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The Boston Symphony Orchestra is touring Japan in November

The great Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will begin its Japan tour next month. Four cities are on the program: Yokohama, Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo.

It will be the orchestra’s first overseas tour since the start of the pandemic. Andris Nelsons, musical director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, expressed his expectation to return to Japan on Wednesday, commenting in a statement: “The past few years have taught us to be especially grateful for the gifts in our lives.”

The 4-City-Tour

The orchestra will hold its first concert on November 9th in Yokohama’s “Minato Mirai Hall”. Only one day later he will be a guest at the Kyoto “Concert Hall”, before going to the Osaka “Festival Hall” for another performance on November 11th.

These will be the orchestra’s first visits to Yokohama and Kyoto since the late 1980s.

The tour concludes in Tokyo, where BSOs will perform once a day at Suntory Hall from November 13-15.

From Mozart to Shaw

The orchestra’s current program promises a diverse music program. Symphony n. 40 by Mozart, the Symphony no. 6 by Mahler, Symphony No. 5 by Shostakovich, Strauss’s “Alpine Symphony” and Caroline Shaw’s “Punctum”.

At concerts in Osaka and Tokyo, Mitsuko Ushida will accompany the orchestra on the piano.

The BSO embarked on its last overseas tour in September 2018. A European tour, visiting a total of eight cities.

The Asia tour (Seoul, Taipei, Shanghai and Hong Kong) scheduled for February 2020 and the European tour (Vienna, Leipzig, Hamburg and Paris) scheduled for May 2022 have recently been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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