Performances

Volkhard Steude, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s principal concert master and music partner of Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, performed and conducted Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” and others at Acros Fukuoka Symphony Hall (Fukuoka Prefecture).

Cultural and Idea Exchange with Students and Journalists Invited from Overseas

Date/Time: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Hiroshima City Municipal Ushita Junior High School Library
Three invited journalists, four foreign exchange students, and seven students from PC broadcasting club gathered together for an exchange of ideas concerning the piano damaged by the atomic bomb blast and other subjects.

The invited musicians played an ensemble and intermingled with the students.

Date/Time: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 7:15 p.m. - 8:40 p.m.
Venue: JMS Aster Plaza Orchestra Practice Hall
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.

Performance

The first year of the “Music for Peace” project intended to send a message of peace to the world and feature Japanese culture and art. The concert was conducted by the conductor of the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra (at the time) and Japan’s leading conductor Kazuyoshi Akiyama, and top international artists and orchestral musicians were invited. Charles Richard-Hamelin, who won 2nd place in the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition was also invited as a soloist.

Conductor: Kazuyoshi Akiyama (Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra Honorary Conductor for Life)

Piano: Charles Richard-Hamelin (2nd in the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition)

"Music for Peace" workshop project

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 6 p.m.
Venue: East Building, Peace Memorial Museum (B1F) Peace Memorial Hall

Program

1. Performance of musicians appearing in the flagship concert “Music for Peace”.
Stanisław Podemski (violin) and Martin Stanzeleit (Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra Principal Cellist)
Charles Richard-Hamelin (Piano Soloist) - He will play a piano damaged in the atomic attack.
2. A total of 4 people including a young pianist from Hiroshima, a college student, and 2 high school students participated in a dialogue (exchange of opinions) with performers invited from overseas. The participants presented a message regarding peace and music to the foreign performers 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.