Oticon Mimitomo Concert 2025

This year will be the 12th time that Oticon, a manufacturer of hearing aids, will hold this barrier-free and inclusive concert as part of its annual CSR activities, aiming for both people with hearing loss and people with normal hearing to enjoy the best music. Those who agree with the purpose of the concert will be invited free of charge by drawing lots, so please apply using the application form on the special website. (Deadline: September 10)

In order to ensure that those who are hard of hearing can enjoy the concert, the concert will be equipped with a hearing loop system, a transcription system, and a transcription staff to ensure that those who are hard of hearing can enjoy the concert.

This year's performers will be the "Goede String Quartet" led by Daniel Goede, former concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. In October 2011, immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Goede String Quartet was formed by Daniel Goede and his brother Sebastian Goede (a member of the NDR Elbphilharmonie and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) to encourage the Japanese people in the face of the cancellation of performances in Japan by the Vienna Philharmonic and most foreign performers. The string quartet was founded by Daniel Goede with his brother Sebastian Goede (a member of the NDR Elbphilharmonie and the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra*) and childhood friends Stefan Huber and Matthias Schesl (both members of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*).

The NDR Elbphilharmonie (formerly known as the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Hamburg) is a prestigious orchestra with Alan Gilbert as its chief conductor. Incidentally, "Elb" means "Elbe River" flowing through Hamburg. The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra is an orchestra temporarily organized for the Bayreuth Festival held every year from July to August at the Bayreuth Staatsoper. The orchestra does not have a chief conductor, but chooses the best Wagnerian conductor of the time and appoints the most outstanding singers and orchestra members in Europe.
** The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra is based in Munich, Germany, and Sir Simon Rattle will succeed the renowned conductor Mariss Jansons, who passed away suddenly in 2019, as Chief Conductor for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Rattle will succeed Sir Simon Rattle as Chief Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, a superstar orchestra that is consistently ranked among the best three in Europe. Jansons has described the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra as "the Rolls Royce of the music world.