Rehearsal Day3
Rehearsals for the concert started again at 9am today.
It's snowing heavily at Lake Kawaguchi.
About 20cm of snow has piled up.
I'm surprised that it's snowing this much in Fukushima City where I live.
The younger members of the group look like they've been having fun since the morning.
Although they have some trouble sleeping, Sugawara Naoto and Asano Minato, who joined the group as 10th graduating students, have been full of energy and getting along well since the morning.
I wonder if there was a time when I was like that too. I feel like I want to go back to those days.
But we'll still rehearse.
The first song we rehearse today is Tong Poo, a song that Director Sakamoto wrote during his days with YMO.
This is the first time we've played Tofu with TYO, so we're really fired up.
Our sound is becoming more complete with each passing day.
Of course, we played in the snow during our break.
Cleary Takumi, who had been comforted by Ilia yesterday when his girlfriend wasn't there, has a strong body, so he buried himself in the snow in short sleeves.
I understand why she can't.
Ilia also made a snowman with the TYO members during the break.
After the break, we had a full rehearsal in the afternoon.
Director Sakamoto was watching over us.
The sound is coming together nicely.
Please look forward to the concert.
"Tohoku Youth Orchestra Concert 2025" scheduled to be held on March 21st, 2025 (Fri.)
Tickets for this performance are almost sold out but you can still enjoy a live viewing on a large screen with immersive audio at 109 Cinemas (Tokyo, Osaka, and Miyagi) as well as the archived stream at any time and place via online on Zaiko!
Tomoyasu Hirano of Ryuichi Sakamoto's social media project "#skmts" will be in charge of the online stream. It will be conducted in the skmts style like he has been for shows for North American tours, Korea, and tip-based shows since 2010.
There will also be special contents such as backstage access before the concert and interviews with the orchestra members!
If you are participating in the stream, please support us with the hashtags "#skmts #skmts4tyo"!
・Live viewing at 109 Cinemas:
Theaters: 109 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku, 109 Cinemas Tomiya, and 109 Cinemas Osaka Expocity
Date and time: March 21st, 2025 (Fri.)
6:45pm OPEN / 7:00pm START
Price:
109 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku:
Class S 4,500 yen
Class A 3,500 yen
＊Main lounge available from 1 hour before screening.
＊Ticket price includes a welcome concession service fee (soft drinks, popcorn, etc.).
＊This screening is not eligible for the "OVERTURE" service for Class S.
109 Cinemas Tomiya & Osaka Expocity:
Executive seats 3,500 yen
General 2,500 yen
*Cinema point members can use executive seats for 2,500 yen.
★Half of the ticket price will be donated to the Tohoku Youth Orchestra★
Ticket sales date: March 14th, 2025 (Fri.) at noon
Ticket sales page:
- 109 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku
https://109cinemas.net/premiumshinjuku/
- 109 Cinemas Osaka Expocity
https://109cinemas.net/osaka-expocity/
- 109 Cinemas Tomiya
https://109cinemas.net/tomiya/
・Zaiko online stream
Distribution platform: Zaiko (https://zaiko.io)
Distribution date & time: March 21st, 2025 (Fri.) @ 7:00pm JST
Archive end date & time (latest): March 28th, 2025 (Fri.) at 11:59pm JST
Ticket price: 1,500 yen
※A donation of 500 yen will be charged separately to the Tohoku Youth Orchestra.
※A separate distribution fee of 410 yen will be charged.
Ticket sales date: March 14th, 2025 (Fri.) at noon
Stream director: Tomoyasu Hirano
Ticket sales pages:
Zaiko
https://l-tike.zaiko.io/e/tohoku-youth-orchestra
Lawson Ticket
https://l-tike.com/tohoku-youth-orchestra/