Music Festival Toward the Realization of "International PeaceHiroshima-Based Concept"
Peace Arch Hiroshima Project Executive Committee (Executive Committee Chairperson: Hidehiko Yuzaki, Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture) will hold the Music Festival “Peace Arch Hiroshima Project” for the “Realization of World Peace” declared in the “International Peace Hiroshima-Based Project.” Hiroshima’s “Message of Peace” Concerts will be held this summer with the participation of both world-famous artists and local artists from Hiroshima to send a strong message of peace through the universal language of music to the world. Images of the Requiem Concert performed on a piano that survived the atomic bomb will be delivered to the world via the world’s most-advanced 4K supported 360-degree image.
(Special Site of the Peace Arch Hiroshima Project)
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[Project Goal]
We will hold this music festival with the goal of sending a strong message of peace from Hiroshima to the world through the universal language of music and build a mechanism that continuously supports activities contributing to peace.
[Concert Outline]
Classic Concert
Date: July 23 (Sat) Place: Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall Performers: Kazuyoshi Akiyama (Conductor), Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, and othersLocal Artist Concert
Date:August 20 (Sat)
Place: Hiroshima Prefectural Citizen’s Culture Center Performers: Kenta Morimoto, Elisabeth University of Music, and othersRequiem Concert
Date: August 22 (Mon) Place: In front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Performer: Mami HagiwaraOutline
Business Name: Peace Arch Hiroshima Project Executive Committee Representative: Hidehiko Yuzaki, Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture Location: 10-52, Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 730-8511 (in the prefectural office)
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