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Map of the Japan tour |
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A Tokyo sunset seen from a hotel room window |
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Executive Director David Mareček attending a rehearsal for a chamber music concert at the Kawai concert salon, which he heard just hours after his arrival in Tokyo. The audience response was wonderful. |
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Jaroslav Pondělíček, the Czech Philharmonic's lead violist, during a rehearsal for a chamber music concert at the Kawai concert salon in Tokyo. |
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A chamber music concert at Tokyo's Kawai concert salon on 26 October 2015: Josef Špaček Jr, Irena Herajnová, David Mareček, Václav Petr, and Jaroslav Pondělíček. |
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The Japanese pay a ot of attention to the cleanliness of public areas. Litter or dirt is almost non-existent, not only at popular tourist haunts, but also in other residential parts of the city. This is almost incredible for a European, especially considering the average population density in Japanese cities. |
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The whole orchestra, including Executive Director David Mareček and Chief Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek with his wife, was constantly on the move, travelling to a new city and a new concert hall nearly every day. |
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Briefing on plans for the following day – organizational matters were handled by Alžběta Lupíšková, the tour manager, and Robert Hanč, General Manager of the Czech Philharmonic. |
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The orchestra members listen to the instructions given by Chief Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek before one of the eight Japanese concerts. |
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Veils and fashionable parasols are common accessories for the Japanese. |
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The Japanese violinist Sayaka Shoji was the soloist of the first Tokyo concert in Suntory Hall and the concerts in Fukuoka and Yokohama, performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor. |
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Japanese cuisine is a topic for a very long article. The food was delicious and the orchestra members loved it. |
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Before stepping out on the platform, Josef Špaček Sr. is checking whether his eponymous son, the leader of the Czech Philharmonic, has tied his bow tie correctly. |
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Jiří Bělohlávek and Sayaka Shoji share the last moments before the start of the performance while the audience waits excitedly. |
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The Czech Philharmonic has twice sold out one of the world's most famous concert halls – Tokyo's Suntory Hall. |
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Chief Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek during one of the many rehearsals. |
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A morning at Tokyo's world-famous Tsukiji Fish Market |
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The second Suntory Hall concert and the concerts in Nagoya and Hamamatsu featured Daniil Trifonov, a young, likeable and hugely talented Russian pianist. |
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Daniil's performance was excellent each time, both in Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto in C Minor and in each of the several incredible encores, demanded by the enraptured audience |
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Chief Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek during one of the many rehearsals |
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Tokyo has a population of nearly 15,000 people per square kilometre (in Prague the figure is approximately 2,500). |
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