The 44th Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy & Festival
Theme: All Love and Loved Mozart
Concert Leaflet（PDF）
Concert Schedule Click here for the entire schedule
- August 17
- August 18
- August 19 The Concert for Children
- August 19
- August 20
- August 21
- August 22
- August 23
- August 24
- August 25
- August 26
- August 27 Popular Concert
- August 28
- August 29
- August 30 Student Concert
- August 30
Saturday, August 17
Opening Concert/
Memorial for Akira Nishimura/ A.Nishimura: UNIO MYSTICA for Piano snd Orchestra (Posthumous Work)
A.Nishimura: Fantasia for Reed Organ (Organ adaptation by Claudio Brizi)
A.Nishimura: Avatara for Piano VI. Kalkin
A.Nishimura: UNIO MYSTICA for Piano snd Orchestra(2023)
W.A.Mozart: Concerto for Flute in D Major, K.314
W.A.Mozart:Symphony No.40 in G Minor, K.550
Norichika Iimori (Cond)/ Karl-Heinz Schütz (Fl)/ Aki Takahashi (Pf)/ Claudio Brizi(Org) Gunma Symphony Orchestra
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Sunday, August 18
Shlomo Mintz & Bruno Canino Duo Recital/
Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata
S.Mintz: Sonatine in C Major “Quatre Hommages” (Japan premier)
W.A.Mozart: Violin Sonata in B-flat Major,K.454
F.Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F Minor, Op. 4 MWV Q12
F.Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F Major MWV Q26
Shlomo Mintz (Vn)/ Bruno Canino (Pf)
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Monday, August 19
The Concert for Children
Recommended for 0 year-old to junior high school students
Program: TBA
Artists: TBA
Open 10:00/ Start 10:30
Entrance fee: Under 18 Free/ Age 19 and over 500 yen (Advanced online application is required)
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
*The date of reception starting will be announced at a later date.
Monday, August 19
Christopher Hinterhuber Piano Recital/ Beethoven: Piano Sonata “Tempest”
W.A.Mozart: Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, K.281
F.Liszt: Confutatis und Lacrymosa aus dem Requiem K.626 von Mozart, S550/R229: Lacrymosa
L.v.Beethoven: Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op.31-2 ‘The Tempest’
A.Pert: Mozart-Adagio
F.Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, D 960
Christopher Hinterhuber (Pf)/ Karin Adam (Vn)/ others
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Tuesday, August 20
Enrico Bronzi Violoncello Recital
J.S.Bach: Three Contrapunctus from Kunst der Fugue
L.v.Beethoven: 7 Variations on Mozart “Zauberflöte”
G.Schedl: “Der, welcher wandert diese Strasse voll Beschwerden…” Lamento on Mozart”Zauberflöte”
C.Ph.E.Bach: Concerto in A Major, Wq.172 H.439/others
Enrico Bronzi (Vc)/ Bruno Canino (Pf)/ Claudio Brizi(Cemb)/ Kazuhiro Takagi (Vn)/ Yoshiko Hannya (Va)/ Hajime Otomo (Vc)/ others
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Wednesday, August 21
Chamber Music/ Masterpieces by Beethoven, who respected Mozart
L.v.Beethoven: Variations about “Lá ci darem la mano” (Don Giovanni), WoO 28, for two oboes and English Horn
L.v.Beethoven: Trio Op. 87
L.v.Beethoven: Piano Trio (with Clarinet), Op. 11
W.A.Mozart (Arr.by Hummel): Concerto for Pian No.24 in C Minor, K.491
Thomas Indermühle (Ob)/ Mayu Wakaki (Ob)/ Kazuhihiro Takagi (Vn)/ Christopher Hinterhuber (Pf)/ Koichi Itoh (Fl)/ Yoshiko Hannya (Va)/ others
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Thursday, August 22
Chamber Music/ Anthony Spiri’s Schubert and Mozart
W.A.Mozart:Fantasy in C Minor, K.475
F.Schubert:Fantasy in C Minor, D 48
W.A.Mozart (arr. by J.N.Hummel): Concerto for Piano No.20 in D Minor, K.466/ others
Anthony Spiri (Pf)/ Aki Takahashi (Pf)/ Koichi Itoh (Fl)/ Kazuhihiro Takagi (Vn)/ Yoshiko Hannya (Va)/ others
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Friday, August 23
Chamber Music/ Mozart’s Flute Pieces by Karl-Heinz Schütz
W.A.Mozart: Flute Quartet No.1 in D Major K.285
W.A.Mozart: Oboe Quartet F-dur K. 370 (368b)
W.A.Mozart: Flute Quartet No.2 in G Major K.285a
W.A.Mozart: Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica, K. 617a
W.A.Mozart: Flute Quartet No.3 in C Major K.Anh.171(285b)
Karl-Heinz Schütz (Fl)/ Karin Adam (Vn)/ Yuki Hyakutake (Va)/ Enrico Bronzi (Vc)/ Thomas Indermühle (Ob)/ others
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Saturday, August 24
Karl-Heinz Schütz Flute Recital/ Schönberg: Flute Sonata
J.S.Bach: Sonata for Flute and Cembalo
A.Jolivet: Chant de Linos
J.N.Hummel: Flute Sonate in D major, Op.50
A.Schönberg: Flute Sonata, Op.26
Karl-Heinz Schütz (Fl)/ Claudio Brizi(Cemb)/ Bruno Canino (Pf)
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Sunday, August 25
Chorus and Orchestra/ Zauberfloten Messe (Japan premier) and Mozart’s Concerto
W.A.Mozart: Rondo in C Major, K.373
W.A.Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, KV.364
W.A.Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in A Major, K.Anh. 104(320e)
W.A.Mozart: Fluto Concerto No.1 in G Major, K.313
Annonymous: Zauberflötenmesse
F.X.Süssmayr: Ave Verum Corpus
W.A.Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus in D Major, K.618
Karin Adam (Vn)/ Yoshiko Hannya (Va)/ Enrico Bronzi (Vc)/ Karl-Heinz Schütz (Fl)/ Norichika Iimori (Cond)/ Kusatsu Festival Orchestra/ Akie Amou (Sop)/ Taeka Hino (M-Sop)/ Iwao Onuki (Ten)/ Fumiaki Kuriyama (Chorus Cond)/ Kusatsu Academy Chorus
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Monday, August 26
Angelika Kirchschlager Mezzo Soprano Recital/ Salieri, Schubert, Beethoven and Mozart
A.Salieri: Aria ‚la Ra ra‘ aus La Grotta di Trofonio
F.X.Mozart: An die Bäche
F.Schubert: Morgenlied
F.Schubert: Der Unglückliche
L.v.Beethoven: Zärtliche Liebe
W.A.Mozart: Abendempfindung
W.A.Mozart: Das Veilchen
W.A.Mozart: Als Luise die Briefe ihres untreuen Liebhabers verbrannte
J.Haydn : Spirit’s Song
J.Haydn : She never told her love/ others
Angelika Kirchschlager (M-Sop)/ Anthony Spiri (Pf)
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Tuesday, August 27
Popular Concert/ Mozart’s Chamber Music Evening
W.A.Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478
W.A.Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor, K.304
W.A.Mozart: Violin Sonata in B-Flat major, K.378
L.v.Beethoven:12 Variationen über das Thema “Ein Mädchen oder Weiblichen” aus Mozarts Oper “Die Zauberflöte” F-Dur Op.66
W.A.Mozart: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K.498 “Kegelstatt”/ others
Anthony Spiri (Pf)/ Karin Adam (Vn)/ Yoshiko Hannya (Va)/ Enrico Bronzi (Vc)/ Seiki Shinohe (Cl)
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Wednesday, August 28
Orchestra/ Mozart’s Concerto by Shlomo Mintz
T.Yoshimatsu: And Birds are Still… Op.72
W.A.Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4 in D Major, K.218
W.A.Mozart: Symphony No.41 “Jupiter” K.551/ others
Shlomo Mintz (Vn)/ Norichika Iimori (Cond)/ Kusatsu Festival Orchestra
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Thursday, August 29
Piano and Chamber Music/ From Mozart to Beethoven
F.J.Haydn : String Quartet No.78 in B-flat Major, Op.76-4 “The Sunrise”
W.A.Mozart: Quintet in E-Flat Major, K.452
W.A.Mozart : String Quartet No.19 in C Major, K.465 “Dissonance”
L.v.Beethoven: Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op.16
Christopher Hinterhuber (Pf)/ Thomas Indermühle (Ob)/ Seiki Shinone (Cl)/ Quartet Excelsior/ others
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Friday, August 30
Student Concert
This concert is performed by excellent students selected from each master class (free admission). Among the many graduates of the Kusatsu Summer International Music Academy, some of the most active artists of today have left this stage. Please enjoy the enthusiastic performances by promising musicians. Performers, program, and other details of the concert will be announced at the venue on the day of the concert.
Open 9:00／Start 9:30
Entrance fee: free
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Friday, August 30
Closing Concert/ Mozart: Gran Partita – Thomas Indermühle
W.A.Mozart : Serenade No.10 B-Flat Major K.361 “Gran Partita”
F.Haydn:Divertimento in D Major, Hob.II-D18
W.A.Mozart: Divertimento in F Major, K.253
W.A.Mozart: Serenade in E-Flat Major, K.375
Thomas Indermühle (Ob)/ Mayu Wakaki (Ob)/ Karin Adam (Vn)/ Yoshiko Hannya (Va)/ Enrico Bronzi (Vc)/ Seiki Shinohe (Cl)/ others
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall