March 2026 Concerts in Japan
In March 2026, Pietari Inkinen returns to Japan for a series of concerts with four leading orchestras across the country. The tour includes performances in Hiroshima, Nishinomiya, Tokyo and Maebashi and features collaborations with pianist Kit Armstrong and cellist Yō Kitamura in programs ranging from Sibelius and Brahms to Prokofiev, Ravel and Beethoven.
March 7, 2026
Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra
Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen HBG Hall, Hiroshima
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Soloist: Kit Armstrong, piano
March 13, 14 & 15, 2026
Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra
Hyogo Performing Arts Center, Nishinomiya
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49
Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Soloist: Yō Kitamura, cello
March 19, 2026
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Ravel: La Valse
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44
Soloist: Kit Armstrong, piano
March 22, 2026
Gunma Symphony Orchestra
Shoken Gakuen Maebashi Hall, Maebashi
Sibelius: The Wood Nymph / Forest Spirits, Op. 45
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
“Scenes from the Ring” in Copenhagen
On September 17 and 18, Pietari Inkinen returns to the DR Symphony Orchestra at Copenhagen’s DR Koncerthuset for two concerts devoted to Richard Wagner’s “Ring Cycle”.
Pietari Inkinen returns to KBS Symphony Orchestra
On 10 September 2026, Pietari Inkinen returns to the KBS Symphony Orchestra for the orchestra’s 830th Subscription Concert at Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul. The concert marks another reunion with the orchestra he served as Music Director until 2024.
Pietari Inkinen returns to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Pietari Inkinen returns to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in August for two programmes in Wellington, Auckland and Hamilton.
Concerts in Tokyo and Nagoya
On 1 August, Pietari Inkinen returns to Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall to make his debut with the Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo. The following day, the same programme will be performed in Nagoya as part of the celebrations marking the reopening of Shirakawa Hall.