Harmony in Motion: The Timeless Elegance of the NHK Symphony Orchestra
In May 2025, the NHK Symphony Orchestra will perform in Europe for the first time in five years, in six cities in five countries: Belgium (Antwerp), the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Austria (Vienna, Innsbruck), Czech Republic (Prague), and Germany (Dresden). We will be holding 8 concerts.
This tour was organized in response to an invitation to “Mahler Festival 2025” to be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. At the festival, top orchestras from around the world, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the local Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, perform all of Mahler’s symphonies in numerical order, attracting the attention of fans around the world. In addition, we will participate in traditional music festivals such as the Prague Spring Festival and the Dresden Music Festival.
The orchestra will be conducted by Fabio Luigi, who will become chief conductor in 2022. We have led numerous performances to success, including Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand” at the 2000th regular performance (December 2023). This will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to showcase the artistic achievements that Luigi and the NHK Symphony Orchestra have spent three years cultivating in their homeland. Also included are Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Yin Huang (soprano), Olesya Petrova (mezzo-soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Akiko Suwanai (violin), and Jan Vogler ( In addition to continuing to perform with world-class soloists, including the cello), he also collaborated with local choirs (Dutch Radio Choir/Dutch Children’s Choir) in Mahler’s Third Symphony in Amsterdam. Masu.
As conflicts and divisions between nations intensify around the world, through this tour we hope to connect people through music and serve as a bridge for cultural exchange between Japan and Europe. Please look forward to “N Hibiki Europe Performance 2025”.
Performers/program
Conductor: Fabio Luigi (chief conductor of NHK Symphony Orchestra)
Orchestra: NHK Symphony Orchestra
Mahler/Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Mezzo-soprano: Olesya Petrova
Female chorus: Dutch Radio Choir
Children’s choir: Dutch Children’s Choir
Mahler/From the song collection “Children’s Mysterious Horn”*
Mahler/Symphony No. 4 in G major**
Baritone: Matthias Goerne*
Soprano: Yin Fan**
Grieg/Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Mahler/Symphony No. 4 in G major*
Piano: Rudolf Buchbinder
Soprano: Yin Fan*
Toru Takemitsu/Three movie music
Berg/Violin Concerto
Brahms/Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Violin: Akiko Suwanai
Haydn/Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major Hob. VIIb-1
Mahler/Symphony No. 4 in G major*
Cello: Jan Vogler
Soprano: Yin Fan*
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Performance location/schedule
Friday, May 9, 2025 Antwerp (Belgium)
8:00pm Queen Elisabeth Hall
Sunday, May 11, 2025 Amsterdam (Netherlands)
8:15pm Concertgebouw Great Hall
*Performances participating in “Mahler Festival 2025”
Monday, May 12, 2025 Amsterdam (Netherlands)
8:15pm Concertgebouw Great Hall
*Performances participating in “Mahler Festival 2025”
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Vienna (Austria)
7:30pm Vienna Konzerthaus Great Hall
Thursday, May 15, 2025 Prague (Czech Republic)
8:00pm Artist’s House Dvorak Hall
*Performance participating in “Prague Spring Music Festival”
Saturday, May 17, 2025 Dresden (Germany)
7:30pm Our Lady Church
*Participating performance in “Dresden Music Festival”
Sunday, May 18, 2025 Dresden (Germany)
6:00pm Culture Palace Concert Hall
*Participating performance in “Dresden Music Festival”
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Innsbruck (Austria)
7:30pm Congress Innsbruck Tyrol Hall