Carpe diem Philharmony

　Leipzig, a city in the former East Germany, is known as the capital of music where great musicians were active. Leipzig is known as a city of music, where great musicians
Leipzig has a rich musical culture that transcends time and national borders.

　J.S. Bach was the director of music at Thomas Church (Thomaskantor) from 1723 to 1750, and produced many masterpieces including church cantatas in this area.

　Almost a hundred years later, Mendelssohn would do much to revive Bach's music, which had been forgotten since his death. In addition to conducting the Leipzig-based Gewandhaus Orchestra, Mendelssohn founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music, where he trained many of the city's most renowned musicians.

　Schumann and his wife, who lived in Leipzig at the same time as Mendelssohn, were greatly influenced by him and were musical allies. Schumann was also invited to teach at the Leipzig Conservatory.

　Brahms visited Schumann as a young man, and this encounter changed his destiny. Schumann admired his music and played an important role in promoting his work by introducing him to the Leipzig music publisher Breitkopf und Härtel.

　Rentaro Taki, a pioneer of Western music in Japan, was the third student from Europe in the history of Japanese music to study at the Leipzig Conservatory, where Reinecke was president at the time.

　This musical lineage of Leipzig has been handed down from generation to generation to those of us who study music in Japan. We hope you will enjoy a journey through hundreds of years of musical history with our concerts of both instrumental and vocal music.