Every year, the festival opens with a concert produced and performed by the Suntory Hall’s President and cellist Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. This year, he and his regular partner, pianist Michie Koyama, perform Beethoven's 3 sonatas and 2 variations.

Piano: Michie Koyana
Cello: Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi

Sat JUN 1 | 14:00 　‹Sold Out›
Beethoven:
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Variations on a Theme from “Judas Maccabaeus” in G Major, WoO 45
Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from Mozart's “Die Zauberflöte” in E-flat Major, WoO 46

CMG has featured chamber music performed on historical instruments. This year, French-based Atsushi Sakai and distinguished keyboard player Yoshio Watanabe will give an evening of Bach’s sonatas.

Viola da Gamba: Atsushi Sakai
Harpsichord: Yoshio Watanabe

Sun JUN 2 | 15:00 　‹Sold Out›
J. S. Bach:
Sonata No. 1 for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027
Sonata No. 2 for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028
Sonata No. 3 for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029
Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Basso Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1023
and more

“Precious 1 pm” is a popular series of one-hour concerts held on weekday lunchtimes with talks by the artists from the stage. In addition to the aforementioned duo of Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Michie Koyama, Naoko Yoshino (harp) will pair up with Berlin Philharmonic principal flute Sebastian Jacot, and Quartet Integra, fast rising stars and alumni of Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy.

Vol. 1 Tue JUN 4 | 13:00-14:00　‹Sold Out›
Piano: Michie Koyana
Cello: Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi

— Selected Cello Pieces by Beethoven —
Beethoven:
Cello Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1
Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2
12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” in F Major, Op. 66

Vol. 2 Thu JUN 6 | 13:00-14:00 > Book Now
String Quartet: Quartet Integra (Violin: Kyoka Misawa / Rintaro Kikuno, Viola: Itsuki Yamamoto, Cello: Ye Un Park)
String Quartet: Quartet Primavera* (Violin: Mio Ishikawa / Yukari Oka, Viola: Toko Tago, Cello: Kei Oe)
* Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy Selected Fellows

— Heart-Stirring Classical Music from Eastern Europe —
Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, “Z mého života”
Enescu: String Octet in C Major, Op. 7, Excerpts

Vol. 3 Fri JUN 14 | 13:00-14:00　‹Sold Out›
Flute: Sebastian Jacot
Harp: Naoko Yoshino

— Resonating Flute and Harp —
Alwyn: Naiades, Fantasy-Sonata
Debussy: No. 1 “En bateau” from Petite suite
Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94
and more

Yu Kosuge will also produce a special performance of Schoenberg’s groundbreaking work, Pierrot Lunaire to mark the composer’s 150th anniversary. She has assembled a great international line-up of musicians, including mezzo-soprano Michaela Selinger. Stravinsky, Ravel, and Berg make up the rest of the programme.

Piano: Yu Kosuge
Violin and Viola: Mayumi Kanagawa
Cello: Claudio Bohorquez
Flute and Piccolo: Jocelyn Aubrun
Clarinet and Bass-Clarinet: Makoto Yoshida
Mezzo-Soprano: Michaela Selinger

Wed JUN 5 | 19:00 > Book Now
Stravinsky: No. 1 from 3 Pieces for Clarinet Solo
Stravinsky: 3 Songs from William Shakespeare
Ravel: Chansons madécasses
Berg: The 2nd Movement “Adagio” from Chamber Concerto (arr. for Violin, Clarinet and Piano)
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21

Aoi Trio’s highly popular seven-year project for the CMG also centres around Beethoven, surveying all of his piano trios in combination with other diverse repertoire. Now in its fourth year, the programme will combine Beethoven’s “Gassenhauer” Trio with piano trios by two anniversary composers, Fauré and Smetana.

Piano Trio: Aoi Trio (Piano: Kosuke Akimoto, Violin: Kyoko Ogawa, Cello: Yu Ito)

Thu JUN 6 | 19:00　‹Sold Out›
Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 11, “Gassenhauer”
Fauré: Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 120
Smetana: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15

CMG invites three string quartets from abroad, which will each collaborate with Japanese artists. Quatuor Voce from France will perform a French programme, collaborating with Mutsumi Hatano in a string quartet arrangement of Debussy’s Prose lyriques. Quatuor Danel, artists recently in residence at London’s Wigmore Hall, focuses on 20th century Russian music including Weinberg’s String Quartet No. 6 and Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet with Keisuke Toyama. The renowned Jerusalem Quartet makes a welcome return after their stunning Beethoven cycle in 2021. Their programme will culminate in Dvorák’s glorious Piano Quintet with Yu Kosuge.

Ⅰ Fri JUN 7 | 19:00 > Book Now
String Quartet: Quatuor Voce (Violin: Sarah Dayan / Cécile Roubin, Viola: Guillaume Becker, Cello: Arthur Heuel)
Mezzo-Soprano: Mutsumi Hatano

Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Balmer: Fragments soulevés par le vent [Japanese Premiere]
Debussy (arr. Balmer): Proses lyriques, Excerpts (arr. for Soprano and String Quartet) [Japanese Premiere]
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major

Ⅱ Mon JUN 10 | 19:00 > Book Now
String Quartet: Quatuor Danel (Violin: Marc Danel / Gilles Millet, Viola: Vlad Bogdanas, Cello: Yovan Markovitch)
Piano: Keisuke Toyama

Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92
Weinberg: String Quartet No. 6 in E Minor, Op. 35
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57

Ⅲ Fri JUN 14 | 19:00 > Book Now
String Quartet: Jerusalem Quartet (Violin: Alexander Pavlovsky / Sergei Bresler, Viola: Ori Kam, Cello: Kyril Zlotnikov)
Piano: Yu Kosuge

Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 12
Ben-Haim: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 21
Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81

These Saturday morning concerts showcase the achievements of the current fellows of the Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy. Each performance will be preceded by a short introduction of the pieces from the players.

String Quartet:
　Quartet Infinito (Mako Ochiai, Kentaro Konishi, Moeko Kikuta, Soichiro Matsutani)
　Quartet Felice (Kei Saotome, Yohei Shimizu, Soichiro Kawabe, Mami Warabino)
　Quartet Primavera (Mio Ishikawa, Yukari Oka, Toko Tago, Kei Oe)
　HONO Quartet (Honoka Kishimoto, Shuga Hayashi, Kenshi Nagata, Yoshiyuki Kanie)
Piano Quartet:
　Crear Quartet (Ryota Higashi, Sara Furuichi, Hiroko Yamanashi, Maika Miura)
Piano Trio:
　Trio Andantino (Seira Jono, Yuho Takagi, Yurika Watanabe)
　Portus Trio (Junnosuke Kikuno, Michiko Yoshimura, Aika Kimura)

Ⅰ Sat JUN 8 | 11:00 > Book Now
■Quartet Infinito
　Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13, Excerpts
■Portus Trio
　Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 63, Excerpts
■Trio Andantino
　Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101, Excerpts
■Quartet Primavera
　Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat Major, K. 458 “The Hunt,” Excerpts
■Quartet Felice
　Akira Miyoshi: String Quartet No. 3, “Constellation Noir”
■HONO Quartet
　Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Hob. III:77

Ⅱ Sat JUN 15 | 11:00 > Book Now
■Quartet Felice
　Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810, “Der Tod und das Mädchen,” Excerpts
■Quartet Primavera
　Prokofiev: String Quartet No.1 in B Minor, Op. 50, Excerpts
■Quartet Infinito
　Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13, Excerpts
■Trio Andantino
　Ravel: Piano Trio, Excerpts
■Portus Trio
　Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3, Excerpts
■Crear Quartet
　R. Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13, Excerpts

This year’s Beethoven String Quartet cycle will be performed by Verus String Quartet, who is only the second Japanese quartet to take on the cycle at CMG. Formed by four students of the Toho Gakuen School of Music in 2006, they have matured into one of the leading string quartets in this country. It will be a great opportunity to witness the group’s evolving interpretation.

String Quartet: Verus String Quartet (Violin: Naoto Sakiya / Hisao Mihara, Viola: Koichi Yokomizo, Cello: Rentaro Tomioka)

Ⅰ Sat JUN 8 | 18:00 > Book Now
Beethoven: String Quartet
No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2
No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127

Ⅱ Sun JUN 9 | 17:00 > Book Now
Beethoven: String Quartet
No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3, “Razumovsky No. 3”
No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

Ⅲ Tue JUN 11 | 19:00 > Book Now
Beethoven: String Quartet
No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74, “Harp”
No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, “Razumovsky No. 1”

Ⅳ Wed JUN 12 | 19:00 > Book Now
Beethoven: String Quartet
No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130, “Grosse Fuge”

Ⅴ Thu JUN 13| 19:00 > Book Now
Beethoven: String Quartet
No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”
No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131

Ⅵ Sat JUN 15 | 18:00 > Book Now
Beethoven: String Quartet
No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3
No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135
No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2, “Razumovsky No. 2”

In this CMG introductory concert, the enterprising violinist and TV personality, Sumire Hirotsuru, presents a special programme, together with selected fellows from the Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy. (75-minutes without interval; Suitable for ages 6 and over.)

Violin: Sumire Hirotsuru
Violin: Sumire Hirotsuru
Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy Selected Fellows (Honoka Kishimoto, Shuga Hayashi, Soichiro Kawabe, Yoshiyuki Kanie)
CMA Ensemble

Sun JUN 9 | 11:00　‹Sold Out›
Caroline Shaw: Valencia
Bergstrøm-Nielsen: Towards an Unbearable Lightness
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 315, “Summer”
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297, “Winter”
Max Richter: “Summer” and “Winter” from The Four Seasons Recomposed

Students of special needs schools are invited to the Blue Rose (Small Hall) so that they can feel and enjoy chamber music in an intimate setting.

Violin: Reiko Watanabe, and more

Wed JUNE 12　‹Private Event›

The closing concert of CMG 2024 brings together many of the festival artists – spanning the generations – for a chamber music extravaganza.

Violin: Koichiro Harada / Kikuei Ikeda / Reiko Watanabe
Viola: Kazuhide Isomura
Cello: Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi / Hakuro Mori
Piano: Shigeo Neriki
String Quartet: Quatuor Voce
Piano Trio: Aoi Trio
Flute: Sebastian Jacot
Clarinet: Makoto Yoshida
Harp: Naoko Yoshino
Shamisen: Hidejiro Honjoh
Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy Selected Fellows
and more

Sun JUN 16 | 14:00 　‹Sold Out›
Ravel: Introduction et Allegro
Martinů: Concertino for Piano Trio and String Orchestra, H. 231
and more