(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Beethoven’s symphonies in Taiwan and Japan
The Taiwanese and Japanese classical music fans also enjoyed the Beethoven symphonies previously performed in Berlin, Paris and New York by the Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle. The concerts in Taipei and Tokyo were rapturously received.(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Orchestra board member Ulrich Knörzer and Sir Simon Rattle
Our great German-Japanese translator Kazuko Kusahara and solo flute Emmanuel Pahud
Last signing session: Daishin Kashimoto and Emmanuel Pahud
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Stanislaw Pajak, Janusz Widzyk, Martin Heinze double bass
Dorian Xhoxhi, Guillaume Jehl, Madeleine Carruzzo and Simone Bernardini leave the stage of Suntory Hall
Final applause
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Christophe Horak, leader 2nd violins
Sebastian Heesch, 1st violin
(Photo: Markus Weidmann)
(Photo: Markus Weidmann)
Markus Weidmann’s trip to Shibamata visiting the Taishakuten Daikyoji Temple
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Woodwinds and timpani
Stanislaw Pajak, double bass
Simone Bernadini, 1st violin
Solo bow for solo bassoon Stefan Schweigert
Contra bassoons Markus Weidmann and Vaclav Vonasek
Walter Seyfarth, clarinet
Mount Hakuba
Moth trap...
..and the result
Rainer, Michael and their japanese friends Kishida and Yshizuka in Akashina
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus on Mori Tower and in the New York Bar of the Park Hyatt)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus and Satoshi Aoyagi)
Andrej Zust, French horn
Vaclav Vonasek, bassoon and contra bassoon
Stefan Schulze, 2nd violin
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Luis Felipe Coelho, 1st violin
Helena Madoka Berg, 1st violin
Woodwinds in good mood
Celli also
(Photo: Daniel Beták)
(Photo: Daniel Beták)
(Photo: Daniel Beták)
(Photo: Daniel Beták)
Sir Simon thanks Egor Egorkin, piccolo flute
Wenzel Fuchs, solo clarinet
Martin Heinze, double bass
Esko Laine, solo double bass
Dorian Xhoxhi, 1st violin
Rachel Helleur, cello
1st concertmaster Daniel Stabrawa
Sir Simon Rattle and Seiji Ozawa
Alessandro Cappone and Peter Brem, 1st violins, with Seiji Ozawa
Solo French horn Stefan Dohr bows to our honorary member
Madeleine Carruzzo, 1st violin, and Seiji Ozawa
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
The obligatory cat (Photo: comes from our solo bassoon Stefan Schweigert this time. He hiked in the Takaosan area and also enjoyed a great view of Mount Fuji.)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Sir Simon trying to cheer up the sopranos
Albrecht Mayer, solo oboe
Andreas Ottensamer, solo clarinet
Kotowa Machida and Maja Avramović, 1st violins
1st concertmaster Daishin Kashimoto and Kotowa Machida taking a refreshing sip before they start signing
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Wieland Welzel, timpani
Fergus McWilliam, French Horn, Stefan Dohr, solo French horn, and Guillaume Jehl, trumpet
Solo winds: Mathieu Dufour, flute, Albrecht Mayer, oboe, and Stefan Schweigert, bassoon
Stefan de Leval Jezierski, French horn
Stephan Koncz, cello
Philipp Bohnen, 2nd violin, in the mirror
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Solo flutes Emmanuel Pahud and Mathieu Dufour
Stanley Dodds, 2nd violin and Media Board, and Sir Simon
1st solo cellist Ludwig Quandt and Sir Simon
Sir Simon and Stefan Schulze, 2nd violin
Kotowa Machida, 1st violin, Naoko Shimizu, solo viola, Daishin Kashimoto 1st concertmaster
Kotowa Machida, 1st violin
Daishin Kashimoto, 1st concertmaster
Naoko Shimizu, solo viola
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Tokyo impressions by Monika Rittershaus
