All members of the “International Music Festival NIPPON 2024” Festival Orchestra have been announced!

International Music Festival NIPPON 2024 (Artistic Director: Akiko Suwanai) will be presented from January 11 to February 27, 2024, with a wide-ranging lineup.
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All members of the Festival Orchestra, which will perform the orchestral music in Akiko Suwanai’s concerts of Mozart’s complete violin concertos, have been announced.
The orchestra will be made up of concertmaster Kei Shirai and specially selected musicians working successfully both inside and outside Japan—some of whom are former International Music Festival NIPPON master class students.
“I’m very happy that they have spread their wings as musicians since the master classes and are now returning as performing artists,” said Akiko Suwanai, who is greatly looking forward to the performances.

Be sure to watch for the International Music Festival NIPPON 2024 Festival Orchestra and these very special performances.

【Violin】
Kei Shirai / Concert Master
Emily Körner
Mona Endo
Karito Ohmitsu
Shuichi Okada
Mako Ochiai
Masako Shirabe
Tsukasa Tamai
Lina Nakano
Hanae Yaguro
Maki Yamauchi
Taishin Yamamoto
Kyoko Yonemoto

【Viola】
Meguna Naka
Tamaki Asano
Tsubasa Ariyoshi
Shu Yamamoto
Ryo Muramatsu

【Cello】
Rei Tsujimoto
Ulara Katsuki
Keita Takagi

【Contrabass】
Masanori Ichikawa
Tatsuro Homma

【Flute】
Junji Nakamura
Mariko Hamasaki

【Oboe】
Hokuto Oka
Mayuko Morieda

【Horn】
Nobuaki Fukukawa
Yu Kumai

《Concert information》
Sascha Goetzel, International Music Festival NIPPON Festival Orchestra
Mozart Violin Concertos, All Mozart Program / Tokyo
7:00 p.m., Thursday, January 11, 2024
7:00 p.m., Friday, January 12, 2024
Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
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Sascha Goetzel, International Music Festival NIPPON Festival Orchestra
Mozart Violin Concertos, All Mozart Program / Aichi
6:00 p.m., Saturday, January 13, 2024
MS & AD Shirakawa Hall
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