We would like to announce the YouTube Live stream of the Memorial Concert for Mr Toshio Akiyama, the Honorary President Emeritus of the APBDA.
This performance is not merely an event for those closely involved, but a concert dedicated to passing on his legacy and profound love for wind music to future generations.
We invite you to join us via the link below.
- Live Stream Link: https://youtube.com/live/crioYN3cWck?feature=share
- Date and Time
- Saturday, 21 February 2026
- 14:00 – 15:30 (JST / UTC+9)
- 13:00 – 14:30 (UTC+8)
- Programme
The concert programme features works closely associated with Mr Akiyama’s music journey, including:- Mr. Music! (Alfred Reed)
- Armenian Dances Part I (Alfred Reed)
- T.A.M. (Toshio Akiyama’s March) (Alfred Reed)
- Nagasaki Sports March (Toshio Akiyama / Sayaka Akiyama, rev.)
- A Little Birch Tree, Waltz (Evgeny Mikhailovich Dreizin, Toshio Akiyama, arr./ Yasuhide Ito, edit.)
- Come, Sweet Death (Komm, süßer Tod), BWV 478 (Johann Sebastian Bach / Mark Hindsley, arr.)
- Performers
- Conductors:
- Tohshu Kawamoto
- Akira Takeda
- Yasuhide Ito
- Ensemble:
- Volunteers from Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
- Volunteers from Tokyo Wind Symphony Orchestra
- Omiya Wind Symphony
- Family Winds NAGOMI
- Omiya City Community Band HIBIKI
- Student volunteers from music colleges in Tokyo
- Conductors:
- Organiser & Supporting Organisations
- Organised by Rocket Music Co., Ltd.
- Supported by:
- All Japan Band Association (AJBA)
- Japanese Band Directors Association (JBA)
- Saitama Prefecture Band Association
- Japan High School Band Association
- Nishi-Kanto Band Association
- Asia and Pacific Band Directors’ Association (APBDA)
