The "Family Concert 2025: A Gift to the Future" will be held at Sumida Triphony Hall on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
New Japan Philharmonic 's "Family Concert" features a wide variety of programs, including classic masterpieces and film music. Every year, the program is well-received for its accessible content, not only for children but also for those who are new to classical music performances. This year, the concert will feature the talented conductor Kyotaro Sawamura, who has trained in Italy, and the up-and-coming flutist Cocomi as the soloist.
The program includes classic masterpieces that everyone has heard, such as "March of the Swiss Army" from Rossini's "William Tell" Overture and the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 25, Borne's "Carmen Fantasy" that is attractive for its brilliant flute technique and wide range of expression, and the main theme of "Jurassic Park" and "Hedwig's Theme" from "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" from the work of the master of film music John Williams. In addition, we will deliver "Stroll" from the Orchestra Stories "My Neighbor Totoro" from Joe Hisaishi, with an introduction to the instruments. The concert, which is full of things to listen to and see, where you can enjoy the charm of the orchestra, will be navigated by Shingo Watanabe. Comments have arrived from Kyotaro Sawamura, Cocomi, and Shingo Watanabe in preparation for the performance. Enjoy the exciting world of music woven by New Japan Philharmonic and the musicians of the season.
Family Concert2025 "Gift for the Future"
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 14:00 start
Sumida Triphony Hall Hall Large Hall
Performer
Conductor: Kyotaro Sawamura
Flute: Cocomi*
Navigator: Shingo Watanabe
program
ロッシーニ：『ウィリアム・テル』序曲より「スイス軍の行進」
久石譲：オーケストラ・ストーリーズ『となりのトトロ』より「さんぽ」（楽器紹介つき）
モーツァルト：交響曲第25番 ト短調 より第1楽章
ボルヌ：カルメン幻想曲＊
J.ウィリアムズ：映画『ジュラシック・パーク』よりメインテーマ
J.ウィリアムズ：映画『ハリー・ポッターと賢者の石』より「ヘドウィグのテーマ」
久石譲：映画『となりのトトロ』より「風の通り道」、「となりのトトロ」
*The program and performers are subject to change.
Ticket price
S ￥5,000 A ￥4,500
Junior high school students and under (ages 4 to junior high school students/S, A) ¥1,500 Sumida Ward (high school students and above/S, A) ¥4,000
* Eligible for NJP members discount. * Children aged 4 and over may enter.
Ticket release date
- Priority sale (for regular members and patronage members) 12/2 (Mon)
- Priority sale (for My Plan members *those who have purchased subscription concert through My Plan) December 4th (Wednesday)
- General release: Saturday, December 7th
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Conductor: Kyotaro Sawamura
Kyotaro Sawamura, conductor
千葉県出身。東京藝術大学指揮科を卒業後、イタリア・ミラノ音楽院 “ジュゼッペ・ヴェルディ” で指揮を学び、2022年に最高点＋の成績で卒業。三河正典、高関 健、山下一史、ヴィットーリオ・パリージらに師事。2019年、新国立劇場にて副指揮者として複数公演に参加。2021年、第9回 ルイージ・マンチネッリ国際オペラ指揮者コンクール第一位。副賞としてテアトロ・コッチャ(ノヴァーラ)にて新作オペラ公演を指揮。2022年、市川市文化芸術奨励賞を受賞。2023年、東京・春・音楽祭にて、リッカルド・ムーティの講習会を受講。これまで新日本フィルハーモニー交響楽団、東京フィルハーモニー交響楽団、群馬交響楽団等と共演。
Before I had the goal of becoming a conductor, my dream was to become a dinosaur expert. The theme song from Jurassic Park is a song I have always admired. And Carmen!
This is the most beautiful and intense opera of all. Please enjoy the performance with the currently popular Cocomi.
Flute: Cocomi
Cocomi, flute
He began playing the violin at the age of three and the flute at the age of eleven.
Completed master classes with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Emmanuel Pahud.
To date, she has won the Excellence Award three times, the Grand Prize once, and a Special Award at the Yamano Junior Flute Competition. In 2019, she won the highest award at the Japan Music Competition, as well as the French Modern Music Award, along with first place in the wind instrument category.
In January 2021, she appeared as a soloist in the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra's "New Year's Concert 2021." In the same year, she also appeared in "Otobutai," which was recorded without an audience at Nishi Honganji Temple in Kyoto.
She will release her debut album "de l'amour" in April 2022. In December, she successfully completed her debut recital at Kioi Hall in Tokyo.
In February 2023, she will make her world debut as a guest at pianist Lang Lang's concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
In March of the same year, she completed the College Diploma Course at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In October, she made a guest appearance at the Japan tour of violinist David Garrett. In November, she released her second album, "Mélancolie," and held her second recital at Kioi Hall in Tokyo.
In October 2024, he will release his third album, "Neos," and in December he will hold recitals at Kioi Hall in Tokyo and Sumitomo Life Izumi Hall in Osaka.
He is currently enrolled in the Soloist Diploma course at the same university.
She studied flute under Mayu Izumi and Hiroaki Kanda, Chief flute of the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
I started learning the violin and piano when I was three years old, and the flute when I was 11. One of the reasons I became interested in the violin was the movie "Whisper of the Heart." The "Family Concert" I will be performing this time includes film music, but the Carmen Fantaisie by Borne that I will be performing is interspersed with highlights from the opera "Carmen" composed by Bizet. I hope to deliver a performance that brings to mind the scenery of Seville, Spain, where the story is set, together with New Japan Philharmonic and conductor Kyotaro Sawamura. Also, this Carmen Fantaisie is one of the pieces that made me fall in love with the flute, so I am really looking forward to performing it.
Navigator: Shingo Watanabe
Shingo Watanabe, navigator
Influenced by his grandfather, Chumei Watanabe, a composer, and his father, Toshiyuki Watanabe, he studied film music composition at the Tokyo College of Music. After graduating from college, he composed music and performed on the piano for a musical reading drama directed by Takashi Ui. He has been involved in supporting various musical productions and piano performances. In September 2017, he studied voice production, enunciation, and acting at the International Media Academy, where Ryo Horikawa is the principal, for about a year.
She joined F.FACTORY JAPAN in April 2021. Making use of her calm voice and expressiveness, she works as a radio personality and reporter, narrates corporate PR, and works for Audible, operated by Amazon. After leaving the agency in December 2022, she decided to work as a freelance narrator, which is where she is today.
I loved anime and movies from an early age, and I would watch my favorite scenes over and over again with shining eyes. Music has a mysterious power. Even without the images, just listening to a song can vividly recall the scenes and emotions of the time. Every time I hear "Stroll" from "My Neighbor Totoro," I picture Mei walking energetically discovering creatures, and the excitement I felt as a child naturally comes back to me. Do you have any music that brings back such memories?
I am truly looking forward to sharing the excitement with you all through a variety of famous pieces, including classical, anime, and film music.
May your wonderful thoughts fill the entire hall.