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Aoba Music Plaza
Last updated on January 8, 2025.
Lunch mini-concert
Date and time of the event
From 12:15 on the third Wednesday of the month, a concert featuring musicians living in Aoba Ward is held at the ward office on the first floor of the ward office.
| Date | How to play | Songs, etc. |
|---|---|---|
| August 7th and 8th | Piano Soro, solo | Aoba Music Plaza Junior Festival (see below for details) |
| September 18 | Piano soro | Maroshseek Dance (Z. Kodaly) and others |
| October 16 | Clarinet and piano | Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin) and others |
| November 20 | Flute and piano | Serenade (composed by F.P. Schubert, Arranged by Th. Boehm) and others |
| February 19 | Piano soro | Someday My Prince Will Come (F. Churchill) and others |
| March 19 | Violin and piano | Violin Sonata No. 7 (L.v. Betven) and others |
| April 16 | Cello and piano | Hungarian Poetry (D. Popper) and others |
| June 18 | Piano soro | Prelude Op.32-12 Infants Mining (Rafmaninov) et al. |
| July 16 | Piano tritte | 1st movement (W.A. Mozart) and others from Kegelstadt Trio KV.498 |
Aoba Music Plaza Executive Committee Official X (former Twitter)
We tweet mini-concert information etc. Please follow me.
Aoba Music Plaza Official Account (Outside Site)
※This is different from Aoba Ward Official X (formerly Twitter).
【NEW】 We recruit performers from September, 2025 to July, 2026.
Lunch mini-concerts are held for the purpose of allowing residents of the city to easily listen to high-quality music.
We are looking for performers from Aoba Ward and Aoba Ward who are currently performing professionally.
If you would like to appear in "Aoba Music Plaza Lunch Mini Concert", please apply.
[How to apply] Mail or bring the appearance application form (downloaded below) with a CD-R recording one song to be played at the "Lunch Mini Concert".
[Application period] From Monday, March 3, 2025 to Friday, April 11
※For details, please refer to the application guidelines and application form below.
※We assume suspension condition that budget is decided in Yokohama-shi assembly in 2025 is stopped.
Application Guidelines and Appearance Application Form (PDF: 507KB)
Appearance Application Form (Excel: 30KB)
The 301st Anniversary Concert-African Festival
We will deliver authentic African music by playing musical instruments and singing!
Would you like to experience African music and culture?
A brief exhibition of African folk art will be held in the venue!
Flyer (PDF: 2,935KB)
※From January 14th to 17th, a panel introducing TICAD and collaborating with JICA will also be exhibited. (The details of TICAD are as follows.)
Date and time of the event
From 12:15 on Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Program
Malaika (Malayka), Jambo Bwana (Jumbo Buwana) and others
We will carry out a gift campaign!
①Those who came to Aoba Music Plaza in November or December
②Those who follow "Aoba Music Plaza Official X" (X account (outside site))
A stainless steel bottle with a logo will be presented to 20 people!
※①It must meet both conditions of 2.
[Participation]
①A stamp program for November or December is required. After each concert, get a stamp at the stamp setting place in the inhabitant of a ward hall and bring it on the day.
②On the day, please show something that shows that you are following Aoba Music Plaza Official X (smartphone screen, etc.).
Notice The 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) will be held in Yokohama!
TICAD logo
In August 2025, the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) will be held in Yokohama.
TICAD is an international conference on the theme of African development, which has been led by the Japanese government since 1993 and has been attended by leaders and other stakeholders from various African countries. The 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) will be held from August 20 to August 22, 2025, following the 4th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in 2008, the 5th in 2013, and the 7th in 2019.
As a host city, we warmly welcome people who participate in the conference together with citizens and businesses, contribute to safe and smooth operation of the conference, deepen exchanges with Africa, and as a "city closest to Africa", we have been interacting and cooperating with Africa.
Yokohama TICAD9 Special Website (outside site)
【NEW】 Aoba Music Plaza Junior Festival (recruiting audition participants)
Junior Festival Audition
On Wednesday, August 6, 2025 and Thursday, 7th, we hold "Aoba music open space junior festival" in 2025 in Aoba Ward government office the first floor inhabitant of a ward hall.
Prior to this, an audition of the performers will be held at the Aoba Kumin Cultural Center Philia Hall on Saturday, May 10, 2025 to determine the performers of the "Aoba Music Plaza Junior Festival".
Everyone from elementary school students to high school students who are working on music, please join us!
[How to apply] Mail or bring a copy of the performance application form (download below) and three copies of the music to be played to this section.
[Application period] From Saturday, February 1, 2025 to Tuesday, March 25
※For details, please refer to the application guidelines and application form below.
※We assume suspension condition that budget is decided in Yokohama-shi assembly in 2025 is stopped.
Application Guidelines and Appearance Application Form (PDF: 745KB)
Appearance Application Form (Excel: 41KB)
Junior festival
Those who have achieved excellent results during the junior festival audition held at the Philea Hall will perform at the lunch mini-concert held at the Kumin Hall on the first floor of the Aoba Ward Hall.
Date and time of the event From Wednesday, August 6, 2025, Thursday, 7th 12:15 each
[Venue] Aoba Ward Office 1st Floor Kumin Hall
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Inquiries to this page
Aoba Ward General Affairs Department Regional Promotion Division
Phone: 045-978-2294
Phone: 045-978-2294
Fax: 045-978-2413
E-Mail address [email protected]
Page ID: 853-755-809
