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The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra embarks on Tour in Europe October-November 2025

　The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, one of Asia’s leading orchestras and Japan's oldest and largest symphonic ensemble, founded in 1911, will visit Europe, the birthplace of classical music, for an eight city tour from October 28 to November 11, 2025. The orchestra will be conducted on the tour by its Honorary Music Director, Maestro Myung-Whun Chung, with whom they have built a trusting relationship over a quarter of a century and have repeatedly toured together in the Asian region. It will be the first tour of Europe for the orchestra with Maestro Chung, performing in eight of Europe's premier concert halls, bridging cultural ties between Japan and seven countries of Europe.
　Immediately following the debut of the program in Tokyo as part of TPO’s subscription concerts, the tour will launch in Berlin, then continue to Budapest, Antwerp, Toulouse, Barcelona, Vienna, and Lugano, and conclude in Düsseldorf. As featured soloists, the orchestra is thrilled to welcome internationally renowned violinist Maxim Vengerov and celebrated jazz & classical pianist Makoto Ozone, whose recent performances of great classical works have garnered critical acclaim and fascination with his style.
　This tour will be the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra’s first European appearance since the COVID-19 pandemic, and its first major European tour since the orchestra's triumphant 100th-anniversary global tour in 2014, which represented Japan's cultural resilience after the Great East Japan Earthquake. For the 2025 Tour, the Tokyo Philharmonic aims to underscore the enduring power of music to inspire and unify across cultures.

Artists and Programs

Conductor	Myung-Whun Chung (Honorary Music Director of the Tokyo Phil.)
Piano	Makoto Ozone　[Program A]
Violin	Maxim Vengerov　[Program B & C]
Orchestra	Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Myung-Whun Chung　©Takafumi Ueno

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra　©Takafumi Ueno

Makoto Ozone　©Yosuke Suzuki

Maxim Vengerov　©Davide Cerati

Program A

L. Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
G. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (piano: Makoto Ozone)
S. Prokofiev: Excerpts from ballet Romeo And Juliet

Program B

P.I. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (Violin: Maxim Vengerov)
I. Stravinsky: ballet Sacre du printemps

Program C

P.I. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (Violin: Maxim Vengerov)
S. Prokofiev: Excerpts from ballet Romeo And Juliet

Dates & Venues

Dates	Venues/Cities	Program
Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 8:00pm	Berliner Philharmonie / Berlin (Germany)	[Program A]
Thu, Oct 30, 2025, 7:30pm	Müpa Budapest / Budapest (Hungary)	[Program A]
Sat, Nov 1, 2025, 8:00pm	De Singel / Antwerp (Belgium)	[Program B]
Mon, Nov 3, 2025, 8:00pm	Halle Aux Grains / Toulouse (France)	[Program C]
Thu, Nov 6, 2025, 8:00pm	Palau de la Música Catalana / Barcelona (Spain)	[Program B]
Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 7:30pm	Wiener Konzerthaus / Vienna (Austria)	[Program B]
Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 8:00pm	LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura / Lugano (Switzerland)	[Program B]
Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 8:00pm	Tonhalle Düsseldorf / Düsseldorf (Germany)	[Program A]