[Announcement] Performers and programs for the 761st Tokyo Regular Concert, the 398th Yokohama Regular Concert, and the 405th Masterpiece Concert in June have been announced.

アレクサンドル・ラザレフ［桂冠指揮者兼芸術顧問］の来日について（6月30日）にて発表しました通り、2023年11月25日（土）第392回横浜Subscription Concert、11月26日（日）第248回芸劇シリーズ、12月8日（金）・9日（土）第756回東京Subscription Concert、及び2024年6月7日（金）・8日（土）第761回東京Subscription Concert、6月15日（土）第398回横浜Subscription Concert、6月16日（日）第405回名曲コンサートは、出演者及びプログラムを変更して開催いたします。
We are pleased to announce that the new performance content for June has been decided.

For details on the changes in November, please seeHERE

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761th Tokyo Subscription Concert

Maestro Kazuyoshi Akiyama's first regular appearance in Tokyo with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in half a century (June 2022) was a great success. This time, he will perform three "masterworks" from the late Romantic period. Berg, who created a unique world that is both atonal and sensual. Dvorak, whose music is profound, blending ethnic influences with modern melancholy and hustle and bustle. Between them will be Richard Strauss's Concerto No. 2, written in his final years for the horn, an instrument he loved his entire life. The soloist will be the Japan Philharmonic's young, talented principal horn player, Nobusue. His beautiful tone and technique will transport listeners to a world of bliss.

Conducted by Kazuyoshi Akiyama

Horn: Nobusue Sekisai [Principal Player]

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398th Yokohama Subscription Concert/The 405th Popular Concert

Eliso Virsaladze is a renowned pianist from Georgia. Not only is he renowned as a master of Russian pianism in the tradition of G. Neuhaus and Richter, but he is also known worldwide as an educator, having taught at the Moscow Conservatory for many years. His students include the legendary Berezovsky, as well as top Japanese artists such as Mao Fujita and Kanon Matsuda, and countless people have been captivated by his sublime artistry. In this performance, he will perform Beethoven's "Emperor" with Kenichiro Kobayashi, Honorary Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Enjoy this magnificent collaboration between these two great masters of our time.
In the second half of the concert, we will present the well-known "Pastoral" Symphony, a true hymn to nature, along with a projection of Beethoven's inner landscape.

Conductor: Kenichiro Kobayashi [Conductor Laureate]

　A leading Japanese conductor, affectionately known as "Fire Kobaken."
He graduated from both the Department of Composition and Department of Conducting at Tokyo University of the Arts. He won first place and a special prize at the 1st Budapest International Conductors Competition in 1974. At the Prague Spring Music Festival in 2002, he was the first Asian to conduct the opening piece, "My Country," receiving thunderous applause.
　He has performed with many prestigious orchestras, including the Hungarian National Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Arnhem Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France, Orchestre National de Santa Cecilia di Rome, London Philharmonic, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, and has held numerous positions.
　He has received the Hungarian Grand Cross of Merit (the country's highest award) from the Hungarian government, and domestically he has received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Commendation, the Imperial Prize, and the Japan Art Academy Prize.
　He has also written many works as a composer, and in 1999 he composed the orchestral piece "Passacaglia," which was commissioned to commemorate 400 years of relations between Japan and the Netherlands. When it was premiered by the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, it was met with rapturous applause from the audience. The work has since been performed on various occasions, including by the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ashkenazy and the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kenichiro Kobayashi.
　In 2005, he founded the Kobaken and Friends Orchestra with the aim of contributing to society, and has continued to perform across the country ever since.
　He has released numerous CDs and DVDs through Octavia Records, and his books include "The Conductor's Soliloquy" (selected by the Japan Book Association).
　He currently serves as Honorary Conductor Laureate of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor Laureate of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, and Gunma Symphony Orchestra, Special Guest Conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Honorary Guest Conductor of the Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo College of Music, and Liszt Academy of Music, and Councilor of the Rohm Music Foundation.
　Official website: http://www.it-japan.co.jp/kobaken/

Elisso Virsaladze, piano

Born in Tiflis (now Tbilisi), the capital of Georgia, he grew up in a family with deep ties to Georgian arts and culture for generations.
After receiving piano lessons from his grandmother, Professor Anastasia Virsaladze, he moved to Moscow to study under Genrikh Neuhaus and Yakov Zak.
At the age of 20, he won third place in the Tchaikovsky Competition, and at the age of 24, he won first place in the International Schumann Competition. He has a deep affection for the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, and others from the late 18th and 19th centuries, and is particularly highly regarded as one of the most outstanding contemporary performers of Schumann's works. He also has a wide repertoire of Russian music, including works by contemporary composers, and has won numerous prestigious art awards in the former Soviet Union.
He regularly performs recitals in major European music cities, as well as duo recitals with Natalia Gutman. In chamber music and with orchestras such as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic, he has toured extensively in North America, Japan, and Europe, and regularly performs with leading orchestras around the world.
He has performed with many famous conductors, including Rudolf Barshai, Kirill Kondrashin, Riccardo Muti, Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Evgeny Svetlanov, and Yuri Temirkanov.
He is also known as an accomplished pedagogue, holding permanent professorships at the Moscow Conservatory and the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts, and is frequently invited to serve on juries at major international music competitions.
He has released many recordings on the Live Classics label.