Program Leaflet (PDF)

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

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

Conductor: MITSUHASHI Keiko

Piano: NAKAJIMA Hidekazu *1st prize and Audience Award of Piano section at the 20th Tokyo Music Competition

Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

MC: SAKURAI Shiori (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Workshop Leader)

DEAF/Sign Navigators: Sasa-Marie, Yumiko Mary Kawai

MOZART: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro

J.STRAUSS II: Frühlingsstimmen, Op.410

RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No.2 in c minor, Op.18-1st movement

DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dance No.1 in C major, Op.46-1

DVOŘÁK: Symphony No.9 in e minor, Op.95 “From the New World”-4th movement

Relaxed performances, different from other regular stage performances, are designed for everyone to enjoy in a cozy way regardless of disabilities or generations.

Those who feel insecure at concerts in theaters and music halls, related to their symptoms of autism spectrum disorder, communication disorder, developmental disabilities, and so on, can stay comfortable with their families and caregivers at the concert. Guided by an MC, the program is also welcoming those who are intimidated by classical music concerts, which seem to require strict etiquettes, and children aged 4 and above.

⁃ The talk during the performance is provided in Japanese.

⁃ This performance is for age 4 and above.

⁃ Audience members can bring their assistance dogs to this performance.

⁃ The text-to-speech program leaflet and the guide for assisting families and caretakers will be posted on this page 3 weeks before the performance.

⁃ Wheelchair accessible seats and wheelchair transfer seats are available.

⁃ Hearing accessibility featured seats (Hearing loop, device converting sounds into vibration, captioning tablets) are available.

⁃ Visual accessibility featured seats (assistive device using laser direct retinal projection) are available.

⁃ Japanese Sign Language is provided.

⁃ The auditorium light will not go completely dark.

⁃ The audience can leave the auditorium and come back to their seats during the performance for a chill-out.

⁃ There is a free seating area in the auditorium for those who feel uncomfortable going back to their seats or want to move from their seats for a while.

⁃ The music list of this performance in Braille text, large print, and inverted text (white on black) is available with limited number of copies. (only in Japanese)

⁃ Limited number of earmuffs is available.

⁃ Calm-down space is available. (Update: May 16)

When purchasing the tickets, we will ask you for the size and form of your wheelchair.

The seating area and the time to enter the auditorium will be informed on the performance day. Please note that ticket holders cannot select the seat. Please collect the ticket with your seat number printed at the reception on the performance day. The reception will open at 13:00.

Wheelchair accessible seats: 1 accompanying person can sit next to a wheelchair accessible seat. The rest of the group members will be seated in row 29 on the 1st floor.

Wheelchair transfer seats (without steps): 1st floor, row 30

Wheelchair transfer seats (with steps): 1st floor, rows 29 and 31

View Seating Chart of Main Hall

Click the camera icons on the seating chart to check the stage view from the selected area.

* Hearing accessibility featured seats are for deaf or hard-of-hearing people.

The seating area will be informed on the performance day. Please note that ticket holders cannot select the seat. Please collect the ticket with your seat number printed at the reception on the performance day. The reception will open at 13:00.

Hearing loop

A “hearing loop” (also called a “magnetic induction loop” or “magnetic loop”) transmits sound picked up by a microphone directly to the hearing aid or cochlear implant, allowing the user to hear voices and music clearly. The sound sent from the loop can be heard through the T (telecoil) setting of the hearing aid or cochlear implant or through a dedicated receiver.

Please check in advance whether your hearing aid or cochlear implant is compatible with T setting and how to switch to T setting. (Some manufacturers’ products or certain models are not compatible with T setting.)

* Captioning tablets will be provided as well.

* Limited number of hearing loop receivers are also available at the venue. Please ask at the reception on the performance day.

Device converting sounds into vibration

Touch the sound picnic, a hand-held device that converts sounds into vibration is available. It is a flashlight-like shape in which the vibration changes along with the types of sounds and volume.

Developed by: KANEBAKO Junichi (Kyoyu [co-playing] musical instrument researcher)

* Captioning tablets will be provided as well.

Captioning tablets

(Captions are only in Japanese.)

While seated, you will use a hand-held small tablet device to view the workshop leader’s emceeing (spoken words) as text.

At this performance, we lend a dedicated tablet with a light-blocking screen to transmit closed captions such as spoken words, music titles, and announcements in the auditorium.

* Visual accessibility featured seats are for people with visual impairments

The seating area will be informed on the performance day. Please note that ticket holders cannot select the seat. Please collect the ticket with your seat number printed at the reception on the performance day. The reception will open at 13:00.

An assistive device for visual impairments called “RETISSA ON HAND” is available. This hand-held device assists people with difficulty seeing, including those with low vision.

Once you switch it on, images from an integrated camera are projected to the retina with a 60-degree horizontal field of view. It also supports a 7-time magnification, which allows you to enjoy performances by magnifying the stage. In addition, there are image adjustments, such as brightness control, grayscale, black-and-white inversion, and freeze-framing.

* Each user has a different result of projected images depending on the individual condition.

Please make sure to check this instruction video (Youtube *English subtitles available) in advance if you wish to use this device.

S2,750yen (1st floor: Wheelchair accessible seats, wheelchair transfer seats, hearing accessibility featured seats, and visual accessibility featured seats are available.) Wheelchair accessible seats Sold Out

A1,650yen (2nd floor)

View Seating Chart

Click the camera icons on the seating chart to check the stage view from the selected area.

Sat, Feb 8, 2025

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Box Office

On purchasing tickets online, please enter from the one corresponding with the below seats on the event reservation list:

Seats other than the following

Hearing accessibility featured seats

Visual accessibility featured seats

* Tickets for wheelchair accessible seats and wheelchair transfer seats are only available by telephone and in person.

* The ticket receiving method for this performance is “LessQ (Electronic tickets)” if you purchase via online ticketing service in English. (LessQ issuing fee: 77yen per ticket)

* Persons having difficulties in hearing or speaking can be also assisted by Telephone Relay Service. (only available in Japanese).

Telephone relay service enables those with difficulties in hearing or speaking to communicate with hearing people over the telephone in real-time through an operator as an intermediary, interpreting in either sign language, text, or voice. The service is available 24/7 for placing and receiving calls, including contacting emergency services.

User registration guide for people with difficulties in hearing and speaking (Registration required in advance, only in Japanese)

Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government/Tokyo Bunka Kaikan operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

Supported by: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan/Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities