billboard classics Koji Tamaki "ODE TO JOY Unofficial

The concert tour by Koji Tamaki and Billboard Classics, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the series, will be held in 15 cities throughout Japan, including Ishikawa, Yamagata, and Kagawa, which will be held for the first time. The tour finale will be a performance at Nippon Budokan with Naoto Otomo and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the first concert in the series. A new history will be carved at the Budokan, the birthplace of many great performances.

Beethoven, who composed the first ever symphony with chorus in his Symphony No. 9, added his own words before Schiller's poem "Ode to Joy. O friends, let us sing more joyful songs. The last symphony created by the rare composer celebrated the eternal harmony of mankind and looked at many turning points in history. The title of "Ode to Joy," composed by Tamaki, was taken from a book written by Hisao Yanagisawa, the conductor of the Balkan Chamber Orchestra, which performed with him under the Tower of the Sun, and is always performed at the beginning of this concert tour, which is dedicated to love and peace.

This year, the symphonic concert tour will open again. Believing in the power of music, Koji Tamaki and his orchestra will begin a new journey with two joyful songs of dreams and hopes.