Tokyo Music Marathon
Live music streaming through Tokyo.
Synopsis
All music lovers in Tokyo are welcome to these events where participants will be connected through music.
In an unprecedented attempt, all events, covering a wide variety of music, will be held at different locations.
Schedule
June 2008 through October 2009
Tokyo Music Marathon - Start Event
Schedule: Saturday, June 14 - Saturday, June, 28 2008
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival 2008
Schedule: Saturday, Sptember 27 - Sunday, Octorber 5, 2008
Venue
Various places in Tokyo *Depending on event.
Organizers
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, and Tokyo Music Marathon Executive Committee
Outline
With the aim of promoting international mutual understanding through music, October 1st has been designated International Music Day. Centered around this date, under the auspices of the Music Marathon Festival, a variety of live concerts will be held at various locations in Tokyo.
Participating performers range from students and amateur musicians through to professional musicians. As “musical runners”, assembled musicians will showcase the event.
Some performances require no admission fee, so be sure to attend!
Contact
Tokyo Music Marathon Executive Committee Office
c/o Mediance Free
16-6F Le Gratte-Ciel Bldg.
1-18-11 Nishi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003
Tel: 03-3519-5250,
http://www.tokyomm.jp/
Programs
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival 2008
Under the theme interaction, enjoyment and renewed acquaintances through music that transcends generations and genres, the Tokyo Music Marathon Festival will be held at various locations in Tokyo. Held in celebration of International Music Day (October 1), we will cover a wide range of music.
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Tokyo International Forum
In this concert, we will trace the musical history of Tokyo through famous songs.
Budding talented artists will perform in a special band session on this day, based entirely on the theme of the Tokyo Music Marathon: “Interaction, Enjoyment and Renewed Acquaintances through Music.”
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008 Doors open: 17:00 Start: 17:30
Venue: Tokyo International Forum Hall C (Address: 3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Genre：Jazz, Pops music
Performers: Norio Maeda, MALTA, Yasuko Agawa, Sarah Khider, Melanie Dahan, ESCOLTA, KOKIA, Dew
Fee: 4,000 yen (reserved seats only) *No admission for pre-school infants
■For tickets, please contact any of the ticket agents listed below:
KYODO TOKYO: 03-3498-9999
TICKET PIA: 0570-02-9999 [P-Code: 303-107]
LAWSON TICHET: 0570-08-4003 [L-Code: 75966]
CN PLAY-GUIDE: 0570-08-9999
e-PLUS: http://eplus.jp
Free Admission Tickets:
We are pleased to offer 100 pairs of tickets for free admission.
Complete the necessary information on a double postal card and send it to the address below.
Necessary information to include: (1) Address (2) Name (3) Telephone number, and (4) Return address
Mail to: “Tokyo International Forum / Music Marathon Festival”
Tokyo Music Marathon Executive Committee Office
c/o Mediance Free
16-6F Le Gratte-Ciel Bldg. 1-18-11 Nishi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003
Deadline: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 (as indicated by the postmark on the card)
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Ueno
Held at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan and many other places in the Ueno Park area, we will cover a wide range of music by holding genre-crossing events.
（1）Tokyo Bunka Kaikan ? Main Hall
Featuring a popular young classical guitarist, Dai Kimura, we will hold a casual classical music concert, which people of all ages can enjoy.
Date: Monday, September 29, 2008. Doors open: 18:00 Start: 19:00
Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Main Hall (Address: 5-45 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo)
Genre： Classics
Performers: Dai Kimura, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (Conductor: Norichika Iimori)
Fee: 2,000 yen (reserved seats only) *No admission for pre-school infants
■For tickets, please contact any of the ticket agents listed below:
KYODO TOKYO: 03-3498-9999
@ TICKET PIA: http://t.pia.co.jp [P-Code: 303-622]
TICKET PIA: 0570-02-9999 [P-Code: 303-622]
LAWSON TICHET: 0570-08-4003 [L-Code: 38879]
CN PLAY-GUIDE: 0570-08-9999
e-PLUS: http://eplus.jp
a-ticket!: http://avexlive.jp
Free Admission Tickets:
We are pleased to offer 100 pairs of tickets for free admission.
Complete the necessary information on a double postal card and send it to the address below.
Necessary information to include: (1) Address (2) Name (3) Telephone number, and (4) Return address
Mail to: “Tokyo Bunka Kaikan / Music Marathon Festival”
Tokyo Music Marathon Executive Committee Office
c/o Mediance Free
16-6F Le Gratte-Ciel Bldg. 1-18-11 Nishi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003
Deadline: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 (as indicated by the postmark on the card)
（2）Tokyo Bunka Kaikan ? Entrance
We will set up a stage in front of the entrance of the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, and small bands of strings and brass, etc. will play classical and jazz music in an atmospheric concert.
Date: Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5, 2008; Scheduled for 12:00 ? 17:00.
Venue: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan - Front Entrance (Address: 5-45 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo)
Genre：Classics
Performers: Nobuya Sugawa & Minako Koyanagi, Hikari Ichihara, Akane Matsumoto and others.
Fee: Admission free for all seats
Ueno Park ? Big Fountain
We will set up a stage in front of the Big Fountain in Ueno Park, and hold a concert playing famous classical music, soundtrack music, and Japanese music that everyone in the family can enjoy.
Date: Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5, 2008; Start: 12:00
Venue: Ueno Park ? Big Fountain
Genre：Classics, Jazz, Pops music
Performers: Nobuya Sugawa & Minako Koyanagi, Tokyo Brass Style, BIANCA, Hikari Ichihara, Akane Matsumoto, Rusaka Hanano and others.
Fee: Admission free
（4）National Museum of Nature and Science
Around the entrance of the National Museum of Nature and Science, a string ensemble will perform in an ecology-themed mini concert.
Date: Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5, 2008; 12:30 - 16:00
Venue: National Museum of Nature and Science, Sunken Garden (Address: 7-20 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo)
Genre: Classics, World Music
Performers: Lime Ladies Ensemble, Cristina Mita & Trio Los Ricos and others.
Fee: Admission free
(5)Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Ueno Park
Date: Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5, 2008
Venue: Gojyou-Tenjinsha, Nihon-Geijutuin, Saigou's Bronze statue, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Genre: Pops music, J-pop music
Performers: Music Runners
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008; Scheduled to be held at 14:00
Venue: Edo-Tokyo Museum Open Air Architectural Museum, Kodakara-Yu(Address: 3-7-1 Sakura-cho,Koganei-shi, Tokyo)
Genre: Japanese Music
Performers: Chie Hanawa, Masaki Nakanura and others.
Fee: garden admission fee required (Children 6th grade and under, and students through 9th grade living in Tokyo or attending schools in Tokyo: Free)
How to Apply:
Numbered tickets will be distributed at the information desk in front of the Kodakara-Yu of the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural from 12:30 on the day of the concert. Entry will be closed once all tickets have been distributed.
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Tama
（1）Parthenon Tama
An orchestra made up of only women, “Lime Ladies Orchestra”, and a violinist, Ai Okumura, familiar to TV viewers, will play together in an easy listening, casual classical music performance.
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008. Doors open: 18:30 Start: 19:00
Venue: Parthenon Tama, Small Hall (Address: 2-35 Ochiai, Tama-shi)
Genre：Classics
Performers: Ai Okumura, Lime Ladies Orchestra
Fee: Invitation only. General admission tickets will not be on sale.
Invitation Tickets:
We are pleased to invite 150 pairs.
Complete the necessary information on a double postal card and send it to the address below.
Necessary information to include: (1) Address (2) Name (3) Telephone number, and (4) Return address
Mail to: “Parthenon Tama / Music Marathon Festival”
Tokyo Music Marathon Executive Committee Office
c/o Mediance Free
16-6F Le Gratte-Ciel Bldg. 1-18-11 Nishi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003
Deadline: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 (as indicated by the postmark on the card)
（2）Mitsui Outlet Park Tama Minami Osawa
Concert for young families featuring popular anime songs.
Date: Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5, 2008; 12:00 - 17:00; Scheduled to be held at Stage 4
Venue: Mitsui Outlet Park Tama Minami Osawa Music / Art court (Address: 1-600 Minami-Osawa,Hachioji-shi)
Genre：Pops music
Performers: Azumi Inoue (Sunday, October 5, 2008), Music Runners and others.
Fee: Admission free
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
In commemoration of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum’s 25th anniversary, we will hold a chanson concert.
Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008. Doors open: 14:30 Start: 15:00
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, The Hall of the new annex(Address: 5-21-9 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Genre：Chanson
Performer: Mariko Sugita
Fee: garden admission fee required (Children 6th grade and under, and students through 9th grade living in Tokyo or attending schools in Tokyo: Free)
How to Apply:
We will distribute numbered tickets at the information desk in front of the Hall of the new annex from 12:30 on the day of the concert. Entry will be closed once all tickets have been distributed.
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Edo-Tokyo Museum
A “Taiko” Sukeroku style drumming performance will take place in the Edo-Tokyo Plaza, located on the 3rd floor of the museum.
With the adjoining Ry?goku Kokugikan providing the background setting, the splendor of Japanese traditional culture and music will be experienced through soul-stirring Taiko music.
Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008; 13:00 - 16:30 (3 performances are scheduled)
Venue: The Edo-Tokyo Plaza on the 3rd floor of the Edo-Tokyo Museum (Address: 1-4-1 Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo)
Genre: Japanese traditional music
Performers: Nippon-Taiko Oosumi-kai
Fee: Admission free
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in the station “JR Omori Station”
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008; 14:00 - 16:00
Venue: JR Omori Station Concourse
Genre: Classics
Performers: Saxophone Calted “Hibiki”, Dolce Classicca, Lime Ladies Ensemble, Uniphil Brass Instrument quintet & Percussion
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Hibiya
（1）Small Open-Air Concert Hall
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008; 13:00-, Sunday, September 28, 2008; 12:00 - 15:30
Venue: Hibiya Park: Small Open-Air Concert Hall
Genre: Pops music, J-pop music
Performers: Wakaba, Music Runners
（2）Second Flower Garden
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008
Venue: Hibiya Park: Second Flower Garden
Genre: Music for wind instruments
Performers: Music Runners
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Tachikawa
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008; 13:30 - 17:00
Venue: Tachikawa Takashimaya: 1F-Special stage
Genre: Pops Music, J-pop music
Performers: Music Runners
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Roppongi
Date: Monday, September 29, 2008; 18：00 - 20：00
Venue: Roppongi Hills Arena
Genre: World Music, Japanese Music
Performers:AFRODELIC SPECIAL, New Asian Orchestra“TENGA”
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Hamamatsucho
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008: 17：00 - 20：00
Venue: Nippon Cultural Broadcasting: Satellite-Special stage
Genre: Pops Music, J-pop music
Performers: Wakaba, Chiharu Tamaki, Rusaka Hanano and others
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Akasaka
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008: 12:00 - 12:35
Venue: International New Akasaka Building of the West: Sunken Garden
Genre: Music for wind instruments
Performers: Music Runners
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Shinjuku
(1)Shinjuku Station West Exit
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008: Start at 12:00
Venue: Shinjuku Station Square
Genre: Music for wind instruments
Performers: Music Runners
（2）Nishi-Shinjuku
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008: 12:00-14:00
Venue: Shinjuku-Island Tower: Patio
Genre: Classics, Jazz
Performers: Music Runners
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Station “JR Tokyo Station”
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008: Start at 12:00
Venue: JR Tokyo Station: Break
Genre: Jazz, Pops music
Performers: Sarah Khider, Melanie Dahan and others
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Tokyo International Airport(Haneda)
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008
Venue: Terminal-1 in Tokyo International Airport(Haneda), The second floor in the marketplace
Genre: Pops music, Gospel
Performers: Undecided
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Kameari
Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008; 14:00 - 17:00
Venue: Ario-Kameari Ario Mall
Genre: Pops music, Jazz
Performers: Music Runners
Tokyo Music Marathon Festival in Station “JR Ueno Station”
Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008;Start at 12:00
Venue: JR Ueno Station: Break
Genre: Classics, Jazz
Performers: Sarah Khider、Melanie Dahan and others
