Along with "Cherry Blossom Festival" at Ark Hills, we open Suntory Hall to public free of charge all day. Enjoy Suntory Hall with attractive events and performances!!

Sun, Apr 1

Cond: Kosuke Tsunoda,
Org: Maki Nagase,
Yokohama Sinfonietta, etc.

Admission free

This series is t he very first subscription concert series for elementary school children in Japan. Maestro Naoto Otomo conducts and also talks about the programs.

Sat, Apr 7 11:00 / Sat, Jul 7 11:00 / Sat, Sep 22 11:00 / Sat, Dec 8 11:00

Cond & Talk: Naoto Otomo
Vn: Reiko Watanabe (4.7)
S: Maki Mori (7.7)
Pf: Mao Fujita (9.22)
Ob: Eriko Ara (12.8)

Subscription tickets (for 4 concerts) ¥10,000
Single ticket ¥3,000

Ticket Sales: December 20, 2011

Maestro Ken-ichiro Kobayashi, famed for his passionate conducting, enchants the audience with delightful performance.

Tue, Apr 24 19:00

Cond: Ken-ichiro Kobayashi,
S: Maki Mori,
T: Ken Nishikiori,
Vn: Asuka Sezaki
navigator: Riyoko Ikeda,
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra

S¥8,000 A¥7,000 B¥6,000 C¥5,000

Ticket Sales: January 2012

Launched in June 2011, Suntory Hall Chamber Music Garden will be back again to Blue Rose (Small Hall) to fill it with the joy of chamber music in 2012. For the entire two weeks various kinds of flowers of the music endeared by the musicians will be in full bloom. Come and join to find out your favorite corners of the Chamber Music Garden!

Music at Exhibition produced by Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi in 2012 focuses Brahms. Three trios of the Master of the Romantic Era will shed the light on the nature of Tsuyoshi's artistry and lyricism.

Sat, Jun 2 18:00

Blue Rose(Small Hall)

Vc: Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi,
Vn: Yasushi Toyoshima,
Hrn: Radek Baborák,
Pf: Hiroko Suseki,
Cl: Anna Hashimoto

Reserved seats:¥5,000 Students:¥1,000

Ticket Sales: February 2012

Selected members of Suntory Hall Opera Academy will perform the gems of songs and masterpieces of operas.

Sun, Jun 3 14:00

Blue Rose(Small Hall)

Reserved seats:¥2,000

Ticket Sales: February 2012

A unique project to produce concerts in collaboration with universities/colleges of music: Selected teams of aspiring students produce and perform the concerts with creative approaches. It is a hand-on learning opportunities for students to experience the actual collaboration of artists, arts managers and venues for concert production.

Venue:Blue Rose(Small Hall)

Fanny and Clara-The two brilliant Muses-
Produced by Musashino Academia Musicae

Mon, Jun 4 19:00

Physique and Sound
Produced by Toho Gakuen School of Music

Wed, Jun 6 19:00

Non-reserved seats:¥2,000

Ticket Sales: April 2012

Relax and enjoy the charming repertoires of chamber music served by the virtuosi in 60-minute concerts. On Saturdays "One-coin Concerts" will welcome you along with the "Hills Marché" at the Karajan Platz.

Venue: Blue Rose(Small Hall)

VOL. 1 Fri, Jun 8 11:00-12:00
Weekend begins with the passionate ensemble of guitar and string quartet! It s a small but intensified concerto.

Guit: Yasuji Ohagi,
Quartet Excelsior,
Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy Ensemble

VOL. 2 Fri, Jun 8 14:30-15:30
Michie Koyama specially selected Beethoven as "the true masterpiece that embraces everyone listening closely. Together with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, it is an earnest conversation of the two chamber music enthusiasts.

Pf: Michie Koyama,
Vc: Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi

Marché One-Coin Concert #1 Sat, Jun 9 10:30-12:00

Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy Fellow

VOL. 3 Sat, Jun 9 14:30-15:30
Come and be an ear-witness of the moment that beautiful melodies of the songs are transfigured into the master pieces of chamber music.

Pf: Michie Koyama,
String Quartet: Quartet Excelsior,
DB: Koji Akaike,
S: Akie Amou,
Pf: Miyuki Kotouda,

VOL. 4 Fri, Jun 15 11:00-12:00
Harp and cello are the dearest friends of the muse. This celebrated ensemble will definitely enchant you.

Hrp: Naoko Yoshino,
Vc: Mario Brunello

VOL. 5 Fri, Jun 15 14:30-15:30
The lands where the fair citrons grow have brought out chamber music with various countenances. Exciting moments of the music by Piazzolla, Albeniz and Falla, and so forth.

Pf: Akira Wakabayashi,
Vn: Rieko Suzuki,
Vc: Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
Selected Fellows of Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy

Marché One-Coin Concert #2 Sat, Jun 16 10:30-12:00

Radek Baborák, horn (special guest)
Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy Fellows

VOL. 6 Sat, Jun 16 14:30-15:30
Debussy created the most subtle sounds of ensemble; The Garden will have its finest performance by three muses of harp, flute and viola.

Hrp: Naoko Yoshino,
Fl: Yumiko Sakuma,
Va: Yoshiko Kawamoto

Reserved seats with one drink ¥2,000(VOL.1-6)
Reserved seats ¥500(Marché One-Coin Concert)

Ticket Sales: February 2012

The Henschel Quartett, Munich-based leading ensemble of their generation in Germany, will challenge the Beethoven Cycle, performing the complete 16 string quartets in five days. Be among enthusiastic audience to witness Beethoven of our time.

Blue Rose(Small Hall)

Vn: Christoph Henschel, Daniel Bell,
Va: Monika Henschel,
Vc: Mathias Beyer-Karlshøj

Date & Program:
   Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet

I. Fri, Jun 8 19:00
in F minor, op. 18-1
in F minor , op. 95 ,"Serioso"
in B-flat major, op. 133,"Grosse Fuge"
in B-flat major, op. 130

II. Sat, Jun 9 19:00
in G major, op. 18-2
in F major, op. 135
in C minor, op. 18-4,
in C major, op. 59-3 ,"Razumovsky No. 3"

III. Sun, Jun 10 14:00
in A major, op. 18-5
in E minor, op. 59-2 ,"Razumovsky No. 2"
in E-flat major, op. 127

IV. Fri, Jun 15 19:00
in B-flat major, op. 18-6
in E-flat major, op. 74,"Harfe"
in A minor, op. 132

V. Sat, Jun 16 19:00
in D major, op. 18-3
in F major, op. 59-1 "Razumovsky No. 1"
in C-sharp minor, op. 131

Reserved seats:¥5,000 Students:¥1,000

Ticket Sales: February 2012

Kyoko Takezawa, the youngest member of Festival Soloists, now comes home of chamber music at Suntory Hall as the leader and mentor of the younger generations. Enjoy a fresh ensemble woven by her new colleagues and young followers.

Thu, Jun 14 19:00

Blue Rose(Small Hall)

Vn: Kyoko Takezawa,
Pf: Akira Eguchi,
Vc: Mario Brunello,
Selected Fellows of Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy

Reserved seats:¥6,000 Students:¥1,000

Ticket Sales: February 2012

Wed, Jun 13 14:00

Blue Rose(Small Hall)

Non-reserved seats:¥1,000

The finale of CMG 2012 is the laced pearls of chamber music by strings. Come and join the luxurious afternoon culminating the two-week festa of chamber music!

Sun, Jun 17 13:30

Blue Rose(Small Hall)

Vc: Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi,
Pf:Akira Wakabayashi,
String Quartet: Henschel Quartett, Quartet Excelsior,
Selected group of Suntory Hall Camber Music Academy
Suntory Hall Camber Music Academy Fellows

Reserved seats:¥5,000 Students:¥1,000

Ticket Sales: February 2012

Suntory Hall gives students at highly prestigious music schools of the world an opportunity for public debut in Japan. In 2012 Universität der Künste Berlin will be on stage, to introduce the master works by its alumni composers.

Sat, Jul 21 15:00

Flute: Hera Sung
Oboe: Özge Inci
Clarinet: Shiho Uekawa
Bassoon: Justus Mache
French Horn: Dorothea Bender
Violin: Sindri Lederer
Viola: Dinara Muratova
Cello: Katharina Jäckle
Piano: Lucas Blondeel, Akiko Nikami
Professor Hans Joachim Greiner, va
Professor Burkhard Glaetzner, ob

Blue Rose(Small Hall)

Reserved seats:¥3,000 Students:¥2,000

Ticket Sales: April 2012

The "adventure" is mainly for elementary school pupils, a fantastichand- on learning
experience about organ and its music! We also present an authentic program for grown-ups.

Sun, Jul 22
11:00, 13:30 for elementary school pupils
16:15 for grown-ups

Org: Masayo Katsuyama
Organ builder: Jun Yagita
Director: Takashi Ui, director

Ticket:¥1,000

Ticket Sales: April 2012

Suntory hall commissions orchestral work to a forefront composer every year and present a world-premiere. Commissioned composers include John Cage, Luigi Nono, Tan Dun, Oliver Knussen, Esa-Pekka Salonen etc. and 35 commissioned works were premiered. In 2012, Toshio Hosokawa, new supervisor of this series, make a selection from the commissioned works in the past and introduces the attractiveness of the compositions again.

Mon, Aug 27

Cond:Kazuyoshi Akiyama,
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Ticket Sales: May 2012

60-minute concerts for 3-6 years old chirdren produced originally at Carnegie Hall, New York. Listen, feel and express excitement of music thoroughly!

Sun, Sep 23 11:00, 14:00 / Mon, Sep 24 11:00, 14:00

Blue Rose (Small Hall)

Host: Airi Yoshioka
Pf: Greg DeTurck
Fl: Julietta Curenton
Cl: Alicia Lee
Vn: Anna Elashvili
Vc: Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir

Adult (Accompanying Children) ¥3,000
Children (Age 3-6) ¥1,000

Ticket Sales: May 2012

"SUNTORY HALL FESTIVAL" returns this year for 2 months in the beautiful autumn season to present classical music in unequaled quality performed by dazzling top artists of the world.

Annual Gala Concert is presented every October to remember the opening day of Suntory Hall 26 years ago. It also kicks off Suntory Hall Festival.

Sat, Oct 6 18:00

Mr. Huang DouDou(dancer) had to cancel his appearance for the reasons beyond his control.　As replacement, Ms. Nami Yamakawa and Mr. Masaki Oshima(ballet dancers) will perform at the Gala concert.

Cond: Naoto Otomo, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Yuki Kakiuchi
Vn: Itamar Zorman, Clemens Hellsberg
Pf: Ayako Uehara
S: Maria Agresta
T: Giorgio Berrusi
Brass Quintett: Boston Brass
Hichiriki: Hideki Togi
Kyogen: Mansai Nomura
Dance: Nami Yamakawa, Masaki Oshima
Gagaku: Reigakusha
MC: Yuko Natori, etc.
Orch: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

S¥22,000 A¥20,000 B¥17,000 C¥10,000

Ticket Sales: July 28, 2012

'450 Years Music-Relationship Between Japan and Europe' We present the special exhibition to experience long musical exchange between Japan and Europe since the 16th Century and salon concerts with the archival manuscripts from the exhibition. We exhibit precious materials from the Musikverein archives in Vienna and simultaneously we have some salon concerts performed by the members of Wiener Philharmoniker.

From Sat, Oct 6 to Fri, Oct 12 10:00-17:00

Blue Rose (Small Hall)

Director:
Prof. Dr. Otto Biba,(Director of Archiv der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien)
Prof. Dr. Ryuichi Higuchi

Day Ticket¥1,000 Student¥500

Ticket sales: June 2012

Tue, Oct 9 19:00

Cond:Giuseppe Sabbatini
S:Maria Agresta
T:Giorgio Berrugi
Orch:Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

S¥10,000 A¥8,000 B¥6,000 C¥4,000 Wink Seat(With a glass of champagne)¥12,000

Ticket sales: May 26, 2012

Fri, Oct 12 12:00

Members of Wiener Philharmoniker

Reserved seats¥1,800

Ticket sales: August 20, 2012

Experience great music for organ composed by Viennese composers with interesting stories on the musical city, Vienna based on Director of Archiv der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien by Prof. Dr. Otto Biba.

Sun, Oct 14 14:00

Org: Peter Planyavsky
Lecture: Otto Biba
Talk&Conductor: Dr.Ryuichi Higuchi
Chorus: Bach Akademie Meiji Gakuin Tokyo, chorus

Rreserved seats¥3,500 Student¥1,000 SET¥4,000
*SET includes admission to "Exhibiton of the Musikverein Archive" held from October 6 to October 12 at Brue Rose.

Ticket sales: June 20, 2012

"POLLINI PERSPECTIVE" launched at Lucerne Festival in 2011 to celebrate his 70th birthday. This global "Perspective" project is brought to Paris, Berlin and to Suntory Hall, Tokyo in 2012. It will be further extended to New York and Milan in 2013.

We have suspended the start of the ticket sales for "Pollini Perspectives 2012" due to
Mr. Pollini's health reasons.

After careful consideration, Mr. Pollini has come to the conclusion that he will give performances with revised and programs. He very much looks forward to performing "Pollini Perspectives 2012" in Tokyo.

I Beethoven Manzoni Tue, Oct 23 19:00
Pf: Maurizio Pollini, Nicolas Hodges
Va: Christophe Desjardins
Cl: Alan Damiens
Perc: Daniel Ciampolini
S: Joo Cho

II Beethoven Stockhausen Fri, Nov 2 19:00
Pf:Maurizio Pollini

III Beethoven Lachenmann Wed, Nov 7 19:00
Pf:Maurizio Pollini
String quartet:Jack Quartet

IV Beethoven Sciarrino Tue, Nov 13 19:00
Cond: Tito Ceccherini
Pf: Maurizio Pollini, Daniele Pollini
Chamber Ensemble: Klangforum Wien
Vocal ensemble: Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart

Platinum seat¥30,000 S¥25,000 A¥21,000 B¥17,000 C¥12,000 Wakaba seat¥3,000

Chamber Music Concert Blue Rose (Small Hall) Wed, Oct 24 19:00
(Performance by Maurizio Pollini is originally not scheduled at Chamber Music Concerts.)

Va: Christophe Desjardins
Cl: Alan Damiens
Perc: Daniel Ciampolini
Sop: Joo Cho
Fl: Shigenori Kudo
String Quartet: Yoshu Kamei, Tomoki Tai, Yasutaka Hemmi, Takahiro Yasuda

Co-presented by KAJIMOTO

Ticket sales: July 29, 2012

Thu, Oct 25 19:00

Guit: Walther Giger
Vn: Noriko Kawamura
DB: Fumio Shirato
Noh Actor: Kisho Umewka
, etc

Reserved seats¥4,500 Non-reserved seats¥3,500

Ticket sales: Aug 9, 2012

Christian Thielemann assumes Principal Conductor of the orchestra in the fall 2012, and they already announced opera performances at Salzburg Easter Festival in 2013. Do not miss concerts by the hottest collaboration in Europe!

Fri, Oct 26 19:00

S¥32,000 A¥26,000 B¥20,000 C¥14,000 D¥9,000

Co-presented by Japan Arts

Ticket Sales: May 19, 2012

We welcome Gidon Kremer, one of the most exceptional and outstanding violinists of the world to Suntory Hall Special Stage. Co-performers are all closely associated and collaborated with Mr. Kremer, and their strong musical relationship will make the performances very unique and unforgettable.

Date & Program:

Wed, Oct 31 19:00

Vn: Gidon Kremer
Pf: Khatia Buniatishvili
Chamber orchestra: Kremerata Baltica

Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129
(arranged by Rene Koering for Violin, String orchestra and Timpani)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto in A major, K488
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61

Sat, Nov 3 14:00

Please note that a part of the program and order is changed per request from Mr. Kremer.

Vn: Gidon Kremer
Chamber orchestra: Kremerata Baltica

“Hommage a Glenn Gould(1932～82)” - Selected pieces inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Symphony No.10 in A minor, op.98
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 131
(arranged by Kremer and Kissine for String orchestra)

Sun, Nov 4 17:00

Vn: Gidon Kremer
Vc Giedre Dirvanauskaite
Pf: Khatia Buniatishvili

Cèsar Franck: Trio Concertant in F-sharp minor, op. 1-1
Cèsar Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, op. 50

Mon, Nov 5 19:00

Vn: Gidon Kremer
Vc Giedre Dirvanauskaite

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin Solo No. 2 in A minor, BWV1003
Sofia Gubaidulina: Rejoice! for Violin and Cello
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for Violin Solo No. 5 in G major, op. 27-5
Bartók Bèla: Sonata for Violin Solo, Sz117

S¥10,000 A¥8,000 B¥6,000 C¥4,000(Oct31, Nov3)
S¥7,500 A¥6,000 B¥4,500 C¥3,000(Nov4, Nov5)

Ticket Sales: May 19, 2012

Maestro Blomstedt who is renowned for his interpretation of German Romantic repertory held the posts with top German orchestras such as Dresden Staatskapelle, NDR, and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchester etc. He has long close musical relationship with Bamberg Symphony where he currently has the Honorary
Conductor posit ion, and their appearance in Japan has been long awaited by musical lovers.

Thu, Nov 1 19:00

Tue, Nov 6 19:00

Pf: Piotr Anderszewski

S¥19,000 A¥15,000 B¥11,000 C¥8,000 D¥6,000 Platinum seat¥24,000

Co-Presented by KAJIMOTO

Ticket Sales: May 26, 2012

Sun, Nov 11 15:00
All the tickets were sold out.

S¥19,000 A¥16,000 B¥13,000 C¥10,000 D¥7,000

Co-presented by the Music Plant

Ticket Sales: Jul 7, 2012

Suntory Hall Opera Academy is to incubate emerging young singers at the start of their career. Trained by the world renowned artists such as Giuseppe Sabbatini, the
Academy produces the operetta this year at Blue Rose.

Fri, Nov 23 15:00

Blue Rose (Small Hall)

S: Tamayo Yoshida, Kanae Kushima, Momoko Yuasa
M-s: Tomoko Maiya
T: Shigeru Imao, HIdeki Matayoshi
Br: Naoki Ota, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Hidekazu Machi
Pf: Miyuki Kotouda
Navigator: Satoshi Asaoka
Director: Maiko Ota
, etc.

Reserved seats¥5,000

Ticket Sales: July 31, 2012

The long-awaited Beethoven Symphony Cycle will be on stage of Suntory Hall conducted by Mariss Jansons, the most highly-sought-after genius by the major orchestras of the world. His first-ever Beethoven cycle in Japan with the Bavarian Radio Symphony is the perfect match and will be the highlight of the 2012 season.

Date & Program:

Mon, Nov 26 19:00

Tue, Nov 27 19:00

Sat, Dec 1 19:00

S: Christiane Karg
A: Mihoko Fujimura
T: Michael Schade
Bs: Michael Volle
Chorus: Choir des Bayerischen Rundfunks

S¥27,000 A¥22,000 B¥17,000 C¥12,000 D¥7,000 (Nov26, Nov27, Nov30 )
S¥35,000 A¥29,000 B¥23,000 C¥17,000 D¥11,000 (Dec1 )

All the tickets of Dec.1 were sold out.

Co-presented by Japan Arts, Fuji Television, Asahi Shimbun Company

Ticket sales: June 2012

Christmas is approaching. Enjoy romantic evening at Suntory Hall.

Sun, Dec 23 16:00

Org: Hiroko Takahashi, organ
Baroque dance: Yoko Ichise Scénes et Salons,

S¥5,000 A¥4,500 B¥3,500

Ticket Sales: September 20, 2012

Maestro Masaaki Suzuki, his orchestra and chorus enjoy enormous reputation and popularity in the music world, and their beautiful sound illuminates your Christmas day.

Mon, Dec 24 15:00

Director: Masaaki Suzuki
Chorus & Orch: Bach Collegium Japan
S: Johannette Zomer, Minae Fujisaki
Ct: Clint van der Linde
T: Makoto Sakurada, Yousuke Taniguchi
Br: Roderick Williams, baritone

S¥9,000 A¥7,500 B¥6,000 P¥3,500 Student¥1,000

Ticket Sales: September 20, 2012

The special annual concert to close the year end and welcomes the New Year with delightful Viennese music in a festive mood.

Mon, Dec 31 22:00

S: Andrea Rost
T: Tiberius Simu
Cond:Guido Mancusi
Dance: Members of "Verein Ballett der Volksoper Wien"
Vocal ensemble: Suntory Hall Opera Academy
(S: Kanae Kushima, M-s: Wakako Ono, T: Hideki Matayoshi, Br: Kenichi Yoshikawa)
MC: Rie Uozumi

S¥12,000 A¥10,000 B¥8,000 C¥6,000

Ticket Sales: September 29, 2012

Once a month (except August), we present a 30-minute organ concert during lunch hour with free admission. The world biggest organ with 5898 pipes leads you to exceptional music world.

Thu, Jan 26 / Thu, Feb 23 / Thu, Mar 15 / Thu, Apr 19 / Thu, May 17 / Thu, Jun 21 / Thu, Jul 19 / Thu, Sep 13 / Thu, Oct 18 / Thu, Nov 15 / Thu, Dec 13

Admission free