PMF 2025 Highlights
It all starts with Candide and sublime horns!
PMF 2025 Opening Night
| July 9 (Wed) | Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara |
PMF kicks off vibrantly with the overture to Candide, by PMF-founder Leonard Bernstein. Conductor Karina Canellakis makes her return to the PMF stage after her time as a PMF Academy member, having now secured positions with world-class orchestras and international acclaim. The highly varied 1-hour Opening Concert also features chamber music performed by PMF faculty, and its centerpiece is Schumann's Konzertstück, with a sublime convergence of 4 world-class horn soloists from the LA Phil, Berlin Phil, and Japan!
Text: Masahide Hayashi
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Excitement builds for Canellakis’ triumphant return with her “Titan”
PMF Orchestra Concert in Tomakomai
| July 12 (Sat) | Tomakomai Shimin Kaikan |
PMF Orchestra Concert
| July 13 (Sun) | Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara |
Canellakis participated in PMF 2012 as a member of the Conducting Academy before embarking on her journey straight to the forefront, where she remains. To mark her return to PMF, she chose Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 1 “Titan.” How will she bring the massive, diverse PMF Orchestra, along with faculty members of PMF EUROPE, together as one? How will they rise to this challenge, and together how much synergy and emotion will they create? One senses a legendary performance in the making. And Sibelius’ Violin concerto performed by world-class soloist Karen Gomyo is not to be missed!
Text: Masahide Hayashi
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World-renowned masters come together to bring the essence of German music to PMF!
Picnic Concert
<Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert>
| July 26 (Sat) | Sapporo Art Park Outdoor Stage |
PMF GALA Concert
| July 27(Sun) | Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara |
PMF Orchestra Concert in Tokyo
| July 29 (Tue) | Suntory Hall |
Master of the Germanic repertoire Marek Janowski, whose remarkable performances across the globe have captured the essence of music through his uncompromising, rigorous commitment to craft, makes his long-awaited first appearance at PMF. The authority he brings to the young musicians at PMF will surely guide them to greater heights. The program features 4 German Romantic masterpieces – the opportunity to hear both Schumann’s 3rd symphony and Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration under Janowski’s baton is a rare and compelling treat. PMF audiences can also experience cutting-edge master of the cello Steven Isserlis, whose mere presence transforms a stage, as he offers his immersive interpretation of Schumann’s Cello Concerto! Incredible as it seems, Janowski and Isserlis will perform together for the first time at PMF.
Text: Masahide Hayashi
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