Joe Hisaishi wrote the score for some of his country’s most successful films, Japanese Anime movies, popular around the globe. In this concert, he presents and conducts some of his best-known compositions: the scores of Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, as well as a symphony of his own. Joe Hisaishi is without doubt the most popular Japanese composer in the world. His collaboration with director Hayao Miyazaki has been compared to that of director Steven Spielberg and composer John Williams. “As a composer, I have chosen not to restrict myself” (Joe Hisaishi). PROGRAM Hisaishi: Symphony No. 2, Woman, Princess Mononoke, One Summer’s Day, World Dreams
Joe Hisaishi in Concert
Is it a coincidence that so many of the top grossing Japanese films have a score written by Joe Hisaishi? He was a long-term collaborator of legendary Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, as well as Takeshi Kitano. During the concert evening, he presents highlights of his works, such as the symphonic suite for the anime film “Princess Mononoke”, the film compositions for the Kitano films “Kikujiro’s Summer”, “HA-NA-BI” and “Kids Return” as well as his “Symphony No. 2”. This concert in the sold-out Golden Hall of Vienna’s legendary Musikverein is a chance to dive into the fascinating world of a multi-faceted artist, at once composer, conductor, pianist, and lyricist – an unmissable event!