Chamber Concert I Nobuko Imai and Sadao Harada join the String Orchestra!
Chamber Concert I is dedicated to Mr. Robert Mann who has passed away this January. He had visited Matsumoto over 13 times, and during his visit he gave us wonderful performances and also taught the true essence of music to numbers of young artists.
Today we are happy to announce 2 more additional members who will perform at the Chamber Concert I on Aug. 19 (Sun). The world famous Nobuko Imai and Sadao Harada, who are both taught by Mann and had performed many times with him at the festival will join the concert. Mann had been invited to come to Japan by Hideo Saito in 1961 to teach Master Class at Toho Gakuen School of Music. Imai and Harada were taught by Mann himself and Harada later formed Tokyo String Quartet.
20 members from Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland, 11 members from Saito Kinen Orchestra, Imai and Harada they all perform Beethoven: String Quartet No.16 in F Major, Op. 135, third movement (String Orchestra), the piece which OMF Director Seiji Ozawa had conducted for the first time in 9 months at Ozawa International Chamber Music Academy Okushiga last month. Tickets are available at tickets agencies and at The Harmony Hall.
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Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto (2003) Chamber Concert I
Robert Mann, Miwako Watanabe, Nobuko Imai, Sadao Harada
Beethoven: String Quartet No.16 in F Major, Op. 135