Jul 22, 2016

2016OMF Newsletter Vol.9

OMF Chamber Music Study Group Open Rehearsal Announcement

Only 19 days left until 2016OMF open! The opening concert of the festival - OMF Chamber Music Study Group –Brass Ensemble- will start its rehearsal from Aug 3(Wed) to 7(Sun) at Okushiga Kogen Hotel, Nagano. The rehearsals are open to public free of charge (rehearsal time to be announced). The Brass Ensemble will give a performance as Mori no Orchestra at Okushiga Kogen Hotel on Aug 8 (Mon) 3 pm. Entry free of charge. OMF Chamber Music Study Group –Brass Ensemble- will perform on Aug 9 (Tue) at Agata no Mori Bunka Kaikan. Tickets are on sale at Ticket Pia.

Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga, Asia starts soon!

Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga, Asia is about to begin on July 23rd (Sat) at Okushiga Kogen, Nagano. For more than 20 years, the Okushiga Academy has been teaching young musicians chamber music based on Ozawa’s strong belief - “chamber music is fundamental for all string musicians”. The SKO members Sadao Harada and Yoshiko Kawamoto together with Seiji Ozawa International Music Academy Switzerland's Julian Szulman will this year coach 24 young string musicians coming from China, Taiwan and Japan.
They will give a performance at Yamanouchi Higashi Elementary School on July 29 (Fri), Okushiga Kogen Hotel Mori no Ongakudo on July 30 (Sat)and at Hakuju Hall, Tokyo on Aug 1 (Mon). Seiji Ozawa has been performing for the students at Yamanouchi Junior High School for more than 30 years, in which name last year in September the school opened Ozawa Room 30, an exhibition classroom commemorating the 30 years of work with Seiji Ozawa. This year the Okushiga Academy performance at Yamanouchi High School will take place at the elementary school next to the Junior High School. During this year's Okushiga Academy, Mori no Ongakukai Photo Exhibition will be also held at Okushiga Kogen Hotel. Free entry. For more information, please call 0269-34-2034 (Japanese only).

OMF Special Event at Ginza NAGANO Report

OMF Special Event on July 9 (Sat) & 10 (Sun) at Ginza Nagano ends with great success. The first program OMF Special Talk Show welcomed Hiroki Miyajima (Welcome Street Live producer) and Naomi Nishimori (OMF Volunteer Staff) as guest speakers. The reason why Miyajima wanted to start the street live in Matsumoto, and the backstage story that only volunteer staff could know were shared with the audience. The second program on the first day was Saloon Concert and Talk Show with SKO members Ribon Aida and Ryutaro Hei. The audience enjoyed their session with OMF special wine.
Ribon Aida came back to the event the following day to hold Classic Music Lecture for Children. "We use the same score sheet which was composed in really old time, however, the sound is different to each and every musician. That fascinates me”, said Aida while explaining the charms of classical music to the young audience. The final performer who joined the event was SKO harpist Kazuko Shinozaki. All loved her heavenly sounds enjoying freshly brewed Maruyama coffee.
During the event, we were also selling the tickets of the 2016OMF programs. Despite the rain and early opening hours, many people lined before the store opens. Orchestra Concert Program B, Chamber Concert II, OMF Chamber Music Study Group –Brass Emsumble-, OMF Opera by Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra Ravel: L’enfant et les sortiléges are currently available for purchase on Ticket Pia website.
We would like to thank everyone who join us in Ginza NAGANO for this event and look forward to seeing you all in Matsumoto this summer.

OMF Newsletter Contact

Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Executive Committee
3-18-13 Ote Matsumoto-shi Nagano 390-0874 JAPAN
TEL：0263-39-0001
Email: omfnews@ozawa-festival.com