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 closed except for large luggage.

⁃ 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.

Soprano: KOMAI Yuriko *2nd prize of Voice section at the 1st Tokyo Music Competition

Piano: YAMADA Takashi *1st prize and Audience Award of Piano section at the 5th Tokyo Music Competition

Piano: TOMINAGA Aiko *1st prize of Piano section at the 6th Tokyo Music Competition

Violin: TSUBOI Natsumi *1st prize and Audience Award of String section at the 12th Tokyo Music Competition

Violin: TAKAMIYAGI Ryo *Finalist of String section at the 12th Tokyo Music Competition

Viola: SUZUMURA Taiki *3rd prize of String section at the 9th Tokyo Music Competition

Cello: KATO Fumie *2nd prize of String section at the 7th & 8th Tokyo Music Competition

Piano Solo

DEBUSSY: Two Arabesques

Soprano & Piano

DEBUSSY:

Nuit d’étoiles

“La flûte de Pan” from Trois Chansons de Bilitis

“Green” from Ariettes oubliées

CAPLET:

Green

“Le corbeau et le renard” from Trois fables de Jean de la Fontaine

Soprano & String Quartet & Piano

CHAUSSON: Chanson perpétuelle

String Quartet

RAVEL: String Quartet in F major-1st movement

Piano Quintet

FAURÉ: Piano Quintet No.2 in c minor, Op.115

* The program has been changed as above from the initial announcement.

[Encore]

RAMEAU: La Folie’s aria from Platée

[Tickets Availability (as of Oct 16, 2020)]

Tickets are additionally on sale as # marked seat tickets in response to the relaxed capacity limit.

Reserved Seats 2,200yen

* Please note that we may ask you to move from your reserved seat to another upon entering the venue.

Reserved Seats (#) 2,200yen

* In case the capacity restriction is tightened again, please note that your purchased tickets for # marked seats have to be refunded, and you will not be able to attend the performance.

[Additional ticket sale in response to the relaxed capacity limit]

The tickets for seats which have been kept unoccupied will go on sale from Sat, Oct 3 as # marked seat tickets.

[Day tickets]

Tickets go on sale at 13:00.

Seating Chart (PDF)

Wed, Aug 19, 2020

* The ticket sales starting date has been changed as above from the initial announcement.

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Box Office

The end date and time of the ticket sales

By telephone: Nov 14 (Sat) 12:00

In person: Nov 14 (Sat) 12:00

Online: Nov 14 (Sat) 12:00

The tickets are available until 15:00 on Nov 14 on online service in Japanese language.

[For those who need to avoid visiting the venue for specific reasons, a refund is available]

If any of the following cases apply to you, we ask you not to come to the venue. Regarding the ticket refund, please follow the below steps during the designated period.

⁃ You have a sudden fever (37.5°C/99.5°F or higher), or your fever has been lasting continuously.

⁃ You seem to have a cold with symptoms such as a fever, cough, sneezing, sore throat, and fatigue.

⁃ You have problems with your health condition other than those mentioned above, or you simply do not feel well.

⁃ You have had close contact with someone with a positive PCR test result for COVID-19.

⁃ You have stayed in countries and regions, where the Japanese government’s entry ban or quarantine after landing into Japan apply, within 2 weeks prior to the date you are planning to visit the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan. Or you have had close contact with someone who applies to the case mentioned above.

Period for accepting refund requests:

Until Friday, December 4, 2020

(The request submission must be postmarked by the deadline.)

How to request a refund (By post only)

Please send your tickets and a sheet of paper filled out with the following information to the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Box Office.

* Used tickets are not refundable. Refunds will only be provided for tickets with a stub attached.

* If you have not collected the tickets at a 7-Eleven shop yet, please make sure to collect them by the ticket-issuing due date. The tickets are also required for those who request a refund. You cannot get the ticket issued after the due date.

Required information:

Your name (Japanese phonetics included)

Your telephone number

The total number of your purchased tickets

Your bank account information (Please leave a note if you do not have your bank account in Japan.): bank name, branch name, account holder (Japanese phonetics included), account type (checking or savings), account number

Postal Address:

Attn: Ticket Refund Team

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Box Office

5-45, Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8716

* Please note that your tickets will not be reimbursed in case the mail is not delivered to the Box Office by misdelivery and so on.

Costs you get refunded

1. Ticket Cost

2. Service fees

* All expenses presented by the box office on purchasing tickets.

* If you have purchased with tickets for other events, only the system charge and the ticket issuing fee will be refunded.

3. Postage fee for sending back tickets (Up to 244yen)

* Please note that your tickets will not be reimbursed in case the mail is not delivered to the Box Office by misdelivery and so on.

Refund Period

You will receive a refund in your designated bank account in about three months at the latest after the box office receives your tickets.

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture