Joe Hisaishi will tour Japan in August 2018
Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi will offer a series of concerts next month of August in Japan, touring the country and visiting 7 cities, performing 9 concerts with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.
These are the tour dates for Japan:
- Thursday, August 9th, 2018 – 19h – Iwate Prefectural Civic Center – Iwate (link)
- Friday, August 10th, 2018 – 19h – Suntory Hall – Tokyo (link)
- Monday, August 13th, 2018 – 19h – Okayama Symphony Hall – Okayama (link)
- Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 – 19h – Kagawa Prefectural Hall – Kagawa (link)
- Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 – 19h – Festival Hall – Osaka (link)
- Friday, August 17th, 2018 – 18h – Gunma Prefectural Civic Center – Gunma (link)
- Sunday, August 19th, 2018 – 15h – Ishikawa Prefectural Concert Hall – Ishikawa (link)
- Monday, August 20th, 2018 – 19h – Suntory Hall – Tokyo (link)
- Tuesday, August 21st, 2018 – 19h – Sumida Triphony Hall – Tokyo (link)
The tentative program will include the following pieces:
- Joe Hisaishi – Kaguya-hime no Monogatari (The Story of Kaguya)
- Joe Hisaishi – DEAD
- Joe Hisaishi – World Dreams I, II
- Joe Hisaishi – Symphonic Suite ‘Spirited Away’ and others (World Premiere)
Tickets for the Japanese concerts are estimated between JPY 8500-9200 (65-70€). For a full list of concerts:
https://www.njp.or.jp/en/concerts?search_date_from=2018-08-01
Additionally, in the orchestra’s calendar, there is also a concert in China for September under the baton of Joe Hisaishi:
- Sunday, 9th September, 2018 – 19:30h – Shenzhen Bay Sports Center – Shenzhen (China) – (link)
