Wiener Energy of the 19th century （the “Golden Age”） was brilliantly revived with select works of Schubert under the theme of Schubert in Vienna.
The 2008 festival aimed to bring Schubert and his era back to life, focusing on the following perspectives: a comprehensive overview of Schubert’s masterworks, works by composers who influenced Schubert, works by composers who lived in his era, works by composers who handed Schubert’s works down to posterity, arrangements by composers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Japanese premieres of works dedicated to Schubert by contemporary composers.
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LFJ2008 Schubert in Vienna
LFJ2007 Harmony of People
A great assortment of classic works focusing on 57 composers from 14 countries who were inspired by local traditional music, such as Tchaikovski, Dvorak and Sibelius. The classic music festival became a representative one in Asia with total visitors of 1.06 million.
LFJ2006 Mozart and His Friends
A Mozart music festival of the world’s greatest class held in the 250th birth year of Mozart. The festival scored a greater success than the previous year and became a social phenomenon.
LFJ2005 Beethoven and His Fellows
La Folle Jurnee or the “Day of Enthusiasm” Music Festival landed Tokyo for the first time. The unprecedented music festival aroused sensation in the classic music scene.
