Mr. Lars Vogt, who was scheduled to appear as a conductor and pianist at the 10th Sumida Classical Music Concert the New Japan Philharmonic Sumida Classic held in October 2022, passed away last night.
Since last year, Mr. Voigt has been performing while continuing to receive medical treatment for his illness. However, considering his physical condition at the time, he received the advice of his doctor, and on August 30th, he decided not to visit Japan this time. . We were looking forward to co-starring with Mr. Voigt after his recovery, and we were preparing for the official announcement after coordinating the replacement.
I sincerely pray that the soul rests in peace.
Upon this obituary, we will change the performers as follows.
[Sumida Classical Music Concert 10th] October 14th (Friday) and 15th (Saturday) Starts at 14:00 on both days
Conductor: Toshiyuki Kamioka (4th Music Music Director of New Japan Philharmonic) Piano: Kyoko Tabe
Flute: Seiya Ueno Harp: Ruriko Yamamiya (No change)
Mozart: Concerto for flute and harp in C major, K. 299
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73
(there is no change in the program)
Please note that no refunds will be made for changes. Thank you for your understanding.
Performer profile
Conductor: Toshiyuki Kamioka
He studied conducting with Martin Meltzer at Tokyo University of the Arts, where he also studied composition, piano and violin at the same time. Winner of the Azuka Award. Later, as a Rotary International Scholar, he studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Musik Hamburg, where he studied conducting with Clauspeter Seibel. He began his opera career as a solo chorépetitor and Kapellmeister at the Kiel Municipal Theatre. After that, he became Music Director of the Hessian State Opera, Conductor Chief Northwest German Philharmonic, Music Director of the Wuppertal City Opera, Music Director of the Saarland State Opera, and Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra Chief He served as a conductor and held important positions at the Wuppertal City Opera. He toured with the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra twice Japan to great acclaim. He served as a New Japan PhilharmonicMusic Director for five years at Japan from the 2016 season.
Received the Hotel Okura Music Award in 2002, the 15th Akeo Watanabe Music Foundation Music Award/Special Award in 2007, and the 13th Hideo Saito Memorial Fund Award in 2014. All the released CDs are a hot topic.
Currently Chief Conductor of the Copenhagen Philharmonic, Full Professor of Conducting at Saarbrücken University of Music.
Piano: Kyoko Tabe
While attending the high school attached to Tokyo University of the Arts, she became the youngest to win first place in the Japan Music Competition, and gained a lot of attention. After entering Tokyo University of the Arts, he studied at Berlin Chief of the Arts and graduated from the same university and graduate school at the top of his class. He won 1st prize at the Epinard International Piano Competition, 1st prize at the Schnabel Competition, 3rd prize at the Munich International Music Competition (ARD), and the Best Performance Award at the Chopin International Piano Competition. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, City of Barcelona Orchestra, San Jose Symphony Orchestra, Linz Bruckner Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra, Manchester Camerata Chamber Orchestra, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Collaborate with many others. In chamber music, he has been nominated as a co-performer by the Alban Berg Quartet, the Carmina Quartet, and other top artists from around the world, and has earned a great deal of trust. Made his New York debut at Weill Recital Hall sponsored by Carnegie Hall. So far, he has won the Muramatsu Award (Grand Prize in Music Category), the Nippon Steel Music Award, etc.
More than 30 CDs have been released by DENON and CHANDOS in total, and many of the collections of works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Debussy, Grieg, Schumann, and Brahms have been selected as special editions in Japan and overseas, and have been featured in Stereo Review (US) and BBC Music. Magazine (UK) and Phonoform (Germany) have received high praise. In a program broadcast in Switzerland that compared the listening of the world-famous album "Schubert: Sonata No. 21," which hid the performer's name, it was voted by critics and listeners, and won first place. Takashi Yoshimatsu's "Pleiades Dance Collection" and the concerto "Memo Flora" dedicated by him have attracted attention. "Masu & Schumann: Piano Quintet" (2008) with the Carmina Quartet won the Record Academy Award.
In recent years, "Brahms: Late Piano Works" and "Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, No. 21 in C Major" were ranked 1st in the instrumental section and 2nd in the concerto section of Record Geijutsu Magazine <Readers' Choice 2012>. , "Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30, 31, 32" also received high praise and attracted attention, such as being ranked third in the readers' selection of the special edition and <Best Disc 2015> (Record Geijutsu Magazine). there is In 2013, he celebrated the 20th anniversary of his CD debut, and held a Japan tour with the Carmina Quartet and a commemorative recital.
So far, the recital series of "Schubert Cycles", "Schumann Blass", and "BB Works <Beethoven & Brahms>" (Hamarikyu Asahi Hall) have been very successful, and from November 2016 a new recital series " Schubert Plus” has started and has been well received. His performance of "Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21" in the NHK drama "Natsume Soseki no Tsuma", which aired from September to October 2016, attracted much attention. In 2018, the 25th anniversary of his CD debut, he performed piano concertos by the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Grieg, and Mozart at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater in September, as well as holding commemorative recitals throughout the country. In 2020, he performed Beethoven's "Piano Concerto in D major, op.61a (Piano Concerto version of Violin Concerto in D major, op.61)" and "Emperor" at Suntory Hall, and received high acclaim. .
While continuing his performance activities on the front line, he is a professor at Toho Gakuen Graduate School.
Currently, he is gaining more and more popularity as a talented pianist representing Japan.