Tickets and Information Featured Concerts Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall Opening Concert 2018 Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall Silvester Concert Wiener Johann Strauss Box Office: NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo; 2017-2018 Orchester 045-682-2000 Paavo Järvi, conductor; Don Giovanni (concert style) 12/31［Sun.］21:00｜Main Hall New Year Concert 2018 By phone: 10:00 to 18:00 Enjoy your New Year's Eve countdown 1/3/2018 Wed. 15:00｜Main Hall 9/11［Mon.］14:00｜Main Hall ［ ］ At the Box Office: 10:00 to 19:00 while listening to classical music. Let the ● Box Office is closed on MM Hall closing days. old year slip away as you listen the rich ● Hours are subject to change. Paavo Järvi’s choice for his rst opera as sounds of the top-ranked musicians who Chief Conductor of the NHK Symphony make up the Minato Mirai Hall Silvester Orchestra is Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”. Orchestra and savor the dazzling perfor- is opera, one of Mozart’s masterpieces, mances of some of today's top soloists. Tickets on the Web combines comedy and tragedy, with the legendary Spaniard Don Juan as the main Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall character. As Paavo Järvi and the NHK Box Office website: Symphony build a closer relationship, they are venturing into new terrain, the opera, http://minatomirai.pia.jp/ and aiming for new heights. What will their e audience at this regular feature of the Yokohama New Year enjoys a dazzling ● approach to “Don Giovanni” be? Registration to use the site is free. Lion Dance welcome, followed by the ● Purchase your tickets at any time of the day. elegant harmonies of authentic Viennese ● Some ticket sales are launched on the website first. waltzes, performed by a orchestra created ● You may choose to receive updates by e-mail. © Julia Baier especially to perform famous works by Paavo Järvi Johann Strauss II. Get tickets earlier, at a discount! The Miraist Club: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Opera: La Bohème The 36th Yokohama Friends of Minato Mirai Hall Herbert Blomstedt, conductor 4/7［Fri.］, 4/8［Sat.］14:00｜Small Hall International Piano Concert Membership benefits make concerts even more enjoyable. 11/9 Thu. 19:00｜Main Hall “La Bohème” is a bittersweet love story, an 11/3 Fri., Holiday ［ ］ opera performed here in a lighter, casual, ［ ］ We welcome you to join and to enjoy this wonderful concert hall. Time to be determined｜Small Hall Membership Applications and Information: more active manner by artists costumed in Contact the Miraist Club Office at 045-682-2025［telephone and fax］, Leipzig’s famous Gewandhausorchester is celebrating the fashionable clothing from American Eagle 10:00-18:00［no regular closing days］ 275th anniversary of its founding with an anniversary tour Outtters, L.L.Bean, and Stradivarius. to Yokohama, Paris, London, and Vienna. With Honorary Conductor Laureate Herbert Blomstedt directing one of his fortes, Shubert’s Symphony No.9 in C major, “e Great,” and violinist Leonidas Kavakos performing in the Brahms Violin Concerto, this concert is bound to be a tour de force. From the left, Kotaro Nagano (Japan) Child Care Alexei Tartakovsky (America) © Gert Mothes rechtefrei Jakub Cizmarovic (Slovakia) Child care is available for all concerts. Herbert Blomstedt Nathanael Gouin (France) For more information or to reserve child care, call ASUKA at 045-316-5539 is 36th annual piano concert features artists ［Mon.-Fri. 9:00-17:00, Sat. 9:00-12:00］ 35 or younger who have won international Vienna Symphony Orchestra; competitions twice or more. ese four rigorously selected pianists will give us a Access Philippe Jordan, conductor Yukiko Aragaki Nobuyuki Okawa not-to-be-missed listening experience. Minato Mirai By Train 11/26［Sun.］Time to be determined｜Main Hall Public Parking Lot N 30 minutes by express from Shibuya, with direct trains from Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, and Saitama. Minato Mirai Station［Tokyu Toyoko Minato Mirai line］: e Vienna Symphony performs with Philippe Jordan, who Kodomonohi Concert 2017 Christmas Minatomirai Sta. Minatomirai Line 3 minutes’ walk from the Queens Square Yokohama Exit. has served as its chief conductor. With the disciplined style 5/5［Fri., Holiday］13:00/15:30｜Main Hall ’ Sakuragicho Station［ JR Keihin Tohoku and Negishi lines MARK IS Queen s Square and ability to structure performances honed at his joint Pipe Organ Concert Minato Mirai Yokohama or Yokohama Municipal Subway］: Take the moving walkway Children of any age welcome to attend the through Landmark Plaza to the rear of Queens Square［F1］. position artistic director of the Opera National de Paris and 12/20［Wed.］ Yokohama concert that begins at 13:00. At 15:30, chil- Museum the world’s nest opera houses, he will bring us a double Time to be determined｜Main Hall of Art Parking symphony program: Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 and dren who bring musical instruments will Landmark Plaza Note: Crowded on weekends and holidays A Christmas Concert featuring the The Landmark Mahler’s Symphony No.1, “Titan.” perform together with the featured artists— Tower Yokohama Minato Mirai Public Parking Lot the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra gorgeous sounds of the Main Hall's pipe ［beneath the Pacifico Yokohama］: 1200 vehicles organ,“Lucy”. Organist Hiroko Takahashi Moving 7:00-24:00; ¥270/30 minutes © Johannes Ifkovits directed by conductor Chikara Iwamura, Walkway Discount coupons for this parking lot are available for those Philippe Jordan and Yuzo Imai, the tenth performer to play performs Christmas songs, together with JR Negishi Line attending MM Hall concerts or events. the “Singer Brother” classic works by Bach. Subway Blue Line Sakuragicho Sta. Queens Parking role in NHK's popu- ［beneath Queens Square Yokohama］: 1700 vehicles 7:00-24:00; ¥270/30 minutes lar children’s series Landmark Parking NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo; “With Mother”. ［beneath Landmark Tower］: 1400 vehicles 7:00-24:00; ¥270/30 minutes Charles Dutoit, conductor; Michel Bouvard Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall Fiscal 2017 maintenance and inspection and closing days Yokohama Subscription Concert 2017 Organ Recital 2/3/2018 Sat. 12/16［Sat.］14:00｜Main Hall ［ ］ 2017 ● Apr. 17［Mon.］ 24［Mon.］ ● May 8［Mon.］ 22［Mon.］ ● June 12［Mon.］ 26［Mon.］ Time to be determined ｜Main Hall ● July 3［Mon.］ 10［Mon.］ ● Aug. 14［Mon.］ 15［Tue.］ 16［Wed.］ 17［Thu.］ 21［Mon.］ Organ Concert for Babies ● Sept. 4［Mon.］ 25［Mon.］ ● Oct. 23［Mon.］ ● Nov. 20［Mon.］ ● Dec. 11［Mon.］ NHK Symphony Music Director Emeritus Charles Dutoit A recital by Michel 2018 ● Jan. 1［Mon.］ 2［Tue.］15［Mon.］ 29［Mon.］ returns to conduct its Yokohama Subscription Concert for 9/6［Wed.］ 11:00/14:00｜Main Hall Bouvard, one of the ● Feb. 5［Mon.］ 6［Tue.］ 7［Wed.］ 8［Thu.］ 9［Fri.］ 26［Mon.］ ● Mar. 12［Mon.］ 19［Mon.］ world's foremost * Maintenance and inspection and closing days may be decided as needed. the rst time since 2010. With Mendelssohn’s Symphony is concert includes pipe organ, a soprano, No.3, “Scottish”, as its centerpiece, the concert will also and percussion, and members of the audience organists, specially include Haydn’s Symphony No.85, “La Reine,” and Toshio are welcome to sing along and move their invited from France. Hosokawa’s “Klage”. Enjoy music spun of the mellow bodies as the feel the rhythm. A breast Yokohama Arts Foundation maturity and constant evolution born of Dutoit’s and the © Chris Lee feeding room and diaper changing corner are Minato Mirai 2-3-6, Nishi-ku Yokohama 220-0012｜Tel. 045-682-2020｜Fax.045-682-2023 NHK Symphony’s long experience together. Charles Dutoit provided, so that even infants can attend. ◀Michel Bouvard www.yaf.or.jp/mmh/index.php Designed by NDC Graphics 2017 English Kanagawa Philharmonic Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Minato Mirai Classic Matinee Organ 1 Dollar Concerts Orchestra Subscription Yokohama Subscription 7/4［Tue.］9/20［Wed.］ 4/21［Fri.］5/31［Wed.］6/14［Wed.］ Concert Minatomirai Series Concerts 11/22［Wed.］12/19［Tue.］ 8/11［Fri.,Holiday］10/30［Mon.］ Conductor Kentaro Kawase has chosen Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Chief 1/31/2018［Wed.］3/7［Wed.］ 11/29［Wed.］ 1/24/2018［Wed.］ works that range widely from renowned Conductor Pietari Inkinen conducts First performance at 12:10; 3/23［Fri.］｜12:10｜Main Hall classics to rarely performed masterworks Brahms in April and May. ese concerts, second at 14:30 Open seating; $1 or ¥100 to launch this new series featuring along with Tokyo Subscription Concerts in All seats reserved: Full day ¥1800, Kentaro Kawase and the Kanagawa April, will complete the cycle of Brahms individual performances ¥1000 Its bright, glowing tone has earned the Philharmonic Orchestra. Look forward to symphonies. e audience will enjoy the Main Hall’s organ the nickname “Lucy”. a bounty of new symphonic experiences! full, rich sound of German music. Box lunch ticket: ¥500 (sandwich, cookie, drink: limit 150) e popularity of this series, held ever Concert since MM Hall's e matinee concert series oers music in opening 18 years ago, a wide range of genres—vocal, chamber, has led to the addi- piano music included. Two performances Calendar tion of evening daily make it perfect for those wanting to performances start- combine a bit of music with lunch, shop- ing at 19:00 on 4/21 ping, or art. Enjoy the special excitement (Fri.) and 10/30 of classical music performed by famous (Mon.). artists in Yokohama on weekday after- Apr.2017-Mar.2018 noons. ©Yoshinori Kurosawa ◀Kentaro Kawase Yoshida © Takayuki ◀Pietari Inkinen Yomiuri Nippon Symphony New Japan Philharmonic The Facilities Orchestra Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall Yokohama Minato Mirai Special Concerts Holiday Popular Series Since the 2016/2017 series, renowned In the 2016/17 season, this immensely conductor and pianist Toshiyuki Kamioka popular series attracted nearly 1,600 has been responsible for musical direction subscribers.