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IN COMMEMORATION OF ATM'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY

Mito Chamber Orchestra (MCO) 61st Regular Concert



June 18, 2005 (Sat) 6:30 p.m. (seating begins at 6:00 p.m.)
June 19, 2004 (Sun) 2:00 p.m. (seating begins at 1:30 p.m.)
All seats reserved. Tickets already on sale.
S ¥5,000 / A ¥4,000 / B ¥3,000

Schubert: Overture In D, "In The Italian Style," D.590
Toshi Ichiyanagi: Interplay for flute and string ensemble (commissioned work for the MCO, 1992)
Mendelssohn: Symphony #4 in A, "Italian," Op. 90


Interview with Toshi Ichiyanagi



On the Debut Performance of "Interplay for Flute and String Ensemble"



IN COMMEMORATION OF ATM'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY

Mito Chamber Orchestra (MCO) 62nd Regular Concert
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa / Horn: Radek Baborák



July 21, 2005 (Thu) 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.)
July 22, 2005 (Fri) 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.)
July 23, 2005 (Sat) 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.)
All seats reserved.
S ¥13,000 A ¥11,000 B ¥8,000 Sorry, sold out.

All Mozart Program
Horn Concerto #1 in D, K.412/514(386b)
Horn Concerto #2 in E-flat, K.417 (Thursday 21 and Saturday 23)
Horn Concerto #4 in E-flat, K.495 (Friday 22)
Symphony No. 38 in D, "Prague," K.504
and other works




Seiji Ozawa

Born in 1935 in the city of Hoten (now Shenyang) in colonial Manchuria,
Ozawa took piano lessons from an early age, and later studied conducting under the famed Hideo Saito at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1959, he won the Grand Prix at the Besancon International Competition for Young Conductors in France. In the 1961-62 season, he served as the assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under the legendary Leonard Bernstein. From there he moved around North America, having been appointed the general music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. For almost three decades, then, between 1973 and 2002, Ozawa served as the general music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

In 2002, he moved to Europe, assuming the post of general music director of the Vienna State Opera. Meanwhile, he has continued his career frequently directing major orchestras around the world in a guest capacity, including the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, just to name a few. In recent years, he has been broadened the range of his activity, engaged actively in directing operas, while also leading the Saito Kinen Orchestra at music festivals in Europe, Japan, and other countries.

Ozawa serves as a musical adviser to the Mito Chamber Orchestra (MCO), deeply involving himself in the selection of its musical program and member musicians.




Radek Baborak

Born in 1976, in the city of Pardubice in the Czech Republic, Radek Baborak began his horn studies with Prof. Karol Krenek when he was eight years old. From 1989 to 1994 he studied with Prof. Bedrich Tylsar at the Prague Musical Conservatory. In 1988, at age 12, he won the first prize in the Czech Competition of Interpretation of Contemporary Music. In 1992, he placed third in the Prague Spring musical competition, and a year later won second prize (no first prize awarded) at the Geneva International Music Competition. In 1994, at age 18, Baborak won the grand prize at the Munich International Competition.

Meanwhile. Baborak has gained extensive experience performing worldwide, having served as horn soloist for the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. He has put in guest appearances with other orchestras around the world as well, notably the Saito Kinen Orchestra. Starting in 2003, he has played solo horn for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Baborak has played at Mito once already, in March 2002, as a member of the Afflatus Quintet Prague. He has also recorded for several radio stations, appeared in several TV broadcasts in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Japan and the Czech Republic, and played in music festivals around the world.

Baborak's outstanding technique - mature beyond his relative youth of 28 - has enraptured audiences around the world. His repertory comprises the complete horn works (virtuoso baroque and classic concertos, as well as major romantic and contemporary works). He is also a keen chamber musician, and loves to perform recitals of works by Beethoven, Danzi, Dukas, Bozza, Hindemith, Barboteu, et al.



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