Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall

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About Music for Peace

“Music for Peace” is the theme (catchphrase) of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. The Music for Peace project began in 2016, and is a series of concerts featuring excellent musicians from around the world sending a message of peace worldwide. The Music for Peace project sends a message of hope through music both for 2020 and beyond into the future, as 2020 marks the 75th milestone year since the end of World War II, and is also the year when the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic games will be held as a celebration of peace.

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About the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

The Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra is a professional orchestra based in Hiroshima, the international city of peace and culture, and active under the catchphrase “Music for Peace”. Since 2017, Tatsuya Shimono has served as the General Music Director for the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. In 1963, the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra was established as the Hiroshima Civic Symphony Orchestra, which subsequently changed to the current name in 1970, and was then reorganized as a professional orchestra in 1972. The Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra is known as “Hirokyo”, and is one of the leading orchestras in the Chugoku and Shikoku regions.

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Latest Information

2019.02.07

Special Price for Guests from overseas

2019.02.05

Music for Peace Concert Pre-concert

A mini-concert of a cello collaborating with a Japanese instrument ‘Koto’, performed prior to the main concert.
Free admission. Anyone can Listen.
Date&Time ：February 24rd 2019, 14:15-　(Approx. 20 mins)
Venue: Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall Entrance Lobby
Performers: HIROSHIMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Principal Cello: Martin Stanzeleit
Koto: Mitsuhara Hiroki

Beethoven's 250th Anniversary/
2016-2020 and beyond Project
Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
2018/2019 Season:
Music for Peace Concert

This is the third year of the Music for Peace Concert, conducted by principal guest conductor of the HSO Christian Arming, who was born in Vienna and has many Japanese fans. Makoto Ozone, is a popular pianist who plays in a variety of styles including jazz and classical, will revisit his deeply artistic performance of Shostakovich’s Concerto which he performed five years earlier at the “Evening of Peace” concert.
Beethoven 's Symphony No. 7 which was reputed as “Apotheosis of the dance” will also be performed.
We also welcome Mathias Müller, principal timpani player of the prestigious Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, to this wonderful program. Mr. Müller plays the timpani, an instrument with an important role. We are happy to bring you this fulfilling program.

Date/Time

Sunday, February 24, 2019
Curtain: 3 p.m. Venue Opens: 2 p.m.

Venue

Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall

About the Performers

Conductor

Christian Arming (Principal Guest Conductor for the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra)

Timpani

Mathias Müller (Principal Timpani Player for the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)*

Piano

Makoto Ozone* *

Trumpet

Shoko Kanai (Trumpet Player for the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra)* *

Orchestral Music

Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra

Concert Master

Soichi Sakuma

About the Program

Graupner: Sinfonia in F Major *
Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra in C minor, Op.35* *
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op.92 *