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Orchestra ConcertSeptember 3 (Tue), 4 (Wed) 19:00Kissei Bunka Hall (Nagano-ken Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan)Ticket Price: S=￥14,000 A=￥12,000 B=￥10,000 C=￥6,000

Saito Kinen Chamber Music Study Group - Brass Ensemble

August 5 (Mon) – August 10 (Sat) Okushiga Kogen●Concert August 10 (Sat) Okushiga Kogen Hotel Concert Hall Tel : 0269-34-2034

Parade / Joint Performances Free

August 25 (Sun) 10:00～ Parade from downtown Matsumoto (Isemachi) 　 to Matsumoto Castle, a National Treasure11: 30～ Joint Performances/ Matsumoto Castle's Honmaru Garden, 　　　　 National Treasure 　　　　 *In case of rain/ Kissei Bunka Hall (Nagano-ken Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan)

A parade and joint performances by local elementary and middle school windensembles as well as other community musical groups.

Concert for ChildrenAugust 23 (Fri) ・ 26 (Mon) 11:00 / 14:00 Matsumoto / Kissei Bunka Hall (Nagano-ken Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan)

August 27 (Tue) ・ 28 (Wed) 11:00 / 14:00Nagano / Hokuto Bunka HallConcert for sixth graders attending elementary school in Nagano Prefecture.In 2013, about 14, 000 students chosen by lot from 253 schools will come to the concert.

○Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D minor op.125, the fourth movement(including explanation of the instruments)

Soprano Solo: Tamayo Yoshida　Alto Solo: Kasumi Shimizu　Tenor Solo: Masato TakadaBass Solo: Kei Yonashiro　Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra Chorus: SKF Matsumoto Chorus　　Conductor: Naohiro Totsuka

※Made possible with the support of KEIRIN.

Opera for Young PeopleSeptember 5 (Thu) ・ 6 (Fri) 11:00 / 15:00 Matsumoto Performing Arts CentreOpera performances for first year middle school students in Nagano Prefecture.In 2013, about 6,300 students from 74 schools chosen by lot will come to the concert.Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (abridged version)Hansel: Kasumi Shimizu / Eiko KoizumiGretel: Kiyoko Yamaguchi / Rie MiyakeThe Witch: Ai Ishii / Miho AsaiGertrude: Mayumi MakinoPeter: Hirotaka NakamotoSandman: Mamie MatsudaChildren's Chorus: SKF Matsumoto Children's ChorusSeiji Ozawa Music Academy OrchestraConductor: Yu SugimotoDirector: Atsushi Moriyasu

※Saito Kinen Festival Opera for Young People has been made possible by the generous support of LANXESS.

Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto explores realms outside the ordinary boundaries of a classical music festival. As inheritors of the teaching methods of Mr. Hideo Saito, we apply it to the education of young musicians, and we also deliver music to children as a gift to be cherished close to their hearts.

August 23 (Fri) 19:00, 25 (Sun) 16:00, 28 (Wed) 19:00, 31 (Sat) 16:00Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Main HallTicket Price: SS=¥30,000 S=¥26,000 A=¥22,000 B=¥18,000 C=¥10,000

“L'enfant et les sortilèges”Child: Isabel Leonard Armchair/ Tree: Paul GayMother/ Chinese Cup/ Dragonfly: Yvonne Naef Fire/ Princess/ Nightingale: Anna ChristyCat/ Squirrel: Marie Lenormand Grandfather Clock/ Tomcat: Elliot MadoreLittle Old Man (Arithmetic)/ Frog/ Teapot: Jean-Paul Fouchécourt 　　Louis XV Chair/ Bat: Kanae Fujitani

Chorus: SKF Matsumoto Chorus, SKF Matsumoto Children's Chorus

“L'heure espagnole”Concepción: Isabel Leonard　　　　　　　　Ramiro: Elliot MadoreTorquemada: Jean-Paul Fouchécourt　　　　 Gonzalve: David Portillo　　　Don Íñigo Gómez: Paul Gay

Saito Kinen OrchestraConductor: Seiji Ozawa “L'enfant et les sortilèges”　Stéphane Denève “L'heure espagnole” Director: Laurent PellySet Designer: Barbara de Limburg “L'enfant et les sortilèges”　Caroline Ginet “L'heure espagnole” （＊） 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 （＊） Original Set Design: Caroline Ginet and Florence Evrard　Set adapted by Caroline Ginet

Lighting Designer: Joël Adam 　　Costume Designer: Laurent Pelly in collaboration with Jean-Jacques Delmotte

Ravel: “L'enfant et les sortilèges” 　　　“L'heure espagnole”A co-production with the Glyndebourne Festival

Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto Gig ~ Junko Onishi meets Saito Kinen Orchestra ~

Saito KinenJazz Study Group – Piano Trio

Humperdinck: “Hänsel und Gretel” – abridged version ~ General admission performance of the Opera for Young People ~

September 6 (Fri) 19:00 Kissei Bunka Hall (Nagano-ken Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan)Ticket Price: S=¥14,000 A=¥12,000 B=¥10,000 C=¥6,000

Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Information

Aerial Cabaret 2013Music that dances! A melodious circus! Theater that sings! Elements of circus and music are lavishly mixed into a play. The theater becomes a square and a market opens up. You become one of the artists too. Due to popular demand and long awaited, a successful performance from 2011 is back in Matsumoto this summer.July 19 (Fri) ～ 28 (Sun) Temporary Event Space Theater

MATSUMOTO STREET FESTIVALJuly 14 (Sun)

Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Tel.0263-33-3800 http://www.mpac.jp

20 locations in Matsumoto CityThe city itself is transformed into a stage for the day!Details TBA

August 22 (Thu) 19:00, 24 (Sat) 14:00/18:00, 26 (Mon) 19:00, 27 (Tue) 14:00Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Special TheatreTicket Price: ¥5,000 (Students ¥3,000)

SAITO KINEN FESTIVAL MATSUMOTO + Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre co-production

Stravinsky: “The Soldier's Tale”

“The Soldier's Tale” as told by Kazuyoshi Kushida - new discoveries unveiled by a wonderful cast under Kushida's direction.

Outdoor Screen Concerts

With the cooperation of Nagano Asahi Television (ABN) and others, the concert is also planned tobe broadcast live on special screens in several cities throughout Japan.

Free

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※Saito Kinen Festival Outdoor Screen Concerts are made possible by the generous support of NTT East.

Festival Photo ExhibitionEarly August through Early September Kissei Bunka Hall (Nagano-ken Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan), other locationsExhibition of photographs from the 2012 Festival by official photographers Michiharu Okubo and Takeshi Yamada.

Welcome Concert: “Harmony at the Castle”

August 17 (Sat) 10:30 ~ 12:00 Matsumoto Castle

September 3 (Tue) 18:30Matsumoto Castle Park (cancelled in case of rain), Nakamachi Classic-Kan and other venues

The SK Matsumoto Chorus and the SK Matsumoto Junior Chorus perform to welcomethe festival on the grounds of Matsumoto Castle, a National Treasure.

Saito Kinen Jazz Study Group - Piano Trio

August 26 (Mon) ~ 31 (Sat) Agata no Mori Bunka Kaikan

Cozy “Demae” Concerts / Special “Demae” ConcertsSaito Kinen Orchestra members and students of the Saito Kinen Chamber Music StudyGroup play in places such as hospitals, retirement homes and institutions for those withdevelopmental disabilities."Demae" is the Japanese word for meal delivery – these concertsare designed to deliver the joy of music to those music lovers who are otherwise unable toattend concerts.

Tickets for “The Soldier’s Tale” and “Hänsel und Gretel” are also available at Matsumoto Performing Arts CentreTickets go on sale June 8 (sat) 10:00- Ticket Center (Business hours : 10:00 - 18:00) 0263-33-2200 http://www.mpac.jp

○Mozart: Symphony No. 33 in B-flat Major K319○Ligeti: Double Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra (Japan premiere)　 Flute: Jacques Zoon 　Oboe: Philippe Tondre

○R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra op.30　 Saito Kinen Orchestra　　Conductor: Kazushi Ono

Chamber Concert IAugust 21 (Wed) 19:00　The Harmony Hall　Ticket Price: ￥6,000

Music Director: Seiji Ozawa Artistic Director/ Director: Kazuyoshi Kushida

Narrator: Kanji Ishimaru Soldier: Yasuyuki ShutoPrincess: Galien Johnston Devil: Akira Shirai

Violin: Kei Shirai Contrabass: Hirofumi Taniguchi Clarinet: Makoto Yoshida Bassoon: Mariko Fukushi Trumpet: Yuki Tadatomo Trombone: Takeshi Imamura 　　　Percussion: Keita Maeda

Presented by Matsumoto City Arts Foundation Supported by Matsumoto City and the Matsumoto City Board of Education

○Haydn: String Quartet No.78 in B-flat major Hob.Ⅲ-78 “The Sunrise”○Shostakovich: String Quartet No.3 in F major op.73○Schubert: String Quintet in C major D956　 Michelangelo String Quartet (Violin: Mihaela Martin, Daniel Austrich, Viola: Nobuko Imai, Cello: Frans Helmerson) 　 Cello: Sadao Harada

Chamber Concert IIAugust 27 (Tue) 19:00　The Harmony Hall　Ticket Price: ￥6,000

○Mozart: Piano Trio No.3 in B-flat major K502○Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp　　○Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major B155　 Violin: Koichiro Harada, Miwako Watanabe　　Viola: Nobuko Imai　　 Cello: Sadao Harada　 Flute: Sébastian Jacot　　　 　　　　　　Harp: Naoko Yoshino　 Piano: Ichiro Nodaira

Chamber Concert IIIAugust 30 (Fri) 19:00　The Harmony Hall　Ticket Price: ￥6,000

○Mozart: Adagio and Rondo in C minor K617○Carter: Enchanted Preludes for Flute and Cello○Ravel (arr. Salzedo): Sonatine en trio　　○Mozart: Serenade No.11 in E-flat major K375　 Viola: Yoshiko Kawamoto　　Cello: Iseut Chuat　　Flute: Jacques Zoon　　 　 Oboe: Philippe Tondre, Manuel Bilz, Mayuko Morieda 　　Clarinet: William Hadgins, Catherine Hadgins　　 Bassoon: Rob Weir, Hajime Konoye　　Horn: Julia Pilant, Masayuki Naoi　　Harp: Naoko Yoshino

○Junko Onishi Trio　 Piano: Junko Onishi Bass: Reginald Veal Drums: Eric McPherson

○Prokofiev: “Romeo and Juliet” Excerpts　 Saito Kinen Orchestra Conductor: TBA

○Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue　 Junko Onishi Trio Saito Kinen Orchestra Conductor: Seiji Ozawa

Saito KinenChamber Music Study Group – Brass Ensemble

August 12 (Mon) 19:00 Agata no Mori Bunka KaikanTicket Price: ¥1,000

Members of the Saito Kinen Orchestra teach young brass players and their progress is presented in a recital.

Jazz pianist Junko Onishi teaches young pianists and their progress is presented in a recital.

September 7 (Sat) 13:00/16:00 Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Main HallTicket Price: S=¥3,000 A=¥2,000 B=¥1,000

*Please see “Opera for Young People” for details.

September 1 (Sun) 17:00 Agata no Mori Bunka KaikanTicket Price: ¥1,000

Artistic Director/ Director: Kazuyoshi Kushida　Music: coba Lighting: Shigeo Saito　Sound: Kunihiko Ichiki　Circus Director: Julot　Actors: Kanji Ishimaru, Naomi Akimoto, Yasuhisa Konishi, Shinichiro Uchida, Shojiro Kataoka, Chiharu Kimura, Kazuyoshi Kushida and othersMusicians: coba, Wataru Okuma, Gideon Juckes, Daisuke Kumagai, Eizaburo HanajimaCircus artists: Amélie Kourim, Cecilia Manfrini, Julot, Laurent Barboux, Pablo&Antoine／Keisuke Kanai, Yosuke Meguro　Tap Dancer: RONxIIGeneral admission seating: ￥5,000 　College and high school students: ￥2,500 　Middle school students and younger: ￥1,000July 19 (Fri) ・ 25 (Thu) ・ 26 (Fri) 19:00　　July 20 (Sat) ・ 21 (Sun) ・ 24 (Wed) ・ 28 (Sun) 14:00July 27 (Sat) 14:00 / 19:00　　No Performances: July 22 (Mon) ・ 23 (Tue)

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Saito Kinen Chamber MusicStudy Group (Brass Ensemble)

Okushiga Kogen Hotel Concert Hall

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Chamber Concert IThe Harmony Hall

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Saito Kinen JazzStudy Group – Piano Trio

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Concert for Children (Nagano)

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Schedule

ファミリーマート店頭（6/9～） 10：00～（24時間対応）

The Saito Kinen Orchestra was founded in 1984 when Seiji Ozawa gathered former fellow students from around the world to hold a concert on the tenth anniversary of the passing of their teacher Hideo Saito, an outstanding educator at Toho Gakuen School of Music. This orchestra came to be known as the Saito Kinen Orchestra, and with this orchestra as its foundation, and orchestral concerts and opera as its two main pillars, the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto was established in Nagano's Matsumoto City in September 1992. Fondly supported by the community since its inception, the festival is now entering its 22nd year and, retaining its original goal to create music of the highest world standards, is proud to deliver yet another refined program.This year's opera is a Ravel double bill directed by Laurent Pelly and co-produced with the Glyndebourne Festival. With Seiji Ozawa conducting L'enfant et les sortilèges and Stéphane Denève conducting L'heure espagnol, and featuring great singers including Isabel Leonard, a fantasy-filled comical world unravels on stage. World-renowned conductor Kazushi Ono, who is returning for the second time since his appearance at the festival in 2004, leads the first two orchestra concerts. The 2013 festival

will be brought to a finale by a concert featuring Junko Onishi, a jazz pianist highly regarded in both New York and Japan. This closing program will feature a first time collaboration between Junko Onishi and Seiji Ozawa, who will be conducting the Saito Kinen Orchestra.Chamber music, in which we can discern the distilled essence of symphonic composition, will be presented at the newly renovated Harmony Hall in this year's “Chamber Concert series I-III”, with masterworks spanning across three evenings. The first concert features the Michelangelo String Quartet led by Nobuko Imai, including a performance of Schubert's String Quintet in C minor with Sadao Harada. The second evening showcases veteran members of the Saito Kinen Orchestra in a Mozart piano trio and Dvořák's piano quintet with Ichiro Nodaira on piano, and Debussy's Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp. The third concert is a performance of brass and string ensembles, adding a rich variety to the series.Teaching young musicians and introducing children to classical music is also an important project for the festival. In continuation from last year, the “Saito Kinen Chamber Music Study Group - Brass Ensemble” will take place along with a new project led by Junko Onishi, the “Saito Kinen Jazz Study Group - Piano Trio,” in which the participants will present their achievements in final recitals. The Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra will perform eight performances of the “Concert for Children”; this year's program will be the fourth movement from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, with chorus. “Opera for Young People: Hänsel und Gretel,” a wonderful production, with the same youth orchestra and professional singers, will be presented four times for students,

and a new addition this year is two extra performances for the general public of the same production. While giving young musicians a chance to perform both in orchestra concerts and opera productions, these performances also provide more opportunities for youth and adults to experience classical music.The Soldier's Tale composed by Stravinsky is a co-production with the Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre, and it is a work unique to Matsumoto, where even the musicians must interact with actors and dancers while playing their music from memory. Entering its third year of presentation, and with new direction this year by Artistic Director Kazuyoshi Kushida, the lineup includes Kanji Ishimaru as the narrator, world-renowned ballet dancer Yasuyuki Shuto as the Soldier, the acclaimed Akira Shirai playing the Devil, celebrated ballet dancer Galien Johnston appearing as the Princess, and seven promising young musicians performing the music.Important annual traditions at Matsumoto Castle will be continued this year, such as the “Welcome Concert: Harmony at the Castle” and the “Parade and Joint Performances”, the latter of which attracts as many as 3,000 participants, including those who come from areas outside Nagano. We look forward to sharing many wonderful moments with you at Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto this summer.

*Seiji Ozawa is presently in the process of recovery, however in the event that he becomes unable to conduct, Assistant Conductor Pierre Vallet will conduct the opera program, and another conductor (TBA) will take the podium for the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto Gig. Please take this into careful consideration before purchasing your tickets.

Matsumoto Performing Arts CentreSpecial Theatre

Stravinsky: “The Soldier's Tale”

Stravinsky: “The Soldier's Tale”Matsumoto Performing Arts CentreSpecial Theatre

Stravinsky: “The Soldier's Tale”Matsumoto Performing Arts CentreSpecial Theatre

Stravinsky: “The Soldier's Tale”Matsumoto Performing Arts CentreSpecial Theatre

Ravel: “L'enfant et les sortilèges ” “L'heure espagnole”

Orchestra ConcertKissei Bunka Hall(Nagano-ken Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan)

Orchestra ConcertKissei Bunka Hall(Nagano-ken Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan)

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13:00／16:00

Saito Kinen FestivalMatsumoto Gig ~ Junko Onishi meets Saito Kinen Orchestra

Humperdinck:“Hänsel und Gretel” – abridged version General admission performance

Kissei Bunka Hall(Nagano-ken Matsumoto Bunka Kaikan)

Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre

Welcome concert “Harmony at the Castle” （10:30～）

Parade（10:00～） Joint Performances（11:30～）

Opera for Young People

Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Main Hall

Concert for Children (Matsumoto)

Concert for Children (Nagano)

Outdoor Screen Concert

Opera for Young People

Concert for Children (Matsumoto)

Ravel: “L'enfant et les sortilèges ” “L'heure espagnole”Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Main Hall

Ravel: “L'enfant et les sortilèges ” “L'heure espagnole”Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Main Hall

Ravel: “L'enfant et les sortilèges ” “L'heure espagnole”Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre Main Hall

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