Sapporo Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Tadaaki Otaka and Akiko Suwanai – Benefit Concert
23 May 2011, London
The Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, supported by Askonas Holt Ltd and Southbank Centre has announced that its London concert is to be a benefit event for the victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on 11th March 2011. The entire proceeds from ticket sales will go directly to the Japanese Red Cross Society and the Japan Society Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund.
The London concert is part of the Sapporo
Symphony Orchestra’s 50th anniversary tour under the baton of its longtime Principal Conductor Tadaaki Otaka with a programme of Takemitsu’s How Slow the Wind, Bruch’s Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor – with celebrated Japanese violinist Akiko Suwanai – and Shostakovich’s Symphony No 5 in D minor.
Tadaaki Otaka commented: ‘It was an unforeseen and terrible disaster, from which all Japanese people are working extremely hard to recover. We, the musicians, wish to turn our London appearance into a charity concert in aid of the vital relief efforts in our country. Please join us and help Japan.’
Tickets: £30 £25 £20 £15 £10 Premium seats £35
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23 May 2011, 7:30pm |
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Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX |
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Tel: 0844 875 0073 |
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http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/classical/tickets/sapporo-symphony-orchestra-51948 |
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Askonas Holt Ltd. |
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