Joe Hisaishi in concert in California – May 2018

UPDATE: 5/3/2018 – New concert added on Sunday 5/27/18

Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi will conduct the Symphony Silicon Valley orchestra in San Jose, California (United States) next month of May, offering the North American premiere of the concert ‘Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki’.

 

The concert will focus on the music of the animation films that emerged from the famous production company Studio Ghibli, as a result of the collaboration between composer Joe Hisaishi and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki over more than thirty years (Spirited Away, The Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s delivery service, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, etc …).

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli films of Hayao Miyazaki

 

In total there will be 5 shows that will be held at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts from May 25th to May 28th, 2018:

  • Friday, May 25, 2018 – 8:00 pm [SOLD OUT]
  • Saturday, May 26, 2018 – 8:00 pm [SOLD OUT]
  • Sunday, May 27, 2018 – 2:00 pm [SOLD OUT]
  • Sunday, May 27, 2018 – 7:00 pm
  • Monday, May 28, 2018 – 2:00 pm [SOLD OUT]

 

Tickets, with prices between $ 75 and $ 100 (61-81 €) are on sale at the following link:

http://www.symphonysiliconvalley.org/concerts.php?pagecontID=281

 

As a reference, and since the content will initially be the same, you can read this summary article about the concerts offered by Joe Hisaishi in June 2017 in Paris:

 

Promotional video: