Mr. Volkhard Steude, concertmaster and violin, who were to appear in Subscription hitaru Concert Series No. 6 scheduled on June 4, could no longer enter Japan to meet the schedule with our orchestra. Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, with other sponsors have been placing best efforts to have Mr. Steude to be with us until or before May 17, allowing 2 weeks of quarantine upon entrance. Unfortunately, his entry permit was not issued by this date.

As Mr. Steude is not present; we have had to decline our offer for Ms. Iku Miwa, piano.

Subscription hitaru Concert Series No. 6 will be carried out with change in artists and program.

【Subscription hitaru Concert Series No. 6】

Date and Time ：Friday, June 4, 2021 from 7pm (door opens at 6pm)

Venue：Sapporo Cultural Arts Theater hitaru

with Tadaaki Otaka, conductor, Seijun Takahashi, alto flute and Reine Takano, harp

Program：Toru Takemitsu／Toward the sea II for alto flute, harp and string orchestra

Mendelssohn／Symphony No . 4 “Italian”

Beethoven／Symphony No. 7

≪Original program≫ with Volkhard Steude, concertmaster and violin, and Iku Miwa, piano presenting John Williams/ Three Pieces from Schindler’s List, Mendelssohn/ Double Concerto for Violin and Piano and Mendelssohn/ Symphony No. 4 « Italian »

【For this concert】

Japanese government has announced that Hokkaido will be under declaration of state emergency for the period between May 16 to May 31. In order to present concerts, we can only invite maximum of 5,000 guests and/or less than 50% of the hall capacity. And the concert must be finished by 9pm. These three conditions are already observed by the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra during this COVID-19 crisis.

However, ticket sales will be stopped when number of tickets sold exceeds the 50% of the hall capacity.

Kindly confirm the context of Prevention against COVID-19 「Prevention Measures」before coming to the concert hall.

【Refund policy】

If you are worried on your health condition, and unable to attend the concert, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra would refund your ticket (before the concert date).

For those who live away from Sapporo, please send your ticket by post (Ticket offices do not carry out refund of the tickets.) Send your ticket to Sapporo Symphony Orchestra via registered post or Letter-Pack-Light.

●Enclose your ticket and our bank information.

※Bank information must include＜Name, Address, Telephone Number, Name of your bank, Branch name, Account Number and Account Name with Furigana.＞

●We kindly request that the guest will bear any expense necessary for ticket refund including postal and bank transfer fees.

【Inquiriy】

Sapporo Symphony Orchestra telephone011-520-1771（Weekdays 9:30～18:00 ）

postal code 060-0001 Sapporo Education and Culture Hall, Kita 1-jo, Nishi 13 chome, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra