Activities in 2025
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The second year-end last-minute event!
Upbeat Concert
Date and time: Monday, December 29, 2025
Location: Cafe NABE
Appearance
Va & Composition & Arrangement: Tokio Shima
Violin & Composition/Arrangement: Kunio Matsuzaki
NHK Music Festival 2025
"Symphonic Gamers 5 - A Melody of Adventures Transcending Time and Space -"
Date and time: Sunday, November 16, 2025
Location: NHK Hall
Orchestral arrangement
"Super Mario" series "Chrono Trigger"
Broadcast on BSP4K, BS, and terrestrial television.
Kenji Ozawa 'Tour Greetings ep'
I participated as an assistant in the arrangement.
Cello: Arisa Inamoto
74th Misono Friends
Date and time: Sunday, November 16, 2025
Location: St. Anne's House Hall
Composition
Unaccompanied Viola Sonata No. 5 "Sei"
*Commissioned by musicologist Keiko Takii, premiered by Shotaro Nakamura.
(From left to right in the photo) Keiko Takii, Matsuzaki, Akihiko Egusa (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Misono Children's Welfare Association), and Shotaro Nakamura
*Titles and honorifics omitted.
Two Steinway pianos
-The encounter between a 1923 model and a 2023 model-
Takaya Sano x Shoko Kawasaki Duo Recital
Date and time: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Location: Nagai Citizens' Cultural Hall
Composition
Concertante Remix Nagai for Two Pianos and Wind Orchestra (Two Piano Version)
(Private performance)
Two Steinway pianos
-The encounter between a 1923 model and a 2023 model-
Takaya Sano x Shoko Kawasaki Duo Recital
Date and time: Friday, October 31, 2025
Location: Nagai Citizens' Cultural Hall
Composition
Concertante Remix for Two Pianos and Wind Ensemble - Nagai
Appearance
Conductor & Composer: Kunio Matsuzaki
Piano: Takaya Sano
Piano: Shoko Kawasaki
Nagai High School Brass Band
Shunyukai Orchestra Special Concert - Tokyo Performance
Date and time: Saturday, September 20, 2025
Location: Meguro Persimmon Hall
Arrangement for soloist encore
Violin JAM : Sibelius for solo violin
*Commissioned by Mayuko Ishigami
Han Areum Orchestra Performance "Walk" Move on
Date and time: Monday, September 15, 2025
Location: Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall
I performed as a cellist.
Chamber Music Lab
Date and time: Saturday, August 30, 2025
Location: Koriyama Myu-Cul Gakuto Hall
arrangement
From Clara Schumann's song cycle, "I was in a dark dream"
String Octet Version
[Nodame Cantabile Musical Symphonic Concert!]
Responsible for orchestration of some songs.
Yamaha "SVC300" PV
I arranged the fugue section of "SVC300C" for the latter half of the PV.
PV Director: Yu Chidaisho
Vc: Itsuki Sasanuma
70th Misono Friends
Date and time: Sunday, August 3, 2025
Location: St. Anne's House Hall
Composition
Unaccompanied Viola Sonata No. 4 "Japanese-style Bach"
*Commissioned by musicologist Keiko Takii, premiered by Shotaro Nakamura.
Partially featuring violin
DS Presents Premium Night
Delicious Sound ~A Feast of Delicious Concertos~
Date and time: Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Location: Nippon Steel Kioi Hall
Arrangement for soloist encore
Sansan Sarasate
*Commissioned by Mayuko Ishigami
Arrangement assistance for "Global Warming Kids: They went out of control"
Sun: April 20, 2025 (Sun)
Location: Yoyogi Park
Earth Day Tokyo 2025
Arrangement assistance for "Global Warming Kids: They went out of control"
Friday Night Classical Recital Series Vol. 16
Tatsuki Narita Violin Recital
Sun: Friday, April 18, 2025
Location: Nagano City Arts Center Recital Hall
Shinpei Nakayama (edited by Kunio Matsuzaki): The Decadence of the Rabbit
*Commissioned work by Tatsuki Narita
Appearance
Vn: Tatsuki Narita
Gtr: Takateru Fujimoto
Release CD & DVD "Picture Book of Brass Music"
Composition
The Restaurant with Many Orders (Kinuchi Octet)
Piano Concerto "While I'm practicing the piano after school, the brass band starts practicing in the next room" World Premiere
Performed by: Kasugaoka High School Brass Band
Conductor & Band Trainer: Shinya Moriyama
Osaka Prefectural Kasugaoka High School Wind Orchestra 50th Regular Concert
Sun: March 30, 2025 (Sun)
Location: Ibaraki City Cultural and Childcare Complex Onikuru, 4th floor Gouda Hall
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*The performance has now ended.
[150th Anniversary of the Birth of Maurice Ravel]
"RAVEL! Espagne et plus"
arrangement
Pavane for a Dead Princess (Piano Trio Version)
Date and time: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 ( 2 performances )
(1st time) Performance starts at 14:00 (doors open at 13:30)
(2nd time) Show starts at 19:00) Doors open at 18:30)
Venue: Meguro Persimmon Hall Small Hall
Cast
Violin: Janne Tateno
Cello: Koya Suzuki
Piano: Kanade Tsurusawa
M. Ravel's masterpiece "Pavane for a Dead Princess"
I have arranged a piano trio version of this piece.
Please come and visit us.
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2025.1.31 Published in National Band Encyclopedia vol.20: First half of 2025 edition
The latest information on Kunio Matsuzaki has been published. (Page 56)
It will be distributed sequentially at Village Vanguard and CD shops nationwide.
It is also available for viewing at the National Diet Library.
*The performance has now ended.
Tokyo Spring Music Festival
Shotaro Nakamura (Viola) - When Contemporary Art Meets Music
Composition
Solo Viola Sonata No. 3 "umi" (World Premiere)
Date and time: Tuesday, March 18, 2025
19:00 start (doors open at 18:30)
Location: Ueno Royal Museum Exhibition Room
Cast:
Alto de Campagne
Viola: Nakamura Shotaro, Nakamura Hironori, Murata Keiko, Tanahashi Kyoko
Violist Shotaro Nakamura will be performing the world premiere of his work "Unaccompanied Viola Sonata No. 3 "La Mer," commissioned by musicologist Keiko Takii.
Please come and visit us.
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Arrangement of YAMAHA's "Knock Turn Op.9-2"
and a mini concert to commemorate the release
Arrangement, piano
For Yamaha's global campaign, I analyzed performance data from Chopin's "Nocturne" and arranged the nocturne "Knock Turn Op.9-2," which features endearing mistakes.
He also appeared as a pianist at the mini concert celebrating the release.
Date and time: Saturday, January 25, 2025
Location: Yamaha Sound Crossing Shibuya
#I love music because it's such a pain #LoveYourMistake #PR
Double Bass Hero Show
"We Hole is under attack! Save the children's future with music!"
Composition, Arrangement, Piano
I appeared in the role of Great Matsuzaki.
Date and time: Sunday, January 26th
Location: Ichihara Children's Future Center We Hall