TOKYO SINFONIA IN MAGGIO UNA RUSSIAN SERENADE

Audience members at the Tokyo Sinfonia’s monthly performances may be aware that Sinfonia programmes are organised into three distinct quarterly series. Each series includes four events a year designed to appeal to a special segment of our general audience “Symphonies for Strings” serenades, followed always by an artists & audience reception, feature surveys of neglected works of the great composers in an adventure of musical exploration. People tell us they love the programmes. “Sinfonia Plus” serenades, followed of course by an artists & audience reception, spotlight distinguished international artists in concert with the Tokyo Sinfonia. The individual appeal of each superb soloist tends to draw a somwhat wider audience. “National Serenade” dinner-concerts feature relaxed evenings during which delightful musical selections by national composers are interspersed with delicious courses of the nation’s cuisine. The casual programmes of food and music appeal to first-timers and regulars alike. In May, for the 50th programme in our national serenade series, we return with pleasure to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan with the music of Russia, served up beautifully between hearty courses of traditional Russian fare. Dinner-concerts are great fun. It’s a bit difficult to describe our unique dinner-concert programmes — except to note that the dinner-concerts are always very popular with the audience. This series draws the largest number of subscribers. Each time we perform, we notice an entire table (or several) reserved by a party who want to make a truly memorable evening of it.

Recently a company booked a substantial number of seats at the tables for an entire year of dinner-concerts, allocating the seats to the top 10 percent of their regular employees as a corporate incentive. The result? The president of the company told us with a smile, “It was the best thing we ever did.” The menu offers an adventure of new tastes, and the music is carefully selected to complement the flavour of the evening. The Ambassador is invited to greet our dinner-concert audience on behalf of his nation, and our Sinfonia players go around the tables afterwards to make friends with everyone. The Tokyo Sinfonia's Russian Serenade will be another delightful voyage of discovery. It all deserves to be played. It all demands to be heard . Do join us. It’s always special.

RUSSIAN SERENADE NATIONAL SERENADE dinner-concert series No. 50 Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (Yurakucho) May 18, Friday evening from 18:30 - doors open from 18:00 Menu - Baltic Sea Herring and Dill Pickle Salad Music - Russian Symphonic Poem (Mily Balakirev) Menu - Russian Lamb Shish Kebab Music - Symphony of Russian Themes (Mikhail Glinka) Menu - Siberian Blueberry Pancake withCottage Cheese Music - Overture to the Mandarin’s Son (Cesar Cui) Coffee/tea, cash bar Supported by Embassy of Russia TICKETS Single ￥9,335 • Groups (2 or more) ￥8,445 each 4-concert subscription (VIP seating) ¥18,000 Sinfonia direct tickets@tokyosinfonia.com Peatix online http://peatix.com/event/349236 Paypal online https://www.paypal.jp Information Tel (03) 3588 0738 You can indeed order tickets using the convenience of peatix or paypal. You may also contact the Tokyo Sinfonia directly by phone or by email at tickets@tokyosinfonia.com so we can look after you personally. See you at the Sinfonia With every good wish from Robert Ryker and the Tokyo Sinfonia

COMING JUNE champagne concert Hakuju Hall (Yoyogi-koen) June 13, Wed. evening from 19:00 Saint-Saëns Serenade La Jeunesse d’Hercule Concerto in C Major for Violin & Strings - Natsuko Haga, violin solo La Princess Jaune Symphony for Strings in A Minor, from Op. 55 Artists & audience champagne reception JUNE special event Embassy of Mexico (Nagatcho) June 29, Thu. evening from 19:00 Mexican Summer Serenade La Boutique Fantasque (Respighi) Danzon No. 2 (Marquez) Sones de Mariachi (Galindo) Huabango (Moncayo) Artists & audience buffet reception JULY champagne concert Hakuju Hall (Yoyogi-koen) July 11, Wed. evening from 19:00 Misaki Morino Soprano Serenade Tales of the Vienna Woods (Strauss) Aer tranquillo e di serenz • Giunse alfin il momento, Den veni • Batti Batti o bel Masetto (Mozart) Salut a la France (Donizetti) Tu del ciel ministro eletto • Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Handel) Wien, Du Stadt meiner Träume (Siecyznski) • O mio babbino caro (Puccini) Mein Herr Marquis • Ich war ein echtes Wiener Blut (Strauss) Artists & audience champagne reception AUGUST dinner-concert Foreign Correspondents’ Clube of Japan (Yurakucho) Aug 3, Fri. evening from 18:30

Latin American Serenade La Hija de Colquide (Chavez) Bachianas Brasileiras 5&9 (Villa-Lobos) Danzon 2 (Marquez) 3-course Latin American dinner • Coffee/tea, cash bar RECENTLY Last fall, Daichi Nakamura won the First Prize of the Brahms International Violin Competition in Austria. Last week, as featured soloist in our Sinfonia Plus serenade, he won the hearts of the enthusiastic audience in Hakuju Hall too. One subscriber described it very well in the following words: “It was magnificent! Nakamura-san was exciting. His facial and body language complimented the music. For the Brahms, he was intense. For the Bach, enjoying himself. For Mozart, in transports of joy. Everything was wonderful.” tickets@tokyosinfonia.com (03) 3588 0738 Join us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/tokyosinfonia Follow us on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/tokyo-sinfonia Follow us on Twitter @TokyoSinfonia19 Info: www.tokyosinfonia.com the orchestra of 19!