[jorchestra] Will be held on September 8th! J Orchestra (orchestra centered on medical workers) 2024 concert to be held in Tokyo *jorchestra*
Press release: August 5, 2024
**
The event will be held on September 8th! J Orchestra (orchestra centered on medical workers) 2024 concert to be held in Tokyo *Conductor: Mr. Toshio Yanagisawa, Piano: Mr. Saki Ozawa, Ambassadors: Mr. Noriko Fukuda and Mr. Haruhi Saito, new social contribution activities for medical workers*
* J-Orchestra (executive committee chairperson) consisting mainly of medical professionals and medical students
Atsuhiro Miyasaka’s philosophy is that “resonance and empathy born from music will lead to social stability,” and the conductor is Toshio Yanagisawa, music director of the Balkan Chamber Orchestra, pianist is Saki Ozawa, a young orthodox jazz pianist, and ambassador. It has been decided that the 2024 concert will be held on September 8th, with freelance announcers Noriko Fukuda, former TV Tokyo member, and Haruhi Saito, former FBS member, as hosts. *
*About J Orchestra*
A 100-member orchestra consisting of doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and other workers, as well as medical students, has the philosophy of “The resonance and empathy born from music will lead to social stability.” We hope to release our passion for music that has been kept under wraps, and through our orchestral music activities, create resonance and empathy with each other as performers, the audience, and everyone who supports us, and take advantage of our backgrounds. At the same time, we are planning social contribution activities.
Concert details
Name: J Orchestra 2024 Concert
Date and time: September 8, 2024 13:00~16:00
Performance: Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Sibelius: Symphonic Poem “Finlandia”
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Venue: Showa Women’s University Hitomi Memorial Auditorium
Capacity: Approximately 2,000 people
Admission fee: 2,000 yen (all seats reserved, free for elementary school students and younger)
Tickets available on the day (cash only)
Where to purchase tickets: J Orchestra Concert [J orchestra]
Conductor: Mr. Toshio Yanagisawa (official website
)
J Orchestra’s future activities
J Orchestra has decided to perform at the music hall “Carnegie Hall” in New York on July 18, 2025, and is active in New York and other parts of the world in New York, the center of the world and a city with 38,000 Japanese residents. We are planning to hold a concert to send cheers to the Japanese people who are suffering.
* Carnegie Hall website
* Carnegie Hall Concert Calendar