{"id":14406,"date":"2022-01-25T10:58:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T09:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/2022\/01\/25\/miglior-concerto-jp-2021\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T16:21:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T15:21:09","slug":"miglior-concerto-jp-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riccardomuti.com\/en\/2022\/01\/25\/miglior-concerto-jp-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Best 2021 concert in Japan: concerts conducted by Riccardo Muti came first and second"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ongaku no Tomo – 17 best 2021 concerts in Japan<\/span>
\nConcerts conducted by Riccardo Muti came first and second<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Japanese magazine\u00a0Ongaku no Tomo\u00a0<\/em>asked 40 music critics and journalists to select 10 titles as best classical music performances in Japan in the period from December 1, 2020 to November 30, 2021.<\/span>
\nEach of them could give 2 points for the first place and 1 point from the second place on. Results are in the scheme in the original pages of the article, where\u00a0we find horizontally the names of journalists and vertically the top 10 titles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Position Score – Titles<\/span>
\n1 28 – Macbeth<\/em> Spring Festival in Tokyo<\/span>
\n2 16 – Vienna Philiharmonia conducted by Riccardo Muti<\/span>
\n2 16 – Die Meistersinger von N\u00fcrnberg<\/em> New National Theatre<\/span>
\n4 11 – Isabel Faust (violin)<\/span>
\n4 11 – Alexandre Kantorow (piano)<\/span>
\n6 10 – Daniel Baremboim (piano)<\/span>
\n6 10 – Lulu<\/em>\u00a0 Tokyo Nikikai<\/span>
\n8 8 <\/span>– Ensemble InterContemporain<\/span>
\n8 8 – Mitsuko Uchida (piano)<\/span>
\n10 7 – Sayaka Shoji (violin) and Vikingur Olafsson (piano)<\/span>
\n10 7 – Love, Hope and Prayer<\/em> by Toru Takemitsu<\/span>
\n10 7 – NHK Simphony Orchestra conducted by Herbert Blomstedt<\/span>
\n10 7 – Evgeny Kissin (piano)<\/span>
\n14 6 – Tokyo City Harmonic Orchestra conducted by Taijiro Iimori<\/span>
\n14 6 – Yuzuru<\/em><\/span>
\n16 5\u00a0 – La Cenerentola<\/em>\u00a0 New National Theatre<\/span>
\n16 5 – La Traviata<\/em>\u00a0 Suntory Hall<\/span><\/p>\n

Riccardo Muti\u2019s comment:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I am extremely honoured to receive this award from the prestijous magazine ONGAKU NO TOMO for the opera \u201cMacbeth\u201d performed during the 2021Tokyo Spring Festival and I share this honour with the wonderful musicians of the Tokyo Harusai Orchestra and Choir and with the young singers who have taken part to the 2021 Italian Opera Academy in Tokyo.<\/span>
\nMy best wishes for this new year to the Japanese people!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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