PMF 2024

July 10 - July 30
Highlights

After taking the world stage,
a triumphant return to PMF

PMF 2024
July 12 - July 30 Highlights

After taking the world stage, a triumphant return to PMF

PMF Orchestra [Program A]

Once a member of the PMF Academy, Germany-based conductor Elias Grandy has gone on to flourish on the world stage, and in April 2025 he will take on the role of Chief Conductor of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra. But first, in 2024 he makes his triumphant return to PMF!

Grandy marks his return with a captivating lineup of masterworks, balancing delicate timbres with powerful grandiosity, each written early in their respective composers’ oeuvres. He will lead the PMF Orchestra in Strauss’ Don Juan, Debussy’s Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, and the virtuosic mastery of soloist Clara-Jumi Kang will be on full display in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1!

Text: Masahide Hayashi

Date

July 13 (Sat)	PMF Orchestra Concert in Tomakomai (Tomakomai Shimin Kaikan)
July 14 (Sun)	PMF Orchestra Concert (Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara)

Artists

Elias Grandy, conductor

Clara-Jumi Kang, violin*

PMF EUROPE (PMF VIENNA / PMF BERLIN)

PMF Orchestra

Program

R. Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19*

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)

Austrian masterworks led
by an Austrian Maestro

PMF 2024
July 12 - July 30 Highlights

Austrian masterworks led by an Austrian Maestro

PMF Orchestra [Program B]

Making his PMF debut as Principal Conductor, world-renowned Austrian maestro Manfred Honeck will lead a program of 2 core pieces of the Viennese repertoire. Viennese soloist Till Fellner will perform Mozart’s exquisitely refined Piano Concerto No. 22 before the PMF Orchestra takes on Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, in which Mahler’s breadth of experience as Director of the Vienna State Opera is fully brought to bear. From its beloved Adagietto movement to dazzling solos to extended thunderous grandeur, a transformative 75-minute journey awaits!

Text: Masahide Hayashi

Date

July 27 (Sat)	Picnic Concert (Sapporo Art Park Outdoor Stage)
July 28 (Sun)	PMF GALA Concert (Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara)
July 30 (Tue)	PMF Orchestra Concert in Tokyo (Suntory Hall)

Artists

Manfred Honeck, conductor

Till Fellner, piano*

PMF AMERICA [appearing on July 27 and July 28]

PMF Orchestra

Program

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482*

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in c-sharp minor

An emerging star &
PMF alumnus leads
the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra

PMF 2024
July 12 - July 30 Highlights

An emerging star &
PMF alumnus leads the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra

PMF Host City Orchestra Concert

Though still in his 30s, Hong Kong born Wilson Ng is already making waves across Asia and beyond. A member of the PMF 2015 Conducting Academy, Ng now returns to lead the PMF Host City Orchestra Concert, featuring the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra! Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal Horn and PMF AMERICA faculty member Andrew Bain will appear as soloist in Toshio Hosokawa’s Horn Concerto “Moment of Blossoming,” a work that seems to bend time itself. The program culminates in Tchaikovsky's beloved Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique." Ng's fresh artistry is sure to manifest this masterwork’s endless wonders.

Text: Masahide Hayashi

Date

July 21 (Sun)

PMF Host City Orchestra Concert
(Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara)

Artists

Wilson Ng, conductor

Andrew Bain, horn*

Sapporo Symphony Orchestra (PMF Host City Orchestra)

Members of the PMF Orchestra

Program

Toshio Hosokawa: Horn Concerto "Moment of Blossoming" *

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in b minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"

COMING SOON