September 30, 2024 (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan) Concert Report

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan "Sound Forest" Vol.54
Kentaro Kawase (conductor) Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Akira Wakabayashi (piano)

September 30, 2024 (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan)

https://jp.yamaha.com/sp/pianist-lounge/report/wakabayashi20240930/


September 6, 2024 (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre) Concert Report

September 6, 2024 (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre)
Akira Wakabayashi Piano Recital JS Bach's "The Well-Tempered Piano Pieces" Volume 1 Complete Concert
The diversity of the prelude and the rigor of the fugue are fully expressed!

https://jp.yamaha.com/sp/pianist-lounge/report/20240906wakabayashi/


Rieko Suzuki (Vn) & Akira Wakabayashi (Pf) Duo Recital

Saturday, December 21, 2024
14:00 start (doors open 13:30)

Cast
Rieko Suzuki (violin)
Akira Wakabayashi (piano)

venue
Totsuka Community Cultural Center Sakura Plaza Hall

https://totsuka.hall-info.jp/event/suzukiandwakabayashi20241221


[Prefecture-sponsored event] Ballet Festival in Sagamiko

Listening to Ballet Vol.1 Listening to Ballet Music on the Piano

[Date] Saturday, December 7, 2024
[Time] Doors open 13:00 Performance starts 14:00
[Fee] Free (but prior registration required)
[Venue] Sagamiko Community Center Luxman Hall
[Performers] Akira Wakabayashi (piano), Yoshimichi Okuda (host)
[Tracklist] Tchaikovsky: From the ballet suite "The Nutcracker" (piano version/arrangement: Tchaikovsky) *Tracklist and order may be subject to change.

https://sagamiko-kouryu.jp/event/1300/


Beethoven Piano Sonatas Complete Concert 1st

Sunday, November 24, 2024
15:00 start (doors open at 14:30)
Halle Runde

https://dbf.jp/runde/r241124/


2024 Ishikawa Music Academy

2024 Ishikawa Music Academy
Period: August 19th (Mon) to 22nd (Thu), 2024
Venue: Ishikawa Prefectural Music Hall, Ishikawa Prefectural Youth Training Center
Ishikawa Music Academy provides a stage for young aspiring professional musicians to hone their talents and take a step out onto the world stage. It hosts master classes in violin, cello, and piano, with renowned instructors from Japan and abroad.

https://ishikawa-ma.jp/


IMA2024 Faculty Concert

A one-day special concert by IMA instructors. You can enjoy performances by instructors who are active in the music scene not only in Japan but also overseas. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime collaboration that you can only hear here!

◆Date and time: Thursday, August 22, 2020, 18:30 start

◆Venue: Ishikawa Prefectural Music Hall Exchange Hall

◆ Cast: Koichiro Harada (viola) ²
Regis Pasquier⁵, Kyoko Takezawa², Lucy Robert¹, Michiko Kamiya² (violin)
Hakuro Mori², Clive Greensmith⁵ (cello)
Pascal Devaillon⁵, Ken Wakabayashi², Katsunori Ishii¹ (piano)
Tomohiro Takada (baritone) ³⁻⁴ Yuta Yano (piano) ³⁻⁴

◆Program:
1. Dvorak: Violin Sonatina in G major, Op.100
2. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op.44
3. Korngold: Opera "Die Stadt" Op. 12 ~ Fritz's Aria "My Longing, My Lostness" (Act 2)
4. Verdi: Opera "Don Carlo" ~ Rodrigo's Aria "Listen to me, Carlo" (Act 4)
5. Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op.8

https://ishikawa-ma.jp/concert.html


The Sinfonietta 36th Concert | Kumamoto Prefectural Theatre

Monday, October 14, 2024 (National Holiday)
Doors open at 15:15, performance begins at 16:00
Kumamoto Prefectural Theatre Concert Hall

https://www.kengeki.or.jp/audienceevent/audienceevent-129868


Akira Wakabayashi Piano Recital: Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier

August 25, 2024
Venue: Kumamoto Shirakawa Church
Time: Doors open at 15:00, performance begins at 15:30

ticket
Adults: 3,000 yen
Students (up to university students) ¥1,500
Parent and child ticket (general & student) ¥4,000
*Both prices will increase by 500 yen on the day

Contact: 090-9596-8052
cellomi.1997@docomo.ne.jp(Mahara)

https://www.otanigakki.co.jp/playguide/20240825/