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Chiho Iuchi
Chiho Iuchi is a writer covering classical music scenes in Japan. She has also been serving as a staff editor at The Japan Times mainly in charge of national day special supplements, in collaboration with more than 100 embassies in Japan, which has (hopefully) broadened her perspectives on music.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 2, 2010
Cost-cutting brings classics to the masses
"Rather than managing an opera house, I wanted to create a 'structure' for a new event," says French producer Rene Martin in a book published in Japan last month titled "How a Classical Music Festival Gathered 1 Million People."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 12, 2010
Israeli confronts past by mastering Wagner
Rising Israeli conductor Dan Ettinger will complete, in Tokyo in March, his first series of performances of "The Ring of the Nibelung," a cycle of four linked operas by 19th-century composer Richard Wagner.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 26, 2010
Suntory Hall closes opera series with racy tale from Mozart
"Cosi fan tutte" ("Women are like that"), composed in 1790, was regarded as an immoral tale of fiancee swapping during the 19th century. While it offended sensibilities then, today the work is considered one of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's most sophisticated operas, and it will be staged at Suntory Hall...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 25, 2009
Mexico Music Festival 2010
Yuriko Kuronuma, a renowned Japanese violinist based in Mexico, never gives up.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 2, 2009
Fleisher to hold workshops
Suntory Hall welcomes U.S. pianist Leon Fleisher at a music workshop this month.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 25, 2009
There's a new maestro in town
The New York Philharmonic led by conductor Alan Gilbert, who debuted as its new music director at the opening gala concert on Sept. 16, heads off for an Asian tour in October, with Tokyo as the first stop.
CULTURE / Music
Sep 18, 2009
Irina Mejoueva
Irina Mejoueva, a Japan-based Russian pianist, always appears on stage with scores — but not because she can't memorize the pieces she performs. "I am a performer. Since I am not a composer, the piece exists only in the score," she remarks with a smile. Mejoueva looks at the score when she plays...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 18, 2009
Pianist Lang to give free show
Chinese pianist Lang Lang will give a special performance at an event by UNICEF in Tokyo's Odaiba district on Sept. 21.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 18, 2009
Irina Mejoueva
Irina Mejoueva, a Japan-based Russian pianist, always appears on stage with scores — but not because she can't memorize the pieces she performs. "I am a performer. Since I am not a composer, the piece exists only in the score," she remarks with a smile. Mejoueva looks at the score when she plays...
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 11, 2009
La Scala tour showcases Milan's finest
La Scala is currently on its sixth Japan tour through Sept. 17.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 4, 2009
Musical Renaissance man brings us his world
Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Egberto Gismonti will return to Japan this month.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 28, 2009
Japan premier of Sibelius' 'Tempest' to play in entirety
Among the events being held to mark the 90th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Finland, a standout is the first performance in its entirety here of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius' music to Shakespeare's play "The Tempest."
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 14, 2009
A coffee, not tea, ceremony
A traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony will delight visitors to the MOA Museum of Art in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Aug. 22-23.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Aug 7, 2009
Brazilian Bach performed in rare entirety
A concert featuring "Bachianas Brasileiras" (Brazilian Bach pieces) by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos takes place at Tokyo Opera City in Hatsudai on Aug. 22.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jul 17, 2009
Feast on fine Italian opera in a Tokyo restaurant
Italy-based Japanese opera singer Hiroki Watanabe will perform at a dinner show titled "La Voce di Firenze" at an Italian restaurant in Tokyo's central Hiroo district on the evenings of Aug. 6 and 7.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jun 12, 2009
The first 'Japanese' opera?
Kabuki actor and designated Living National Treasure Sakata Tojuro (b. 1931) stages an opera, for the first time in his career, this month at the New National Theatre.
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Jun 5, 2009
Famed Bolshoi returns to Japan
The Bolshoi Opera will come back to Japan in June for the first time in 14 years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 29, 2009
Classical music lovers get set for Matsumoto
"Sending out high-quality Western classical music from Japan" was the goal for renowned cellist and conductor Hideo Saito (1902-74), who studied in Germany. In 1955, he cofounded the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, where he devoted the latter half of his life to music education and taught many...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 22, 2009
Renowned New Juilliard Ensemble set to make Japan debut
Suntory Hall will next month welcome students from New York's renowned Juilliard School of Music as part of the hall's Rainbow 21 educational program. Held annually since 2004, the program aims to provide Japanese students with a chance to experience the whole process of concert-making, from planning,...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 15, 2009
A promising young violinist to perform around Kanto
The project "Classical for Millions," which has staged a series of "concerts for the people" at halls around the Kanto region since 2007, will feature Korean-American violinist Esther Kim from June.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
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