Beethoven’s symphonies in Taiwan and Japan

17 May 2016

Good bye Suntory Hall! We will be back! It was a huge pleasure, as always.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

17 May 2016

After the concert

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

17 May 2016

Backstage after the concert: Sir Simon and our most devoted fan Shiseo Sumiyoshi, who has been at all our Tokyo concerts…

17 May 2016

Last concert in Tokyo, last concert of our Beethoven cycle - time to say good bye!

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

16 May 2016

After the rehearsal Sir Simon and our General Manager Martin Hoffmann met with students from the Fukushima TV Junior…

16 May 2016

Last rehearsal. It’s cozy on the stage.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

16 May 2016

Sanja Festival in Asakusa

Photos: Markus Weidmann

16 May 2016

Sky tree from above and beyond

Photos: Markus Weidmann

16 May 2016

15 May 2016

Signing session with Sir SImon: 50 minutes for 300 CDs

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

15 May 2016

Applaus

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

15 May 2016

Beethoven 4 and 7.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

15 May 2016

On their free day our solo timpanist Rainer Seegers and stagehand Michael Frohloff made a trip to the japanese alps…

15 May 2016

Tokio by night

Photos: Monika Rittershaus on Mori Tower and in the New York Bar of the Park Hyatt

15 May 2016

Signing session with solo clarinet Andreas Ottensamer and solo oboe Albrecht Mayer.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

15 May 2016

Beethoven 6 and 8 in attendance of the Japanese Emperor and Empress.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus and Satoshi Aoyagi

15 May 2016

Martin Kretzer, our legendary trumpet, is on his last tour with the orchestra to Japan.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

15 May 2016

Rehearsal on Friday the 13. in good mood.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

15 May 2016

Fuji-san

Photos: Daniel Beták

15 May 2016

The big Buddha Daibutsu and his guards in Kamakura

Photos: Daniel Beták

15 May 2016

A trip to Kamakura and Kita-Kamakura

Photos: Daniel Beták

15 May 2016

Tokio von oben

Tokyo from upstairs

Photos: Daniel Beták

13 May 2016

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

13 May 2016

Time to enter the stage.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

13 May 2016

Before Thursday’s concert our latest honorary member visited the orchestra backstage.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

13 May 2016

Photos: Double bass player Janusz Widzyk.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

13 May 2016

The obligatory cat photo comes from our solo bassoon Stefan Schweigert this time. He hiked in the Takaosan area and also…

13 May 2016

Chorprobe für die Neunte am Sonntag mit dem New National Theatre Chorus aus Tokio.

Choir rehearsal for Beethoven 9 with…

13 May 2016

A visit at the fish market is obligatory.

Photos: Naoyuki Hayashi

13 May 2016

Happy faces after the concert and a Japanese signing session.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

13 May 2016

Beethoven 1 and 3

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

13 May 2016

Before the first concert on Wednesday.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

12 May 2016

Yanaka Teil 2

Yanaka part 2

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

12 May 2016

A walk trough Yanaka, an area of Tokyo with a lot of old buildings.

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

12 May 2016

Meeting in front of Suntory Hall Viola academist Wakana Ohno, Solo French horn Stefan Dohr and the composer Toshio…

12 May 2016

Probe mit Gesprächsstoff

Rehearsal with talks

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

12 May 2016

Japanisches Trio

Japanese Trio

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

12 May 2016

Probe in der Suntory Hall

Rehearsal at Suntory Hall

Photos: Monika Rittershaus

12 May 2016

Outreach concert with the Philharmonic Wind Quintet berlin at the Kojimachi Junior High Shool in Tokyo.

Video: courtesy…

12 May 2016