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Update on March 4, 2025, Tue

Announcement of Change of Conductor for March Subscription Concerts

Maestro Andrea Battistoni, Chief Conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, originally scheduled to perform the Subscription Concerts of March 2025, will be unable to participate due to a delay in recovery from an injury (anteromedial dislocation of the right shoulder) as diagnosed by his doctor in January 2025. We sincerely apologize to those who were looking forward to the performance. Maestro Kensho Watanabe will conduct in his place. We appreciate your understanding.

*There will be no change in the program.
*There will be no refunds due to the change of performers.

March 4, 2025
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra


A message from Andrea Battistoni, Chief Conductor

Dear Tokyo Phil subscribers & audience,

It is with deep regret that I must announce my inability to perform at the upcoming concerts in March. In January, I suffered a fall resulting in a shoulder dislocation. Despite ongoing physiotherapy, the doctor requires several more weeks of recovery to regain full strength. I extend my sincere gratitude to the Tokyo Philharmonic for their understanding and to my esteemed colleague, Maestro Watanabe, for generously stepping in.

I hope that you will enjoy the beautiful program that has been thoughtfully prepared. With heartfelt affection, I send my warmest greetings and eagerly anticipate our future musical reunions with the magnificent Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

With my warmest regards,


Andrea Battistoni Andrea Battistoni



March Subscription Concerts
March 9, 2025, Sun 15:00 Bunkamura Orchard Hall
March 12, 2025, Wed 19:00 Tokyo Opera City (Concert Hall)
March 14, 2025, Fri 19:00 Suntory Hall (Main Hall)

Conductor: Kensho Watanabe
Piano: Ryoma Takagi


Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 edition)
Weber: Overture to opera "Oberon"
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber


Kensho Watanabe, cond.

ケンショウ・ワタナベ
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 Japanese-American conductor Kensho Watanabe is internationally acclaimed for his dynamic musicality, thoughtful interpretations, and engaging presence on the podium. Following a successful run at the Metropolitan Opera of Kevin Puts’ The Hours last season, Watanabe returns to the Met this season for eight performances of Puccini’s La bohéme. In addition to Watanabe’s return to the Met, highlights of the 2024-25 season include a Suntory Hall debut with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and debuts with the Calgary Philharmonic and Opera Theatre St. Louis. The 2023-24 season saw Watanabe make his Detroit Opera debut with Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, as well as returns to l’Orchestre Métropolitain in Montréal, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the RTE Concert Orchestra in Dublin. Recent highlights include work with the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, with whom he maintains a close relationship following his tenure as Assistant Conductor from 2016-19. Based in Paris, France, Watanabe is an accomplished violinist, receiving his MM from the Yale School of Music, and serving as a substitute violinist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 2012-16. A protégé of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Watanabe was the inaugural conducting fellow of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with both Nézet-Séguin and Otto-Werner Mueller.

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