Concert×Play “Beethoven’s Story”: 47 Prefecture All-Japan Tour
Due to the Novel Corona Virus out break the show on the March will be postponed.
It has been rescheduled in the next Summer.
Beyond 2020
Approved by the National Cabinet Secretariat
Coming soon to a town near you, and approaching our 250th performance
Voices the Concert-Going Public:
“This is the first time I’ve seen a combination of a musical performance and a play designed to catch and keep the attention of young children.”
(Kindergarten Parent)
“I hope that inspired by Beethoven’s life my children will overcome adversity even though the darkest times.” (3rd and 5th grade Elementary Parent)
Summary
“Oh no, I can’t hear!”
This is a story of Beethoven’s dramatic life where he struggles and overcomes and creates his own destiny. We present this story with a combination of his inspiring piano compositions and dramatic skits that young children can enjoy.
Program
Solo piano excerpts from the “Moonlight”, “Pathetique”, “Tempest” and “Appassionata” sonatas by Beethoven.
Tickets
all tickets are 3,800 yen
Date and Location
| December 21 (Sat) 7:30pm | Tochigi Bunka Kaikan Small Hall, Tochigi city, Tochigi prefecture. |
| December 22 (Sun) 7:30pm sold out | Yokohama city Asahi citizens’ Cultural Center Sunheart Hall, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. |
| December 23 (Mon) 7:30pm | Ibaraki Prefecture Citizen’s culture center Hirosawa city hall, small hall, Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture. |
| December 24 (Tue) 2:30pm | Country of Colors, Saitama Artistic Theater Music Hall, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture. |
| December 25 (Wed) 2:30pm | Yokohama city Tsurumi citizens’ Cultural Center Serbia Hall,Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. |
| December 26 (Thu) 10:30am | Suntory Hall Blue Rose Small Hall,Minato ward, Tokyo Prefecture. |
| December 26 (Thu) 7:30pm | Matsudo City Cultural Building, Forest Hall 21, small hall,Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture. |
| January 4 (Sat) 7:30pm sold out | Yokohama city Isogo citizens’ Cultural Center Sugita Theater Hall,Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. |
| January 5 (Sun) 10:30am | Takasaki Fine Arts Music Hall,Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture. |
| March 1 (Sun) 10:30am | Palette Citizen’s theater hall, Naha-city, Okinawa Prefecture. |
| March 19 (Thu) 7:30pm | Shiojiri City Culture Center Building Lezan Hall Medium hall, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture. |
| March 20 (Fri) 10:30am | Gamagori Citizen’s Hallmedium hall, Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture. |
| March 20 (Fri) 7:30pm | NTN City Hall (Kuwana Citizen’s Hall) Small Hall, Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture. |
| March 21 (Sat) 7:30pm | Kashiba Futami Cultural Center – Citizen’s hall, Kashiba City, Nara Prefecture. |
| March 22 (Sun) 10:30am | Hashimoto City Citizen’s Hall, Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture. |
| March 22 (Sun) Starting 7:30pm | Citizen’s Center – Create Center – Center Hall, Ibaraki city, Osaka Prefecture. |
| March 23 (Mon) 2:30pm | Kobe City West Region Citizen’s Center Nadeshiko Large Hall, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. |
| March 24 (Tue) 2:30pm | Sanyo Newspaper Large Hall, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture. |
| March 25 (Wed) 10:30am | Sanuki City Shito Music Hall – Large Hall, Sanuki City, Kagawa Prefecture. |
| March 25 (Wed) 7:30pm | Cosmo Hall (Anann City Media Culture Center), Anann City, Tokushima Prefecture. |
| March 26 (Thu) 10:30am | Sagawa City Sakuraza Main Hall, Takaoka Region , Kochi Prefecture. |
| March 26 (Thu) 7:30pm | Matsuyama Citizen’s Hall Medium Hall, Matsuyama city, Eiheme Prefecture. |
| March 27 (Fri) 2:30pm | Bungo-Ono City General Cultural Center Ono hall, Bungo-ono city, Oita Prefecture. |
| March 28 (Sat) 10:30am | Miyazaki City Kiyotake Cultural Center hankyu hall, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture. |
| March 28 (Sat) 7:30pm | Kirishima International Music Hall, Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. |
| March 30 (Mon) 10:30am | Yatsushiro Harmony Hall Citizen’s Hall, Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture. |
| March 30 (Mon) 7:30pm | Shimahara city Ariake General Culture Hall (Green Wave Sunny Hall),Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture. |
| March 31 (Tue) 10:30am | Honou Memorial Hall – Culture Hall, Nishi-Matsuura region, Saga Prefecture. |
| March 31 (Tue) 7:30pm | Moji City Citizen’s Center Large Hall, Kita-Kyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. |
| April 1 (Wed) 10:30am | Hofu City Regional Fellowship Center (Aspirato Music Hall), Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. |
| April 1 (Wed) 7:30pm | Asa Kita Ward Citizens’ Center Hall, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. |
| April 2 (Thu) 10:30am | Unnan City Kashiba Culture Hall – Ramel Large Hall, Unnan City, Shimane Prefecture. |
| April 2 (Thu) 7:30pm | Hawaii Aloha Hall – Large Hall, Touhaku Region, Tottori Prefecture. |
| April 3 (Fri) 2:30pm | Kyoto Concert Hall – small hall (Ensemble Hall Murata), Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture |
| April 3 (Fri) 7:30pm | Shiga Prefecture Fine Arts Theater – Biwa Lake Hall – Small Hall, Ootsu City, Shiga Prefecture. |
| April 4 (Sat) 10:30am | Ogaki Suitopia Center Music Hall, Ogaki City, Gifu Prefecture. |
| April 4 (Sat) 7:30pm | Shimizu Cultural Hall – Marinato Small Hall, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture. |
| April 5 (Sun) 10:30am | Tougen Cultural Center – Tougen Hall, Southern Alps City, Yamanashi Prefecture. |
| April 26 (Sun) 10:30am | Fubetsu City 100 Year Memorial Hall, Nakagawa Region, Hokkaido Prefecture. |
| May 1 (Fri) 7:30pm | Phoenix Plaza Fukui Citizens’ Service Center – Small hall, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture. |
| May 2 (Sat) 10;30am | Ishikawa Prefecture Bunkyo Center Hall, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. |
| May 2 (Sat) 7:30pm | Arakawa Culture Hall – Small Hall, Uwotsu City, Toyama Prefecture. |
| May 3 (Sun) 10:30am | Nagaoka Lilick Hall – Concert Hall, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture. |
| May 3 (Sun) 7:30pm | Teressa-aprose Yamagata, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture. |
| May 4 (Mon) 10:30am | Tohou People’s Culture Center (Fukushima Prefecture Culture Center),Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture. |
| May 4 (Mon) 7:30pm | Wakabayashi Cultural Center Hall, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. |
| May 5 (Tue) 10:30am | Morioka Citizens’ Culture Hall – Small Hall, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. |
| May 5 (Tue) 7:30pm | Goshogawara Homeland and Regional Citizens’ Fellowship Center (Altencia) Homeland Fellowship Hall, Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture. |
| May 6 (Wed) 10:30am | Atorion Music Hall, Akita City, Akita Prefecture. |
Tickets and Information at:
The Mimu Mimu no Mori Association for the Performing Arts
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Performer Profiles
Mari Mimura (Piano)
Graduate of the Musashino Music Conservatory, Ms. Mimura traveled to the U.S. to study at the University of California, Los Angeles at the recommendation of Professor Vitaly Margulis, where she completed the Master`s program in music. She has performed with the Slovakia National Broadcaster’s Orchestra, the German Weimar Goethe String Quartet, and the Warsaw National Philharmonic Chamber Group among others.
Yukiko Okada (Actor/Guest)
Born in Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Ms. Okada graduated from Fukuoka Educational College and joined the Chojyu Giga Theater Group. She has traveled throughout Japan as a cast member of the Open Ponkikisho Children’s Theater. She is currently planning, producing and performing in various theatrical works including Okada Yukiko’s Solo Stage Performance.
Produced by:
The Mimu Mimu No Mori Association for the Performing Arts
Coproduction by:
Taikan-Sha
Brought to you with support from Japan Piano Technicians Association, the education departments Hokkaido Prefecture, Aomori Prefecture, Akita Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Yamaga Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Kangagwa Prefecture, Minato-ku Tokyo Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Aichi Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Ehime Prefecture, Kochi Prefecture, Kagawa Prefecture, Fukuoka Prefecture, Saga Prefecture, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture, Ooita Prefecture, Okinawa Prefecture, Nakagawa-Fubetsu City, Goshogawara City, Akita City, Morioka City, Yamagata City, Sendai City, Fukushima City, Mito City, Yokohama City, Saitama City, Matsudo City, Tochigi City, Takasaki City, Shizuoka City, Ogaki City, Minami Alps City, Shiojiri City, Gamagori City, Nagaoka City, Uozu City, Kanazawa City, Fukui City, Ootsu City, Kyoto City, Ibaraki City, Hashimoto City, Kuwana City, Kobe City, Tohougun Yurihama City, Unnan City, Okayama City, Hiroshima City, Hofu City, Annan City, Matsuyama City, Takaokagun Sagawa City, Sanuki City, Kitakyushu City, Nishi Matsuura-gunn Arita City, Shiamabara City, Yachio City, Miyazaki City, Kirishima City, Bungo-Ono City, and Naha City.
Pamphlet Designed by Masako Hirakawa