The 43rd Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy & Festival
Theme: Prague and Wien Two Musical Cities―Dvořák and Brahms
Concert Leaflet（PDF）
Concert Schedule Click here for the entire schedule
- August 17
- August 18
- August 19
- August 20
- August 21 The Concert for Children at Tenguyama Resthouse
- August 21
- August 22
- August 23
- August 24
- August 25
- August 26
- August 27
- August 28
- August 29 Popular Concert
- August 30 Student Concert
- August 30
Thursday, August 17
Opening Concert/
Antoni Wit & Gunma Symphony Orchestra with Dieter Flury
J. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Antoni Wit (Cond)/ Gumma Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
W. A. Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313
Antoni Wit (Cond)/ Dieter Flury (Fl)/ Gumma Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
A. Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Antoni Wit (Cond)/ Gumma Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Encore
J. S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 BWV1007 Sarabande
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 18
Chamber Music/ Dvořák: Songs My Mother Taught Me
A. Dvořák (arr. by F. Kreisler): Songs My Mother Taught Me, Op. 55 No. 4
A. Dvořák: 4 Romantic Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 75
A. Dvořák (arr. by A. Wilhelmj): Humoresky in G-Flat Major, Op.101-7
Karin Adam (Vn)/ Hiromi Okada (Pf)
A. Dvořák: 2 Minuets, Op. 28 B. 58
T. Noda: Ode Capricious for Piano Solo
T. Noda: “Troika” from Piano Album for Children
Hiromi Okada (Pf)
L. Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, JW. VII/ 8 “Kreutzer Sonata”
B. Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor “From My Life”
Quartet Excelsior (String Quartet)
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 19
Shlomo Mintz Violin Recital/ Brahms: Violin Sonata
J. Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 “Regenlied”
J. Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
J. Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Shlomo Mintz (Vn)/ Bruno Canino (Pf)
Encore
A. Dvořák: Romance Op. 11
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 20
Chorus and Orchestra/ Dvořák: Stabat Mater
J.Brahms: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, WoO 9
J.Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 No. 4 “Herzlich tut mich erfreuen“
J.Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 No. 10 “Herzlich tut mich verlangen”
J.Brahms: Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, WoO 10
Claudio Brizi (Org)
A.Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58 B. 71
Antoni Wit (Cond)/ Akie Amo (Sop)/ Taeka Hino (Alt)/ Iwao Onuki (Ten)/ Koji Yamashita (Bas)/ Fumiaki Kuriyama (Chorus Cond)/ Kusatsu Academy Chorus/ 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
Monday, August 21
The Concert for Children
Recommended for 0 year-old to juniour high school students
Akie Amo (Sop & Presenter)/ Yosuke Osada (Pf)/ Claudio Brizi (Org)/ Atsushi Sugahara (Perc)/ Ensemble ONSEN [Yutaka Arihara, Hisatoshi Maehara (Tp & Aalphorn), Ken-ichi Sudo, Kosei Murata (Tb & Aalphorn)]
Program:
F. Custer: At the Mountaintop of Sörenberg
M. Haydn: Coburger March
J. Hisaishi: The Hill of Wind
F. W. Möller: Happy Wonderer
Ensemble ONSEN / Atsushi Sugahara (Timp)
W. A. Mozart: Variations on “Ah, vous dirai-je Maman” K. 265
Claudio Brizi (Org)
W. A. Mozart: III. Alleluja from Motet “Exsultate, jubilate”
Akie Amou (Sop)/ Claudio Brizi (Org)
T. Takemitsu: Small Sky
Akie Amou (Sop)/ Atsushi Sugahara (Mar)
N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of Bumblebee
Atsushi Sugahara (Mar)/ Yosuke Osada (Pf)
I. Dan: The Elephant
Atsushi Sugahara (Tim)/ Akie Amou (Sop)/ Ensemble ONSEN/ Children at the venue
Open 10:10/ Start 10:30
Entrance fee: Free (Online Application in advance is required)
Capacity: 300
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Monday, August 21
Bruno Canino Piano Recital/ Brahms: 7 Fantasien Op. 116
W. A. Mozart:1 0 Variations in G Major on Gluck’s “Unser dummer Pöbel meint”, K. 455
F. Schubert: 2 Scherzi, D 593
L. v. Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126
A. Dvořák: Silhouettes, Op. 8 B98 No. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12
L. Janáček: On the Overgrown Path (Book I) No. 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, JW VII/17
J. Brahms: 7 Fantasies, Op. 116
Bruno Canino (Pf)
Encore
F. J. Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 59 in E-flat Major Op. 66 Hob. XVI: 49 3rd mov.
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 22
Mozart in Prague/ Mozart: Opera “Don Giovanni” for Flute Quartet
W. A. Mozart (arr. by J. Went): From Opera“Don Giovanni” K. 527
Overture/ La ci daremm’ la mano/ Fin ch’han dal vino/ Batti Batti/ Finale I/ Sestetto/ Finale II (For Flute Quartet)
Dieter Flury (Fl)/ Karin Adam (Vn)/ Miroslav Sehnoutka (Va)/ Tamás Varga (Vc)
W. A. Mozart: Resta o cara, K. 528
W. A. Mozart: Des kleinen Friedrichs Geburtstag, K. 529
Akie Amo (Sop)/ Christopher Hinterhuber (Pf)
W. A. Mozart: Das Traumbild, K. 530
Toshiyuki Muramatsu(C-Ten)/ Christopher Hinterhuber (Pf)
W. A. Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, K. 493
Christopher Hinterhuber (Pf)/ Karin Adam (Vn)/ Miroslav Sehnoutka (Va)/ Tamás Varga (Vc)
W. A. Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516
Karin Adam (Vn)/ Kazuhiro Takagi (Vn)/ Miroslav Sehnoutka (Va)/ Yoshiko Hannya (Va)/ Tamás Varga (Vc)
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 23
Prague and Vienna in the 18th Century/ Chamber Music by Flute and Oboe
A. Gyrowetz: Nachtmusik No. 3 for Flute, Violin, Viola and Violoncello, Op. 26
Dieter Flury (Fl)/ Kazuhiro Takagi (Vn)/ Yukiko Yoshida (Va)/ Hajime Otomo (Vc)
I. Pleyel: Quintet in E-Flat Major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello, B. 282
Dieter Flury (Fl)/ Thomas Indermühle (Ob)/ Kazuhiro Takagi (Vn)/ Yukiko Yoshida (Va)/ Hajime Otomo (Vc)
F. Krommer: Quartet No. 1 in C Major for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello
Thomas Indermühle (Ob)/ Kazuhiro Takagi (Vn)/ Yukiko Yoshida (Va)/ Hajime Otomo (Vc)
A. Dvořák: Serenade for Flute, Violin, Viola and Triangle, B. 15bis
Dieter Flury (Fl)/ Kazuhiro Takagi (Vn)/ Yukiko Yoshida (Va)/ Atsushi Sugahara (Tri)
F. X. Süssmayr: Quintet in D Major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello, SmWV 602
Dieter Flury (Fl)/ Thomas Indermühle (Ob)/ Kazuhiro Takagi (Vn)/ Yukiko Yoshida (Va)/ Hajime Otomo (Vc)
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 24
Dvořák “Cypressen” Song and String Quartet
A. Dvořák: Ave Maria, Op. 19b, B. 68
Taeka Hino(M-Sop)/ Claudio Brizi(Org)
A. Dvořák: From Cypresses for Voice and Piano, B. 11
A. Dvořák: From Cypresses for String Quartet, B. 152
–Sing fervent songs (Voice and Piano No.1)
-When thy sweet glances (Voice and Piano No.3 / String Quartet No.2)
–Thou only dear one (Voice and Piano No.4 / String Quartet No.9)
–I know that on my love (Voice and Piano No.6 / String Quartet No.1)
–Never will love lead us (Voice and Piano No.8 / String Quartet No.4)
–I wander oft (Voice and Piano No.9 / String Quartet No.7)
–In deepest forest glade (Voice and Piano No.14 / String Quartet No. 8)
–You are asking why (Voice and Piano No.18 / String Quartet No.12
Toshiyuki Muramatsu (C-Ten)/ Christopher Hinterhuber (Pf)
Karin Adam (Vn)/ Kazuhiro Takagi (Vn)/ Yoshiko Hannya (Va)/ Tamás Varga (Vc)
A. Dvořák: From Love Songs, Op. 83 B.160
No.1 Never will love lead us
No.4 I know that on my love
No.5 Nature lies peaceful
Akie Amou (Sop)/ Yosuke Osada (Pf)
A. Dvořák: From 4 Songs, Op.2 B.124
No.2 Oh, what a perfect golden dream
No.3 Downcast am I
A. Dvořák: From In folk Tone, Op.73 B.146
No.1 Good-Night
Taeka Hino (Alt)/ Yosuke Osada (Pf)
A. Dvořák: From Moravian Duets, Op. 32 B.60 / 62
No. 1 From Thee Now
No. 11 The Maid Imprisoned
No. 13 The Wild Rose
A. Dvořák: Moravian Duets, Op. 38 B.69
No. 1 Hoping in Vain
No. 4 The Smart
A. Dvořák: There on Our Roof a Swallow Carries, B. 118
Akie Amou (Sop)/ Taeka Hino (M-Sop)/ Yosuke Osada (Pf)
A. Dvořák: From Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104
No. 4 Songs My Mother Taught Me
Akie Amou (Sop)/ Yosuke Osada (Pf)
A. Dvořák: Violin Sonatina in G major, Op. 100, B. 183
Karin Adam (Vn)/ Christopher Hinterhuber (Pf)
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 25
Tamás Varga Violoncello Recital/ Dvořák, Suk and Brahms
J. Brahms (Arr. by Klengel): Sonata in D major (Original: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 “Regenlied”)
A. Dvořák: Polonaise in A Major, B. 94
A. Dvořák: Rondo in G Minor, Op. 94 B. 171
J. Suk: Ballade and Serenade, Op. 3
L. Janáček: Pohádka [Fairy Tale], JW VII/5
B. Martinů: Variations on a Slovak Folksong, H. 378
Tamás Varga (Vc)/ Christopher Hinterhuber (Pf)
Encore
A. Dvořák: Bohemian Forest Op. 68-5, B. 133 Silent Woods
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 26
Chamber Music/ String Sextet of Dvořák and Brahms
J. Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18
Shlomo Mintz (Vn)/ Kazuhiro Takagi (Vn)/ Miroslav Sehnoutka (Va)/ Yoshiko Hannya (Va)/ Tamás Varga (Vc)/ Hajime Otomo (Vc)
A.Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 No. 1 in C major, No. 8 in G Minor/ Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 No. 2 in E minor (for 4 hands)
Bruno Canino (Pf)/ Hiromi Okada (Pf)
A. Dvořák: String Sextet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 48 B. 80
Karin Adam (Vn)/ Kazuhiro Takagi (Vn)/ Miroslav Sehnoutka (Va)/ Yoshiko Hannya (Va)/ Tamás Varga (Vc)/ Hajime Otomo (Vc)
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 27
The essense of Chamber Music/ Piano Trio of Beethoven and Smetana
L. v. Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 “Archduke”
B. Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Others
Karin Adam (Vn)/ Tamás Varga (Vc)/ Christopher Hinterhuber (Pf) / Others
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 28
Wind Ensenble Concert/ Dvořák: Serenade for Winds in D minor
B. Martinů: Duo for Violin and Viola No. 2, H. 331 (1950)
Kazuhiro Takagi (Vn)/ Others
B. Martinů: Sonata for Flute, Violin and Piano, H. 254 (1936)
Dieter Flury (Fl)/ Aki Takahashi (Pf)/ Others
T. Ichiyanagi: Inexhaustible Fountain (1990)
T. Ichiyanagi: Cloud Atlas I (1985)
T. Takemitsu (Arr. by A.Nishimura): Sayonara (1953/2001)
Aki Takahashi (Pf)
A.Dvořák: Serenade in D Minor, Op.44 B.77
Mayu Wakaki (Ob)/ Masato Oki (Ob)/ Seiki Shinohe (Cl)/ Yuka Takashi (Cl)/ Kazusa Mizutani (Fg)/ Yuka Sakai (Fg)/ Ryoichi Ishikawa (C-Fg)/ Yoshiyuki Uema (Hr)/ Mina Muranaka (Hr)
F.Krommer:Partita in B-Flat Major, Op.78
Mayu Wakaki (Ob)/ Masato Oki (Ob)/ Seiki Shinohe (Cl)/ Yuka Takashi (Cl)/ Kazusa Mizutani (Fg)/ Yuka Sakai (Fg)/ Ryoichi Ishikawa (C-Fg)/ Yoshiyuki Uema (Hr)/ Mina Muranaka (Hr)/ Saya Tanaka (Hr)/ Hajime Otomo (Vc)/ Masae Suzaki (Cb)
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 29
Popular Concert
Dvořák’s Chamber Music/ Dvořák: String Quartet “American”
With thanks to Panocha String Quartet
A. Dvořák: Miniatures, Op. 75a, B. 149
Karin Adam (Vn)/ Miroslav Sehnoutka (Va) / Others
A. Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 B. 179 “American”
Karin Adam (Vn)/ Miroslav Sehnoutka (Va)/ Tamás Varga (Vc)/ Others
A. Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 B. 155
Quartet Excelsior(String Quartet)/ Christopher Hinterhuber (Pf)
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 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.
J. S. Bach: Concerto in the Italian Style in F Major, BWV971 “Italian Concerto”, 2nd mov., 3rd mov.
Airi Ishii (Cembalo, Prof.Claudio Brizi)
W. A. Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314 1st mov.
Toa Numazu (Oboe, Prof.Thomas Indermühle)/ Mari Kurata (Pf)
J. S. Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major BWV828, V. Sarabande, VI. Menuet, VII. Gigue
Misako Tachibana (Piano, Prof.Bruno Canino)
N. Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 2, 3rd mov. “La campanella”
Hana Hoshino (Violin, Prof.Shlomo Mintz)/ Yumiko Furuhata (Pf)
F. Kuhlau: Flute Trio No. 1 in D Major, Op. 13 1st mov.
Tatsuki Yano, Akira Shimada, Azumi Bito (Flute, Prof.Dieter Flury)
J. S. Bach: Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G Minor, BWV1001 “Fuga”
Sotaro Kamijima (Violin, Prof.Karin Adam)
C. Saint-Saëns: Violoncello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33 1st mov.
Rei Ueno (Violoncello, Prof.Tamás Varga)/ Mari Kurata (Pf)
R. Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 Thema – Etude10
Rio Imai (Piano, Prof.Christopher Hinterhuber)
Open 8:45／Start 9:00
Entrance fee: free
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall
Wednesday, August 30
Closing Concert/ Mozart: Symphony “Prague”
J. J. Fux: Overture in D major
Hikotaro Yazaki (Cond)/ Kusatsu Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
W. A. Mozart: Piano Concerto in E-flat major, K. 449
Bruno Canino (Pf)/ Hikotaro Yazaki (Cond)/ Kusatsu Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
A. Salieri: Concerto for Flute and Oboe in C major
Dieter Flury (Fl)/ Mayu Wakaki (Ob)/ Hikotaro Yazaki (Cond)/ Kusatsu Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504
L. Janáček: Adagio for Orchestra
Hikotaro Yazaki (Cond)/ Kusatsu Festival Orchestra (Orchestra)
Open 15:30/Start 16:00
Entrance fee: (All seats reserved) Adult￥5,000/U-25￥2,500
Venue: Kusatsu Ongakunomori Concert Hall