Apr. 12, 2013
TMC Announces 2013 Community Concert Program
Toyota City, Japan, April 12, 2013―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces details of its 2013* Toyota Community Concerts, a classical music concert program TMC holds annually throughout Japan in collaboration with its domestic sales companies as part of its social contribution activities.
The 2013 program will comprise 44 performances in 25 prefectures and will again feature three types of concerts―community concerts, visiting concerts and invitation concerts―to match the needs of target communities.
Community concerts (one performance)
These concerts allow broad participation by citizens from each region. Participating orchestras will be able to perform in large urban concert halls with professional conductors and soloists.
The 2013 program will comprise 44 performances in 25 prefectures and will again feature three types of concerts―community concerts, visiting concerts and invitation concerts―to match the needs of target communities.
Community concerts (one performance)
These concerts allow broad participation by citizens from each region. Participating orchestras will be able to perform in large urban concert halls with professional conductors and soloists.
| Ogaki Civic Center, Gifu Prefecture (July 7) The Kammerorchester Ogaki will welcome conductor Dante Mazzola, who has conducted internationally renowned singers such as Luciano Pavarotti at La Scala in Milan. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Verdi, the orchestra, together with soloists and a choir with local ties, will perform an all-Verdi program, including highlights from his opera, Rigoletto. |
Visiting concerts (eight performances)
Musicians will travel to places where residents have few opportunities to hear live music, and perform at such locations as gymnasiums, hospitals and other public facilities.
Concerts include:
| Kurihara City Wakayanagi Sogo Bunka Center, Miyagi Prefecture (November 16) Following last year's performance in Kesennuma, the Ishinomaki-City Symphony Orchestra will give a family-oriented concert to give those who suffered in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake an opportunity to enjoy a wonderful musical performance. Chiba Prefectural School for the Visually Impaired (January 16, 2014) The Chiba Masters Orchestra will visit the Chiba Prefectural School for the Visually Impaired, with the concert program being prepared in Braille. Special content is planned for the day, such as a taiko drum collaboration with the school's students. |
Invitation concerts (35 performances)
Seats are set aside for youth, the elderly, as well as for people with physical disabilities.
The Toyota Community Concerts program showcases amateur orchestras from across Japan and aims to contribute to the promotion of regional culture through music. The first Toyota Community Concert was held in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1981, and the program is now in its 32nd year. As of the end of March 2013, 1,415 concerts have been held in 173 municipalities in 45 prefectures across Japan, reaching an audience of 1.14 million people.
Information (in Japanese) regarding ticket reservation is available at http://www.toyota.co.jp/tcc/.
*Unless otherwise noted, the years mentioned are from April 1 to March 31.
Attachment
2013 Toyota Community Concert Tentative Schedule
Community Concerts
| Location | Planned Date | Performing Group | Time | Venue |
| Gifu | July 7, 2013 | Kammerorchester Ogaki | 15:00 | Ogaki Civic Center |
Visiting Concerts
| Location | Planned Date | Performing Group | Time | Venue |
| Iwate | December 21, 2013 | Oshu-city Z Philharmonic Orchestra | T.B.D. | Fukujyusou Retirement Home |
| Miyagi | November 16, 2013 | Ishinomaki-City Symphony Orchestra | 14:00 | Kurihara City Wakayanagi Sogo Bunka Center |
| Ibaraki | December 8, 2013 | Ibaraki symphony orchestra | 14:00 | Hitachiota Shimin Koryu Center Party Hall |
| Chiba | June 23, 2013 | The Society of Musical Friends in Ichihara Orchestra | 14:00 | Otaki City Chuo Kominkan |
| January 16, 2014 | Chiba Masters Orchestra | 14:00 | Chiba Prefectural School for the Visually Impaired | |
| Yamanashi | February 9, 2014 | Yamanashi Kokyogakudan | 13:30 | Hayakawa City Chomin Taiikukan |
| Aichi | November 19, 2013 | Tokai Masters Orchestra | 13:30 | Minamichita City Shinojima Middle School |
| December 23, 2013 | Toyohashi Youth Orchestra | 13:30 | Toyohashi Sogo Fukushi Center Aitopia |
Invitation Concerts
| Location | Planned Date | Performing Group | Time | Venue |
| Hokkaido | May 10, 2013 | Sapporo Philharmonic Orchestra | 18:30 | Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara |
| Iwate | June 30, 2013 | Kitakami Philharmonic Orchestra | 14:00 | Kitakami-shi Bunka Kouryu Center, Sakura Hall |
| Miyagi | June 16, 2013 | Sendai City Symphony Orchestra | 14:00 | Tohoku University Centennial Hall (Kawauchi Hagi Hall) |
| Yamagata | November 17, 2013 | Sakata Philharmonic Orchestra | 14:00 | Sakata City Hall, Kibou Hall |
| Fukushima | February 23, 2014 | Fukushima Shimin Orchestra | 14:00 | Fukushima Prefectural Culture Center |
| Gunma | December 14, 2013 | Gunma City Philharmonic Orchestra | T.B.D. | Maebashi Municipal Cultural Hall |
| March 23, 2014 | Juenesse Ota Arts Academy Orchestra | 14:00 | Ota-shi Nitta Bunka Kaikan, Airys Hall | |
| Chiba | May 5, 2013 | Ichikyo Junior Orchestra | 14:00 | Ichikawa City Cultural Hall |
| June 16, 2013 | Yachiyo Symphony Orchestra | 14:00 | Yachiyo City Hall | |
| July 7, 2013 | Narashino Philharmonic Kangengakudan | 14:00 | Narashino Bunka Hall | |
| Tokyo | September 16, 2013 | Philharmonic Ensemble Orchestra | 14:00 | Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre |
| November 4, 2013 | Hachioji Philharmonic Orchestra | 14:00 | Olympus Hall Hachiouji | |
| December 15, 2013 | Nishi-tokyo Junior Orchestra | 13:30 | Hoya Komorebi Hall | |
| Kanagawa | June 30, 2013 | Yokohama City Philharmonic | 14:00 | Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall |
| December 8, 2013 | Yokohama Philharmonic Orchestra | 14:00 | Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall | |
| Fukui | June 1, 2013 | Fukui Symphony Orchestra | 18:30 | Harmony Hall Fukui |
| Gifu | November 10, 2013 | Gifu Symphony Orchestra | 14:00 | Nagaragawa Convention Center |
| Shizuoka | June 30, 2013 | Fuji Philharmonic Orchestra | 14:00 | Fuji City Culture Hall |
| September 29, 2013 | Shimada Philharmonic Orchestra | 14:00 | Shimada Shimin Kaikan | |
| December 15, 2013 | Izu Philharmonic Orchestra | 14:00 | Ito City Kanko Hall | |
| Shiga | June 2, 2013 | Otsu Philharmonic Orchestra | 14:00 | Otsu City Shimin Kaikan |
| Osaka | July 14, 2013 | Kinki Philharmonic Kangengakudan | 14:00 | Izumii Hall |
| September 8, 2013 | Katano City Philharmonic Orchestra | 14:00 | Hirakata Civic Hall | |
| September 15, 2013 | Osaka Shimin Kangengakudan | 14:00 | The Symphony Hall | |
| September 16, 2013 | Kansai City Philharmonic Orchestra | 14:00 | The Symphony Hall | |
| Hyogo | May 26, 2013 | Nishinomiya Symphony Orchestra | 13:30 | Hyogo Performing Arts Center, KOBELCO Grand Hall |
| July 15, 2013 | Himeji Symphony Orchestra | 18:00 | Himeji-shi Bunka Center | |
| Shimane | August 17, 2013 | San-in Philharmonic Junior Orchestra | 15:00 | Matsue City General Culture Center, Plover Hall |
| Okayama | December 1, 2013 | Okayama Kokyogakudan | 14:30 | Okayama Symphony Hall |
| Hiroshima | November 17, 2013 | Hiroshima Shimin Orchestra | 14:00 | International Conference Center Hiroshima, Phoenix Hall |
| Kochi | February 23, 2014 | Shikoku Philharmonic Kangengakudan | 14:00 | Kochi City Culture-Plaza Cul-Port |
| Fukuoka | November 24, 2013 | Fukuoka Civic Orchestra | 14:00 | Acros Fukuoka Symphony Hall |
| Saga | March 21, 2014 | Saga Symphony Orchestra | 14:00 | Saga Culture Hall |
| Miyazaki | September 23, 2013 | Miyazaki Junior Orchestra | 14:00 | Medikit Arts Center, Aizac Hall |
| December 23, 2013 | Miyazaki City Philharmonic Orchestra | 14:00 | Medikit Arts Center, Aizac Hall |
