Ohad Ben-Ari marimba concerto world premiere with Ria Ideta

The Japan Philharmonic Orchestra’s Suginami Koukaido Series 2014–15, concert 3, is scheduled for 2014-09-21 at Suginami Koukaido in Tokyo. Ria Ideta performs the world premiere of Ohad Ben-Ari’s commissioned marimba concerto, with Kazuki Yamada conducting the orchestra. The programme also includes Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto with Kazuhito Yamane and a Naosumi Yamamoto suite with the Suginami Children’s Choir.

Programme

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
• Ohad Ben-Ari: Marimba Concerto (commissioned world premiere)
• Naosumi Yamamoto: Ensoku, suite for children’s choir and orchestra

Performers

• Ria Ideta — marimba
• Kazuki Yamada — conductor
• Japan Philharmonic Orchestra — orchestra
• Kazuhito Yamane — violin
• Suginami Children’s Choir — children’s choir

Tickets

Reserved seats included an S-seat price of ¥5,000, with other price classes. Tickets for this concert went on sale on 2014-04-26 through Suginami Koukaido; first-day booking was by telephone only. See the Suginami City sales notice⇗ (p. 8).