Sun. 24 May 2026
2:00 pm Yokohama City Port Opening Memorial Hall
Thu. 17 September 2026
Piano Recital
Satamakatu Hall, Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Sat. 19 September 2026
Piano Recital
Kerhola, Nokia
Past Events
Wed. 21 January 2026
Lunchtime concert
Works by Chopin, Madetoja and Palmgren
12:15 pm Lobby of Aoba-ward office, Yokohama
Sat. 14 February 2026
Akira Kobayashi: Glass Swan
2:00 pm Chamber Music Hall, Aichi University of the Arts
Fri. 10 April 2026
The Pursuit of Beautiful Sounds – Beyond the Resonance
Selim Palmgren: Une Nocturne en Trois Scenes op. 72
7:00 pm Luther Ichigaya Hall, Tokyo
2025
Sat. 22 February 2025
To the Spring
with Etsuko Wakui (soprano)
Lieder, opera arias, Japanese songs etc.
2:00 pm Nakamura district community center, Yokohama
Sun. 9 March 2025
Ainola Gathering
Japan Sibelius Society
2:00 pm Music Gallery Arietta
Fri. 16 May 2025
Works by Grieg, Zemlinsky, Marx, Romppanen, Madetoja and Kokkonen
7:00 pm Primo Art, Tokyo
Sat. 31 May 2025
Gala Concert
Ken-ou Musicians’ Society
Works by Grieg etc.
1:00 pm Ebina Cultural Center, small hall
Sun. 27 July 2025
Afternoon Concert
with Etsuko Wakui (soprano)
Lieder, opera Arias, Japanese songs etc.
Works by Schumann, Schubert, Dvořák, Kinoshita etc.
2:00 pm Berrick Hall, Yokohama
Sat. 6 September 2025
Piano Recital “Midnight Songs”
Works by Sisask, Tulve, Pärt, Nieminen (world premiere), Romppanen (world premiere), Palmgren, Satoh, Kobayashi
4:00 pm St. Elisabeth Church, Pärnu, Estonia
Wed. 10 September 2025
Piano Recital “Midnight Songs”
Works by Sisask, Tulve, Pärt, Nieminen, Romppanen, Palmgren, Satoh, Kobayashi
7:00 pm St. John’s Church, Tartu, Estonia
Thu. 11 September 2025
Piano Recital “Midnight Songs”
Works by Sisask, Tulve, Pärt, Nieminen, Romppanen, Ichiyanagi, Satoh, Kobayashi
7:00 pm Estonian Center of Contemporary Music, Schönberg Hall, Tallinn
Sun. 14 September 2025
Piano Recital “Midnight Songs”
Works by Sisask, Tulve, Pärt, Nieminen, Palmgren, Romppanen, Ichiyanagi, Satoh, Kobayashi
3:00 pm Hietsun Paviljonki, Helsinki, Finland
Tue. 16 September 2025
Piano Recital “Midnight Songs”
Works by Sisask, Tulve, Pärt, Nieminen, Romppanen, Ichiyanagi, Satoh, Kobayashi
7:00 pm Juuka Municipal Hall, Finland
Sat. 29 November 2025
Afternoon Concert
with Etsuko Wakui (soprano)
1:30 pm Otori Elementary School, Yokohama
Sat. 6 December 2025
Sounds of Forest, Songs of Lakes vol. 4 – Finnish and Japanese Piano Music –
with Itaru Ogawa (piano)
3:00 pm Chikufudo Daimon Hall, Nagano
Fri. 12 December 2025
Sounds of Forest, Songs of Lakes vol. 4 – Finnish and Japanese Piano Music –
with Itaru Ogawa (piano)
6:30 pm Ryogoku Monten Hall, Tokyo
Thu. 18 December 2025
with Janne Tateno (violin), Tomoko Maeda (soprano), Hiroaki Kaido (tenor) and Emiko Mizuki (piano)
Works by Sibelius, Palmgren, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Franc etc.
7:00 pm Mizkie-Hall Yokohama
2024
Fri. 26 January 2024
with Moeka Ueno (violin) and Anna Grenzner (cello)
Works by Pohjola, Romppanen, Yokoyama, Kubo, Doderer and Toch
7:00 pm Alte Schmiede, Vienna
Mon. 6 May 2024
Gala Concert
Ken-ou Musician Society
1:00 pm Small hall in Ebina Culture Hall, Kanagawa
Sun. 19 May 2024
Towards the Exhibition Émile Gallé
Works by Debussy, Zemlinsky, Marx, Kokkonen and Sibelius
2:00 pm Shoto Museum of Art, Shibuya, Tokyo
Fri. 16 August 2024
Musica Aerea
Joensuu Music Festival / Joen Yö
with Ari Romppanen (synthesizer) and Salla Hakanpää (aerial rope)
7:10 pm Joensuu city hall square
Wed. 18 September 2024
Lunchtime concert
Works by Tchaikovsky and Kodály
12:15 pm Lobby of Aoba-ward office, Yokohama
Fri. 1 November 2024
Japan and Finland – Composers in Dialogue
Works by Finnish and Japanese composers
7:00 pm Tokyo Concerts Lab.
Sat. 30 November 2024
Concert
with Etsuko Wakui (soprano)
Works by Schumann, Satie, Kinoshita, Dvořák etc.
Otori Elementary School, Yokohama
Sat. 21 December 2024
Christmas Dreamy Concert
with Tomoko Maeda (soprano) and Kyoko Fukushi (piano)
Works by Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Merikanto etc.
2:00 pm British House Yokohama
2023
Saturday 13 May 2023
Gala Concert
Ken-ou Musician Society
1:00 pm Small hall in Ebina Culture Hall, Kanagawa
Friday 7 July 2023
Towards the Silence – Ari Romppanen Composition Concert
“Sandbox of Almach” and “Silence of Kharon” for piano
6:00 pm Huopalahti Church, Helsinki
Tuesday, 11 July 2023
Joensuu Music Festival
Nature – Visions in Freedom
Works by Romppanen, Kubo, Kokkonen, Takemitsu, Ichiyanagi and Madetoja
7:00 pm Joensuu Conservatory Hall
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Works by Romppanen, Miyoshi, Kokkonen, Takemitsu, Ichiyanagi and Madetoja
7:00 pm Juuka Municipal Hall
Sunday, 27 August 2023
with Rina Sato (piano)
Works by Prokofiev and Brahms
7:00 pm Center-Minami Station Square “Skip Hiroba”, Yokohama
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Lunchtime concert
Works by Debussy, Kokkonen and Chopin
12:15 pm lobby of Aoba-ward office, Yokohama
Saturday, 16 December 2023
Winter Concert (song accompaniment)
with Etsuko Wakui (soprano)
Opera arias, Christmas songs etc.
1:30 pm Nakamura district community center, Yokohama
2022
Wednesday 11 May 2022
with Anna Ihring (Soprano)
Works by Oskar Gigele, Paul Hertel, Hans Erich Apostel, Ari Romppanen, György Ligeti, Katharina Klement, Samu Gryllus, Camilo Latorre
8:00 pm Alte Schmiede, Vienna
Wednesday 25 May 2022
Concert (private event)
Japan Finland Contemporary Music Society
Works by Finnish and Japanese composers
First part 6:00 pm, second part 7:00 pm Finnish Embassy, Tokyo
Sunday, 4 September 2022
Share Okusawa Classic Salon
Nature in Sound – Light and Shadow –
Works by C. Debussy, J. Kokkonen, A. Romppanen, S. Palmgren and F. Chopin
First part 1:30 pm, second part 4:00 pm Share Okusawa, Tokyo
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Lunchtime concert
with Shino Saito (flute)
Works by G. Bizet, J. Brahms and F. Poulenc
12:15 pm lobby of Aoba-ward office, Yokohama
Sunday, 23 October 2022
Charity Concert for Ukraine
by graduates of the Anton Bruckner Private University Linz, Austria
Works by F. Chopin, S. Prokofiev, T. Ljsenko, N. Kapustin etc.
1:00 pm Shimizugaoka Church, Yokohama
Monday, 28 November 2022
Lecture and Concert
Japan Finland Contemporary Music Society
A lecture by Yuko Ishino (associate professor of the Kokushikan University, Tokyo)
A concert with works by T. Kuusisto, A. Merikanto, J. Sibelius etc.
6:00 pm hall in the Tokyo Women’s Plaza
Saturday, 10 December 2022
Chamber music concert
With Yui Ono (violin), Megumi Shimojima (viola) and Sayaka Fujitsuka (cello)
String trio and piano quartets by W.A. Mozart, F. Schubert and R. Schumann
Ajisai-Plaza Music studio in the Seya city cultural center, Yokohama
2021
Wednesday, 7 April 2021
To the Spring
Music by Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Palmgren, Romppanen, Poulenc and Takahashi
12:10 pm Lobby of Kawasaki-ward, Kawasaki, Japan
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Lunchtime concert
Works by F. Chopin and S. Palmgren
12:15 pm lobby of Aoba-ward office, Yokohama
2020
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Brennkammer 1 – All’Ungarese –
with Anna Ihring, Coloratura-Soprano
G. Kosa Chinese Songs
G. Kurtag Jozsef Atttila Fragments
G. Ligeti Mysteries of the Macabre etc.
7:00 pm Die Strenge Kammer in Porgy & Bess, Vienna
Friday, 6 March 2020
Piano solo
T. Takemitsu Rain Tree Sketch II
T. Ichiyanagi Cloud Atlas X “Cloud in the Space”
Z. Kodaly Dances of Marosszek
J. Kokkonen Sonatina etc.
7:00 pm Die Strenge Kammer in Porgy & Bess, Vienna
Saturday, 7 March 2020
Brennkammer 3 – Atem (Breath) –
with Shino Saito, Flute
I. Yun Garak
T. Takemitsu Voice
B. Ferneyhough Cassandra’s Dream Song
T. Yoshimatsu Digital Bird Suite etc.
7:00 pm Die Strenge Kammer in Porgy & Bess, Vienna
Friday, 16 October 2020
Pieces by Gubaidulina, Romppanen (FP), Pärt, Krenek, Fujikura, Yoshimatsu
8:00 pm Alte Schmiede, Vienna