The orchestras of two cities devastated by powerful earthquakes this year are coming together for a special performance.
Asia Orchestra Week will present orchestras from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, and Christchurch, New Zealand, at a special joint concert in Sendai, which was the largest city to be affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11. The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra is no stranger to disaster either. Their hometown was hit by two magnitude-6.3 earthquakes this year, on Feb. 22 and June 13. These temblors followed a magnitude-7.1 quake on Sept. 4, 2010.
The two orchestras will be joined by the Daegu Symphonic Orchestra from South Korea for a string of shows in Tokyo from Oct. 2-4.
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