Conductor / Shurihito MATSUMOTO
Piano / Kanon MATSUDA
BALAKIREV | Ouverture on 3 Russian Themes |
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TCHAIKOVSKY | Piano Concerto No. 1 |
GLINKA | Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture |
MUSSORGSKY | Dawn on the Moscow River |
BORODIN | Polovetsian Dances from “Prince Igor” |
KHACHATURIAN | Sabre Dance, Lullaby from “Gayane” |
TCAIKOVSKY | Slavonic March |
【Single tickets for this Masterpiece Concerts】will be on sale on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 10am ※Ticket Offices: Doshin Playguide, Community Plaza Ticket Center, Kitara Ticket Center 『 Listen to Masterpiece Concerts』 『2022-2023 Season』Leaflet(PDF-Japanese only) 【Single Tickets】will be on sale starting 10am on Wednesday, August 31 (for Sakkyo Members, ●●/●●~) ●The concert will take place following the governmental request re: “Limitation on Events under COVID-19.” Details of our action will be on this website. There may be change in appearing artists and/or program depending on the situation re: COVID-19. ●Tickets of the concert is non-refundable unless cancellation by force majeure. Please consider your conditions and circumstances before purchasing your ticket. (as of January 2022)
Born in Toyonaka, Osaka in 1993, Shurihito Matsumoto has spent in Soai Music class and Century Youth Orchestra while young and being familiar with violin. After finishing Horikawa Music Senior High School, he graduated Tokyo University of Arts, conducting major with highest degree, winning Acanthus Prize. His mentors include Tadaaki Otaka, Masahiko Kurano, Ken Takaseki, Yoshikazu Tanaka in conducting and Kazuki Sawa and Chieko Sokabe in violin. While in college, Matsumoto attended masterclasses by Douglas Bostock and Paavo Järvi. From April 2019 to March 2022, he was the conductor of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra and has appeared in many towns in Hokkaido. In October 2022, Matsumoto was on the podium of Subscription Concert of Tokyo City Philharmonic, the orchestra that he started his career as a researcher. Since then, he appeared in Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in February 2021, Osaka Philharmonic in September the same year, and other major orchestras in Japan, including Yamagata Symphony, Sendai Philharmonic, Gumma Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, New Japan Philharmonic, Nagoya Philharmonic, City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic, Osaka Symphony and Japan Century Symphony Orchestra. He is one of the young and talented conductors in Japan, who catches much attention.
Kanon Matsuda was born in the city of Takamatsu, Japan. Beginning in 2002, Kanon was a student of the Gnessin Secondary Special Music School (college), in the class of Professor Elena Ivanova. In March of 2004, Kanon was awarded the Grand Prix at the International Piano Competition in memory of Grieg in Moscow. In November of 2006, she was the winner and recipient of the Golden Nutcracker in the 7th International Television Competition for Young Musicians “The Nutcracker” in Moscow. In April 2009, Kanon received the first prize and gold medal at the AADGT International Young Musicians Competition “Passion of Music” in New York. In November 2010, she was awarded the Grand Prix at the International Competition “Classic-2010” in Aktobe and following year, she won the Scriabin Scholarship “Path to Scriabin.” In March 2012, she won the Romantic Music Festival of young musicians in Moscow and a year after, she was awarded the title “Best Student of 2012 Gnessin Special Music School.” In September of 2013 she received a grant for the training program “New Talents” from the Ministry of Culture of the Russhian Government; graduated from the Gnessin Secondary Special Music School, receiving the “Red Diploma” following summer. In August of 2014 she entered the Moscow State Conservatory on a scholarship from the Russian government and completed the course in June 2021. Kanon released her first disc in Japan in November 2014, on the label Deutsche Grammophon. Her second album “Pictures at an Exhibition” was released in June of 2017. Kanon gave her debut performance in an orchestra concert at the age of eight. She has performed with such conductors as Andrea Battistoni, Pietari Inkinen, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Masahiko Enkoji, Tadaaki Otaka and Ken Takaseki, and with numerous orchestras including the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the National Philharmonic of Ukraine (Kiev), Pragu Symphony Orchestra, the Sapporo Symphony, and Tokyo Symphony. In 2012, Kanon gave a successful performance in Japan with the Russian National Orchestra under M. Pletnev on the orchestra’s Asian tour; and took part in the largest festival of the Russian National Orchestra in Moscow, as well as in concerts of the Philharmonic Seasons (Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk). In July of 2016 and 2017, at the Mariinsky Far East Festival in Vladivostok, Kanon gave very well received performances with the Mariinsky Orchestra conducted by Mo. Valery Gergiev.
Ticket Sale | From Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Member Precedent Release : Wednesday, August 24, 2022 |
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Ticket |
(SS)¥5,000(僅少)
(S)¥4,000
(A)¥3,000
U25 (A)1,200 yen ※for anyone born on 1997 or later for the fiscal 2022. Need to show your birth certificate. ※Preschoolers cannot attend the concert. ※Sakkyo Members can purchase SS or S with 500 yen discount. ※Register your name and contacting information when you purchase your ticket at Ticket Offices. Your information may be handed over to the health authority in case of ※Seating patterns for this concert is normal, that is there will be no space between each seat. Ticket may be sold out if regulation is announced by the governmental organizations. ※Babysitting service is available with advance booking. Call Sapporo Sitter Service 011-281-0511 (paid service) |
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