Tokyo Academy Choir

～The sudden death in January of this year of Kazuyoshi Akiyama, who served as the Tokyo Academy Chorus' Permanent Conductor/Music Director for 57 years, was a shock beyond description for the group. However, before his death, Akiyama and the chorus had left plans for works to be performed over the next three years. It was as if they had foreseen the future... The choir, which had lost its mainstay, was left with the goal of completing this project, and the conductor was Hikotaro Yazaki, who was making his first appearance to bring a new style to the group. On the other hand, the choir will be supported by a strong lineup, including Masato Osada, who knows the choir well and was entrusted with the score that Akiyama used, and two soloists who are well acquainted with each other and performed together in the previous performance of Bach's "Matthew Passion.
The pieces will be Brahms' works, which Akiyama excelled at during his lifetime and always received high acclaim. The choir will sing "German Requiem" and "Näinie (Lamentations)" with all their hearts and souls, as they continue to move forward with their tradition!