October 2 - 6 2026
ARK Hills Music Week 2026
SUNTORY HALL ARK CLASSICS
Suntory Hall ARK CLASSICS opens the ARK Hills Music Week and will be led by artistic leaders Nobuyuki Tsujii and Fumiaki Miura. 10 incredibly diverse concerts will be performed at the Main Hall and Blue Rose (Small Hall) for a period of five days.
* ARK Hills Music Week 2026 (October 2 - 11)
During the festival week centred on Suntory Hall, ARK Hills known as the "Town of Music" is enlivened by the sound of music.
Artistic Leaders Nobuyuki Tsujii, Fumiaki Miura
Fri, OCT 2 | 19:00 Blue Rose (Small Hall) ► Details & Booking
[Concert 1] ARK Opening Night
* Approx running time: 2 hours (incl. 1 intermission)
Piano Nobuyuki Tsujii / Kazune Shimizu / Ryoma Takagi, Violin Fumiaki Miura, Flute Ayako Takagi, Cello Young Song, ARK QUARTET [Violin Chisako Naoe, Viola Yasuhiro Suzuki / Maiko Takimoto, Cello Shiori Shimizu]
Sat, OCT 3 | 12:00 Main Hall ► Details & Booking
[Concert 2] ARK SOLOISTS 1 Nobuyuki Tsujii
* Approx running time: 1 hour (with no intermission)
Piano Nobuyuki Tsujii
Sat, OCT 3 | 14:00 Blue Rose (Small Hall) ► Details & Booking
[Concert 3] ARK SOLOISTS 2 Maki Mori
* Approx running time: 1 hour (with no intermission)
Soprano Maki Mori, Piano Shigeto Yamagishi
Sat, OCT 3 | 17:00 Main Hall ► Details & Booking
[Concert 4] ARK PHILHARMONIC 1 “Shostakovich”
* Approx running time: 2 hours (incl. 1 intermission)
Piano Nobuyuki Tsujii, Conductor Fumiaki Miura, ARK PHILHARMONIC
Sun, OCT 4 | 13:00 Blue Rose (Small Hall) ► Details & Booking
[Concert 5] ARK SOLOISTS 3 Kazune Shimizu
* Approx running time: 1 hour (with no intermission)
Piano Kazune Shimizu
Sun, OCT 4 | 15:00 Main Hall ► Details & Booking
[Concert 6] ARK PHILHARMONIC 2 “Rachmaninov & Tchaikovsky”
* Approx running time: 2 hours 10 mins (incl. 1 intermission)
Piano Nobuyuki Tsujii, Conductor Fumiaki Miura, ARK PHILHARMONIC
Sun, OCT 4 | 18:00 Blue Rose (Small Hall) ► Details & Booking
[Concert 7] ARK JAZZ “Shutaro Matsui Special Live”
* Approx running time: 1 hour (with no intermission)
Shutaro Matsui Quartet (Trumpet Shutaro Matsui, Piano Kento Tsubosaka, Bass Shimpei Ogawa, Drums Kunito Kitai)
Mon, OCT 5 | 19:00 Blue Rose (Small Hall) ► Details & Booking
[Concert 8] ARK BRASS Special Guest: Shutaro Matsui
* Approx running time: 2 hours (incl. 1 intermission)
ARK BRASS
［Core Members］Trumpet Tomonori Sato, Horn Nobuaki Fukukawa, Trombone Ko Aoki, Tuba Shimpei Tsugita
［Associate Members］Trumpet Moe Matsuyama / Tomoki Ando / Shuichi Kawata, Trombone Shintaro Takase / Keisuke Sumikawa / Shunji Yamaguchi, Percussion Takanori Akita, Piano Yurie Miura
Special Guest
Trumpet Shutaro Matsui
Tue, OCT 6 | 12:00 Blue Rose (Small Hall) ► Details & Booking
[Concert 9] ARK Lunchtime Concert
* Approx running time: 1 hour (with no intermission)
Piano Nobuyuki Tsujii / Ryoma Takagi, Violin Fumiaki Miura, Flute Ayako Takagi, Cello Young Song, ARK QUARTET [Violin Nana Matsuura / Chisako Naoe, Viola Maiko Takimoto, Cello Shiori Shimizu]
Tue, OCT 6 | 19:00 Blue Rose (Small Hall) ► Details & Booking
[Concert 10] ARK Closing Night
* Approx running time: 2 hours (incl. 1 intermission)
Piano Nobuyuki Tsujii / Kazune Shimizu / Ryoma Takagi, Vioin & Viola Fumiaki Miura, Flute Ayako Takagi, Cello Young Song, ARK QUARTET [Violin Nana Matsuura / Chisako Naoe, Viola Yasuhiro Suzuki / Maiko Takimoto, Cello Shiori Shimizu]
Presented by Suntory Hall / Avex Classics
Suntory Hall 40th Anniversary Programme
Production Cooperated by Mori Building Co. Ltd. / Interspace Inc.
Cooperated by AMATI Inc.
