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2016OMF Newsletter Vol. 1

2016OMF Newsletter delivery starts!

We are happy to inform you that as of April 1, 2016, Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival will be issuing 2016OMF Newsletter every two weeks in following months and regularly during the Festival days. OMF Newsletter will offer the recent news and updates on the Festival and related events.

2016OMF Recent News on OMF Website!

OMF Official Website offers the most recent information on the 2016OMF Season Line Up. Along with orchestra concerts and opera performances, information on educational program and open events among others is also available.
For more details, see here.

April 8 J-WAVE Radio Interview

On April 8 (Fri), Tokyo radio station J-WAVE (81.3FM) will cover 2013SKF Ravel: “L’enfant et les sortileges” interview on “—JK RADIO— TOKYO UNITED” with navigator John Kabila. (The interview will be aired in “THE HIDDEN STORY” corner). Mr. Atsushi Moriyasu, SKF and OMF execute producer shares the background story of making 2013SKF “Ravel: “L’enfant et les sortileges”, the close relationship between Matsumoto city and its people, and history of SKF.


Radio Station: J-WAVE (81.3FM)
*You can listen to J-WAVE on internet radio radiko if you were in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Ibaraki, Chiba, Saitama, Gunma and Tochigi. You may able to listen to J-WAVE anywhere in Japan if you were a member of “radiko premium” or “LISMO WAVE”.
Title: —JK RADIO— TOKYO UNITED
*The interview will be aired in “THE HIDDEN STORY” corner.
Navigator: John Kabila
On Air: April 8 (Fri) 6:00-11:30
“THE HIDDEN STORY” 10:40 - 10:50
-JK RADIO- TOKYO UNITED.

Seiji Ozawa returns to the Berliner Philharmoniker!

OMF is happy to announce that the Festival's Artistic Director Seiji Ozawa will perform with the Berliner Philarmoniker next week, 7 years after their last performance in 2009. On his first time visit since his illness, Ozawa will conduct Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Choral Fantasy, with Peter Serkin on piano.
Seiji Ozawa performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1966 for the first time. Since then, they have performed together more than 150 times. This year will mark their 50th anniversary.

The concerts will take place on April 8 (Fri) and April 10 (Sun) (both German time) at Berlin Philharmonie Hall.
Live streaming is available for the concert on April 10 at “Digital Concert Hall” website (viewing charges apply).
For more information,please see here.

OMF PRESS ACCREDITATION

We would like to inform all the members of the press who are willing to cover the events of the 2016OMF that they will be asked to register for Press Pass in advance. OMF will start the registration on April 18th, 2016. The details on the application will be announced at the official website Press Page, as well as in the next edition of the OMF Newsletter and Press Release. For any inquiries, please contact us at pr@ozawa-festival.com.

OMF NEWSLETTER CONTACT

Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Executive Committee
3-18-13 Ote Matsumoto-shi Nagano 390-0874 JAPAN
TEL: 0263-39-00o1
Email: omfnews@ozawa-festival.com

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