Please follow the below measures to help prevent the COVID-19 spread. Your understanding and cooperation are much appreciated.

⁃ We ask you not to come to the venue if you seem to have symptoms such as a fever, cough, sneezing, sore throat, or simply not feeling well.

⁃ Wear a face mask to cover your nose and mouth. Please show consideration for fellow audience members.

⁃ Strictly follow the precautions against infectious diseases such as the cough etiquette and washing and disinfecting your hands frequently.

⁃ Our staff members conduct temperature screening with thermal imaging cameras for all those who are entering the venue. If you have a fever of 37.5°C/99.5°F or higher, you are not allowed to enter the venue.

⁃ No beverage is sold in the Recital Hall area.

⁃ Show your ticket to the usher. Then tear off the stub by yourself and put it in the box.

⁃ We do not hand out program leaflets and such printed materials. Please pick them up by yourself from specific areas.

⁃ The cloakroom is not available.

⁃ We do not accept flowers and gifts for the artists. Nor can you give them directly to the artists.

⁃ Allow enough time to get into the venue.

Relaxed performances, different from other regular stage performances, are designed for the audience to enjoy the program without requiring total silence or darkness. Full of friendly twists are welcoming you to enjoy music with all kinds of people, including first-time classical music concert-goers, individuals with autism spectrum disorder, developmental disabilities, and so on, who feel insecure at concerts in music halls.

⁃ The auditorium light will not go completely dark.

⁃ The audience can leave the auditorium during the performance for chill-out.

⁃ The capacity of the auditorium is reduced beforehand to ensure that the audience can sit keeping enough personal space.

⁃ The detailed program and instructions for families and caregivers will be posted accordingly on this page 3 weeks before the performance.

⁃ Seats with body-sensible acoustic device are available.

⁃ The talk during the performance is provided in Japanese.

Program Leaflet (PDF)

Text-to-speech Program Leaflet (PDF *only in Japanese)

Guide for assisting families and caretakers (PDF *only in Japanese)

Piano: KOBAYASHI Kaito *2nd prize of Piano section at the 11th Tokyo Music Competition

String Quartet: HONO Quartet

Violin: KISHIMOTO Honoka *1st prize of String section at the 9th Tokyo Music Competition

Violin: HAYASHI Shuga

Viola: NAGATA Kenshi

Cello: KANIE Yoshiyuki

MC: SAKURAI Shiori (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Workshop Leader)

MUSSORGSKY (arr. KATO Masanori): “Promenade” from Tableaux d’une exposition

ELGAR (arr. ABE Umitaro): Salut d’amour, Op.12

YOSHIMATSU Takashi: Atom Hearts Club Quartet, Op.70-1st and 4th movements

STRAVINSKY (arr. AGOSTI): “Danse infernale du roi Kastcheï” from L’Oiseau de feu

J.STRAUSS II: Kaiser-Walzer, Op.437 (excerpts)

POLDINI: Dancing Doll

DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque-No.3 “Clair de lune”

ANDERSON: Plink, Plank, Plunk!

DVOŘÁK: Piano Quintet No.2 in A major, Op.81-3rd and 4th movements

[Day tickets]

Tickets not available.

Reserved Seats (will call) 1,100yen Pre-sale sold out

(Wheelchair accessible seats, wheelchair transfer seats, and seats with body-sensible acoustic device are available.)

* Collecting your ticket with seating number assigned is available 1 hour before the curtain time at the reception desk on the day of the performance. Please note ticket holders cannot select the seat.

Sat, Jul 31, 2021

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Box Office +81-3-5685-0650

* Tickets for wheelchair accessible seats, wheelchair transfer seats, and seats with body-sensible acoustic device are only available by telephone and in person.

Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing having difficulties in booking in person or by telephone can be assisted by Telephone Relay Service (only available in Japanese).

This performance provides seats with body-sensible acoustic device, which enables physical sensation from sound converted into vibration, so that deaf and hard-of-hearing people and their families or caregivers can sit together to enjoy music.

Body-sensible acoustic device “Bodysonic” Seats (about 20 seats)

The seat is equipped with a set of pouch and seat cushion installed with a vibrating device. By transferring vibration to the user’s body, the device assists deaf and hard-of-hearing users, including those with hearing loss wearing hearing aids or those with adventitious deafness, to enjoy music with the whole body along with sounds perceived from headphones and hearing loops. Those with congenital deafness can enjoy music with only the vibration provided by the device.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government/ Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Arts Council Tokyo