Miracle Horn Ensemble “Japan Horn Sound”

About “Japan Horn Sound”

Mr. Nobuaki Fukukawa, the Principal horn player of NHK Symphony Orchestra, came up with an idea and encouraged hornists in Japan to join.
38 horn players in professional orchestras all over Japan gathered.
Now, the miracle horn ensemble “Japan Horn Sound” is born!

“Japan Horn Sound” CD by Dolce Classic Channel

“Dolce Classic Channel” is a division of Dolce Musical Instruments Co., Ltd., dealing with CD production, recording, and streaming service.

Up-to-Date Information

[NEW!!]CD[Japan Horn Sound] available now!!

The miracle horn ensemble “Japan Horn Sound” CD is finally completed!

The CD is available to purchase at each Dolce Musical Instrument store, and Dolce Musical Instruments Rakuten Ichiba!

We accept reservations from the following URL.

https://item.rakuten.co.jp/dolce-webshop/10000923/

[Contact]

Dolce musical Instruments Tokyo Store　TEL.03-5909-1771

Dolce musical Instruments Nagoya Store　TEL.050-5807-3564

Dolce musical Instruments Osaka Store　TEL.06-6377-1117

E-Mail:tokyo-brass@dolce.co.jp

[NEW!!]Special Video of “Hana wa Saku (Flowers Will Bloom)” by Japan Horn Sound!

The recording of “Hana wa Saku (Flowers Will Bloom)” on the CD became a special video, which has been uploaded on Mr. Fukukawa’s Youtube channel!

Japan Horn Sound members performed “Jupiter” on remote ensemble!

“Japan Horn Sound” appeared “La La La’ Classic,” NHK E-Tele on May 8.

The members played “Jupiter” by Holst on remote ensemble and moved many people all over Japan.

You can enjoy this performance on Mr. Fukukawa’s YouTube Channel now!

 

https://youtu.be/3AhkMHFsSO4
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“La La La’ Classic” On-Air Record

https://www.nhk.jp/p/lalala/ts/57LY35Q588/

Power of music – Vol 1 Music Travels.
Broadcast: Friday, May 8, 21:00-21:29 (JST)
Rerun: Thursday, May 14, 10:25-10:54 (JST)

To light the “fire of hope” in the heart of Japanese people feeling uneasy with the power of classical music.
The musicians gathered are active on the frontline. They send a yell to audience during two weeks.

[Characters scheduled to appear]
Japan Horn Sound, Kyohei Sorita, Kohei Ueno, Miyuji Kaneko, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra

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The recording session was held in March and it was broadcast at Mr. Fukukawa’s YouTube channel.
It became a great reputation including players talk session.

[ Nobuaki Fukukawa – YouTube Channel ]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP0kmz26uZLP62f3JkmqFjQ/

(Archives such as recorded landscapes had been open to the public until the end of March.)

[ Mr. Nobuaki Fukukawa’s Twitter ]

@Rhapsodyinhorn

https://twitter.com/Rhapsodyinhorn

MEMBERS

Japan Horn Sound Participants

Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
Mika Toyoda (Principal), Yuka Bando (Principal), Yu Kumai

Gunma Symphony Orchestra
Junji Takemura(Principal), Kaname Hamaji(Principal)

New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Masato Yoshinaga (Associate Principal), Marie Fujita

Tokyo Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Hammill (Principal), Yoshiyuki Uema (Principal)

Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuji Kobayashi

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Tsutomu Isohata、Yu Suzuki

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Takanori Takahashi (Principal), Yusuke Saito  (Principal), Yasuhiko Isobe (Principal), Maki Toyoda, Eiko Taba

Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Mina Muranaka

Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra
Tatsuo Nippashi (Principal), Shun Matsuzaka (Principal), Yuji Uezato

NHK Symphony Orchestra
Hitoshi Imai (Principal), Nobuaki Fukukawa (Principal), Naoki Ishiyama, Yasushi Katsumata

Conductor: Kazuyoshi Akiyama

Tuba: Shimpei Tsugita (Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra)

Percussion: Satoshi Takeshima (NHK Symphony Orchestra)

Hornists all over Japan taking part in the “Hana wa saku (Flowers Bloom)” project

Sapporo Symphony Orchestra
Hitomi Tsuchiya (Associate Principal)

Yamagata Symphony Orchestra
Kazuya Okamoto

Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra
Kohei Ono

Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra
Mayumi Anzuchi (Principal)

Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra
Takafumi Yagi (Principal)

City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra
Kazunari Minase (Associate Principal)

Osaka Symphony Orchestra
Hiroaki Aoki (Associate Principal)

Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuichi Fujiwara

Japan Century Symphony Orchestra
Kazuhisa Mukai (Associate Principal)

Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra
Nobuhiro Matsuda (Principal)

Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
Daisuke Yamasaki, Natsuko Watanabe

The Kyushu Symphony Orchestra
Mutsumi Kimura

Recorded

R. Strauss / arr. Kentaro Kobayashi
Eine Alpensinfonie Op.64

A. Bruckner / arr. Nozomi Kondo
Symphony no.8 – 4 movement

Y. Kanno / arr. Sotetsu Mimura
Hana wa Saku (Flowers will Bloom)

Joe Hisaishi / arr. Koichi Ohashi
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Porco Rosso
Princess Mononoke

R. Wagner / arr. Nobuaki Fukukawa
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) “Ride of the Valkyries”

Hirokazu Fukushima
Gareki no Shiro