Performance Lineup
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KOBE Machinaka Performance
Performers registering for KOBE Machinaka Peformance |
various location in Kobe |
Concerts around the cityOpen to PreschoolersFree Admission | |
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Machinaka Concerts – Music Around the City
Musicians from local arts organizations and young flutists affiliated with the Japan Flute Association |
various location in Kobe |
Concerts around the cityOpen to PreschoolersFree Admission | |
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at 3:00 PM |
Pre-Festival Program: Kobe Gakuin University Green Festival No. 471 (Spring 2025) A Gathering of Flute Music— From Baroque to Contemporary, From Solo to Trio
Performers:Yoshimi Omasu, Kayoko Deguchi, Kaori Wakabayashi (flute) Commentary: Fumio Uno (Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Kobe Gakuin University) |
Memorial Hall, Kobe Gakuin University (Arise Campus) | Concerts around the cityOpen to PreschoolersPrivate ConcertFree Admission |
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at 3:00 PM |
Emmanuel Pahud Presents “KOBE International Music Festival 2025 Opening Concert”
Conductor: Andreas Ottensamer Flute: Emmanuel Pahud and others |
Kobe Bunka Hall, Main Hall | |
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at 2:00 PM |
Afternoon Summer Concert Kiyoshi Shomura (Guitar) & Shigenori Kudo (Flute) Duo Recital
Kiyoshi Shomura (Guitar), Shigenori Kudo (Flute) |
Seishin Chuo Hall | |
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at 2:00 PM |
Telemann Chamber Orchestra Complete Performance of J.S. Bach’s “Brandenburg Concertos”
Conductor: Takeharu Nobuhara Chember Orchestra: Telemann Chamber Orchestra |
Kobe Asahi Hall | |
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at 2:00 PM |
Hall Concerts by the Musicians of Tomorrow vol.1
Brass band clubs of middle and high-schools in Kobe (Schools are TBD) |
Hokushin Cultural Center, Arima Hall | |
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Hall Concerts by the Musicians of Tomorrow vol.2
Brass band clubs of middle and high-schools in Kobe (Schools are TBD) |
Nagata Ward Culture Center, Pifule Hall | |
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Hall Concerts by the Musicians of Tomorrow vol.3
Brass band clubs of middle and high-schools in Kobe (Schools are TBD) |
Seishin Chuo Hall | |
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Hall Concerts by the Musicians of Tomorrow vol.4
Brass band clubs of middle and high-schools in Kobe (Schools are TBD) |
Higashinada Ward Cultural Center, Uhara-hall | |
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at 2:00 PM |
Musical Satire “L’Ospedale” (Concert Version / Performed in Italian with Subtitles)
La Fonteverde（Vocal Ensemble） Baroque Harp: Mie Ito Cello: Hidemi Suzuki Cembalo: Naoki Ueo Introducer: Shun Arata |
Kobe Shimbun Matsukata Hall | |
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at 4:00 PM |
Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares
Frutta Fantasia — Yoshimichi Hamada, Naoko Zaizen, Yuko Oda, Yoko Inoue (recorder ensemble) Kenji Sano (lute), Miki Nakayama (soprano), Takashi Tajima (percussion), Terumichi Otsuka (recorder) |
Kobe Seiai Church | |
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Lunchtime Flute Concert & Lecture
Raku Sakamoto (Flutist, Lecturer) |
Chuo Ward Cultural Center | |
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at 3:00 PM at 11:30 AM |
Kodomo KOBUHO 2025 Kobe Bunka Hall Welcome Jamboree 2025
Izumi Aoyagi, Maki Koizumi, Aoi Nakasone, Ayumi Narita |
Shinkaichi Art Hiroba (Shinkaichi Community Center for Arts and Interaction), Hall (2F) | Open to Preschoolers |
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at 2:00 PM |
Children’s Concert 2025 with Kobe City Chamber Orchestra & Kobe City Philharmonic Chorus
Conductor: Kenshiro Sakairi Orchestra: Kobe City Chamber Orchestra Chorus: Kobe City Philharmonic Chorus |
Kobe Bunka Hall, Main Hall | Open to Preschoolers |
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at 3:00 PM |
Midsummer Percussion Ensemble — Kobe Percussion Gallery
Percussion: Atsushi Sugahara, Takuya Moriyama, Reina Iwami,Saeko Yasunaga and others |
Kobe Bunka Hall, Medium Hall | |
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at 7:00 PM |
Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra — Special Concert in Kobe
Conductor: Shurihito Matsumoto Cello: Kaoru Hanazaki Orchestra: Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra |
Kobe International House, Kobe Kokusai Hall | |
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at 4:00 PM |
Fermenting Early Music — Live Performance by Toshiyuki Shibata (Traverso) & Anthony Romaniuk (Keyboard Instruments)
Toshiyuki Shibata (Traverso), Anthony Romaniuk (Fortepiano) |
Kobe Shushinkan Hall | |
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at 2:00 PM |
Selection Vol.7 “Yu Kosuge: At the Forefront in KOBE”
Conductor, Piano: Yu Kosuge Orchestra: Kobe City Chamber Orchestra |
Higashinada Ward Cultural Center, Uhara Hall | |
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at 2:30 PM |
The 22nd Japan Flute Convention in KOBE 2025 Final Concert Gala
Conductor: Hiroshi Sekiya Flute: Karl-Heinz Schütz, Marina Piccinini, Sarah Jackson, Koichi Itoh Flute Convention Orchestra 2025 |
Kobe Bunka Hall, Main Hall | |
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Bridging Generations: Kobe’s Junior High and High School Students × Musicians from Japan and Korea
"Choirs and string ensembles from junior high and high schools in Kobe (participating schools to be announced) Shungo Moriyama (conductor) Masayoshi Enokida, Seungho Lee (flute), Eunjung Oh (violin), Dongnyeol Lee (cello), and others" |
Kobe Bunka Hall, Main Hall |
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at 2:00 PM |
Takahiro Yoshikawa Piano Recital
Piano: Takahiro Yoshikawa |
Kobe Asahi Hall |
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at 3:00 PM |
Ensemble Kobe: ”Complete Performance of the Brandenburg Concertos Vol.5”
"Conductor: Tadahiro Yano Performer: Tadahiro Yano, Ayako Takagi (Flute), Jun Tsujii, Marie Saka (Viola), Kazuhiro Miyamura (Oboe), Yoshiko Ikemura (Cello) and Ensemble Kobe (Orchestra）" |
Kobe Shimbun Matsukata Hall |
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at 4:30 PM |
Flute Orchestra for All — 500-Flutist Ensemble
"Conductor: Hiroaki Kanda Soloist: Ayako Takagi (flute) and a 500-member community flute orchestra" |
Kobe Fasion Mart, Atrium Plaza |
Concerts around the cityOpen to PreschoolersFree Admission |
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at 5:00 AM at 6:00 PM at 7:00 PM |
Pre-Festival Program: Dance Performance – Post-Butoh-ha “The Magic Flute”
Akira Kasai,Yasutake Shimaji,Tomohiko Tsujimoto,Nagomi Ino,Mirai Moriyama, Shintaro Oue |
Kobe Bunka Hall, Medium Hall | Concerts around the cityOpen to PreschoolersPrivate ConcertFree Admission |
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at 7:00 PM |
The 11th Kobe International Flute Competition Special Gala Night
Hideaki Sakai, Silvia Careddu, Michael Faust, Renate Greiss-Armin, Timothy Hutchins, Andrea Lieberknecht, Andrea Oliva, Piao Meixiang, Yumiko Sakuma and Hiroaki Kanda |
Kobe Bunka Hall, Main Hall |
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at 3:00 PM |
Splendid Harmony — Special Gala Concert
Takahiro Yoshikawa (piano), Kazuhiro Nishijima (dance), Kyoichi Iwakiri (Japanese dram), Shinichiro Hino (singer), Sadamatsu-Hamada Ballet company, Orchestra (concert,aster: Wataru Inamoto) and others |
Kobe Asahi Hall |
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at 2:00 PM |
The 11th Kobe International Flute Competition – Exhibition Concert
Prize-winners of The 11th Kobe International Flute Competition |
Kobe Bunka Hall, Medium Hall |
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at 3:00 PM |
Encounter with Stradivari 2025, Ensemble gems by 300-year-old masterpieces
Timothy Chooi (Violine), Michiaki Ueno (Cello), Hiroko Suseki (Piano) |
Kobe Bunka Hall, Medium Hall |
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at 3:00 PM |
Kobe City Philharmonic Chorus Autumn Concert Poulenc – Figure humaine“postwar 80th anniversary peaceful prayer concert”
Conductor: Masahiro Sato Chorus: Kobe City Philharmonic Chorus |
Kobe Bunka Hall, Main Hall |
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Grand Finale Program: The 25th KOBE Steelpan Carnival 2025 A Grand Finale Filled with the Powerful Sounds of Steelpan
Steel Orchestra Bands from all over Japan |
Wakamatsu Park |
Concerts around the cityOpen to PreschoolersFree Admission |