KEIKO NAKATA
CALENDAR
February 07, 2026
A trip to visit pipe organs in Hadano
~Sound Message from Italy~
12:00/15:00, Saturday, February 7, 2026
St. Luke’s Church, Hadano (Kanagawa)
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<PERFORMER>
Keiko Nakata, Organ
<PROGRAM>
– G. Frescobaldi: Toccata No. 1 (Volume 2)
– JS Bach: Organ Concerto in A minor BWV593 (Original: Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto in A minor, RV522)
– JS Bach: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major BWV564
and more
<CONTACT>
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
045-662-5901
January 20, 2026
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra Subscription Concerts No. 654
19:00, Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Suntory Hall (Tokyo)
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Conductor= SEBASTIAN WEIGLE
Soprano= MAGDALENA HINTERDOBLER
Mezzo Soprano= CLAUDIA MAHNKE
Tenor= STEPHAN RÜGAMER
Bass= FALK STRUCKMANN
Chorus= New National Theatre Chorus (Chorusmaster=KYOHEI TOMIHIRA)
<PROGRAM>
PFITZNER: Von Deutscher Seele op. 28 (Japan Premiere)
<CONTACT>
Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra Ticket Center
0570-00-4390
December 07, 2025
Christmas Pipe Organ Concert
14:00, Sunday, December 7, 2025
Izumi Gospel Church (Tokyo)
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<PERFORMER>
Keiko Nakata, Organ
<PROGRAM>
– J.S. Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645, etc.
– L.C. Daquin: Noel Suisse
– J. Langrée: Il est né le divin enfant
<CONTACT>
Izumi Gospel Church
03-3325-9903
November 29, 2025
Yokohama Shiloh Church Organ Concert
14:00, Sunday, November 29, 2025
Yokohama Shiloh Church Chapel (Kanagawa)
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<PERFORMER>
Keiko Nakata, Organ
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– J.S. Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 659
– J.S.Bach: Präludium und Fuge Es-dur BWV 552
– J. Langrée: Il est né le divin enfant
<CONTACT>
United Church of Christ in Japan, Yokohama Shiloh Church
045-681-3804
November 15, 2025
Bach Collegium Japan “Messiah” Performance
- A Harmony of Peace Resonating from Nagasaki to the World -
13:00, Saturday, November 15, 2025
Arcas SASEBO Main Hall (Nagasaki)
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<PERFORMER>
Conductor: Masato Suzuki
Soprano: Maki Mori
Countertenor: Daichi Fujiki
Tenor: Katsuhiko Nakajima
Baritone: Toru Kari
Orchestra & Chorus: Bach Collegium Japan
<PROGRAM>
G.F. Handel: Oratorio “Messiah” HWV.56
<CONTACT>
Arkas SASEBO
0956-42-1111
September 27, 2025
Asago Church 62nd Organ Concert
13:30, Sunday, September 27, 2025
Asagao Christian Church (Tokyo)
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<PERFORMER>
Keiko Nakata, Organ
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– Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata Prima dal Secondo Libro
– Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Mein junges Leben hat ein End
– Georg Muffat: Toccata quinta
– J.S. Bach: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 676
– J.S. Bach: Aus tiefer Not Schrei’ ich zu dir BWV 686
– J.S. Bach: Präludium und Fuge Es-dur BWV 552
<CONTACT>
Asagao Christian Church
03-3321-6722
September 23, 2025
Coro Nuovo 65th Concert
15:30, Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Ota Civic Hall “Aprico” Main Hall (Tokyo)
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Conductor: Morio Kitagawa
Soloists: Soprano Ayako Tanaka, Alto Hiroya Aoki, Tenor Jun Suzuki, Bass Teruhiko Komori
Orchestra: Bach Chamber Players Tokyo
Concertmaster: Satoki Nagaoka
Trumpet: Hidenori Saito
Harpsichord: Toshiki Tsumuraya
Organ: Keiko Nakata
Chorus: Coro Nuovo
<PROGRAM>
J.S. Bach
●Motet “Jesus, My Joy” BWV 227
●Cantata No. 51 “O Man, O God, O God of the World” BWV 51: Soprano Solo Cantata (Ayako Tanaka)
●Mass in G Minor BWV 235
●Cantata 140 “Awake, O God, for a Voice is Calling” BWV140
<CONTACT>
Coro Nuovo
info@coro-nuovo.main.jp
August 09, 2025
A trip to visit pipe organs in Chigasaki
Learn about the organ at Chigasaki Keisen Church this summer vacation!
10:30, Saturday, August 9, 2025
Chigasaki Keisen Church (Kanagawa)
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⇒ Press Release (PR TIMES)
<PERFORMER>
Keiko Nakata, Organ
<PROGRAM>
– Pasquini: Toccata on the Cuckoo’s Song
– Mozart/Arranged by Keiko Nakata: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Variations
– Takeshi Kondo: Pedal Etudes on “Petzold’s Minuet”
– J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
<CONTACT>
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
045-662-5901
August 02, 2025
A trip to visit pipe organs in Yokohama
Get to know the Ferris Hall organ this summer!
10:30, Saturday, August 2, 2025
Ferris Hall [Ferris University Yamate Campus] (Kanagawa)
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⇒ Press Release (PR TIMES)
<PERFORMER>
Keiko Nakata, Organ
<PROGRAM>
– Pasquini: Toccata on the Cuckoo’s Song
– Mozart/Arranged by Keiko Nakata: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Variations
– Takeshi Kondo: Pedal Etudes on “Petzold’s Minuet”
– J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
<CONTACT>
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
045-662-5901
July 26, 2025
Lecture for Enjoying the Pipe Organ
1st Lecture "The Origin of the Organ"
14:00, Sunday, July 26, 2025
Toyota City Concert Hall (Aichi)
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<PERFORMER>
Keiko Nakata, Organ
<PROGRAM>
– Anonymous : Estampie retrove from the Robertsbridge Codex
– Antonio Valente : Lo Ballo dell’Intorcia
– Girolamo Frescobaldi : Toccata Prima dal Secondo Libro
– Bernardo Pasquini : Toccata con lo scherzo del Cucco
– Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck : Mein junges Leben hat ein End
– Georg Muffat : Toccata quinta
– Diterich Buxtehude : Toccata in d, BuxWV155
– Jean Adam Guilain : Suite du 2ème ton “ Tierce en taille ”
– François Couperin : Messe pour les Paroisses, 4ème couplet du Gloria
– François Couperin : Dialogue sur les jeux de trompettes, clairons et tierces du Grand Clavier et le Bourdon avec le larigot du Positif ”
– Johann Sebastian Bach : Toccata et Fuga in d, BWV565
<CONTACT>
Toyota City Concert Hall/Noh Theater
tel.0565-35-8200
Organized by Toyota City Cultural Promotion Foundation, Toyota City
June 08, 2025
Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art Pipe Organ Regular Concert
14:00, Sunday, June 8, 2025
Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art Multipurpose Hall
©︎TSUJI ORGAN
<PERFORMER>
Keiko Nakata, Organ
<PROGRAM>
– Anonymous : Estampie retrove from the Robertsbridge Codex
– Antonio Valente : Lo Ballo dell’Intorcia
– Girolamo Frescobaldi : Toccata Prima dal Secondo Libro
– Girolamo Frescobaldi : Toccata per l’elevazione (Messa degli Apostoli)
– Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck : Mein junges Leben hat ein Endt
– Georg Muffat : Toccata quinta
<CONTACT>
Gifu Prefectural Museum
058-271-1313
[Organizer] Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art
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⇒ About the pipe organ at the Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art
April 12, 2025
Easter Presents: Bach’s “St Matthew Passion”
Bach Collegium Japan in Macau
20:00, Saturday, April 12, 2025
Macau Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady (Macau)
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Conductor: Masato Suzuki
Soprano: Miku Yasukawa
Countertenor: Daichi Fujiki
Evangelist: Shimon Yoshida
Tenor: Ryo Sakurada
Bass: Christoph Filler
Chorus: Bach Collegium Japan
Orchestra: Macao Orchestra
<PROGRAM>
J. S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 (Mendelssohn’s version, 1841 performance manuscript)
<CONTACT>
Macao Orchestra
Email: moc@moc.com.mo
March 29, 2025
Memories of sound and space
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall Organ Commissioned Works Concert
15:00, Saturday, November 16, 2025
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall (Small Hall)
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⇒ Press Release (PR TIMES)
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Organist : Mitsune Uchida, Satoko Kawagoe, Rie Hiroe, Hatsumi Miura, Keiko Nakata, Takeshi Kondo
<PROGRAM>
●Atsuhiko Gondai : Yokohama Testaments Op.62 (2001)
Performed by Mitsune Uchida
●Yui Kakinuma : Fugue “The Sun” (2013)
Performed by Satoko Kawagoe
●Kunitaka Kokaji : Introjection/Figure (2016)
Our Father in heaven BWV682 / JS Bach
Performed by Rie Hiroe
●Sakamoto Hinata : The Nine Ranks of Arrival IV (2019)
Performed by Hatsumi Miura
●Junmei Suzuki : Ricercare based on the Pange Lingua (2021)
Performed by Keiko Nakata
●Takeshi Kondo : “New Work” (2025 commissioned work at Kanagawa Kenmin Hall/ premiere)
Performed by Takeshi Kondo
<CONTACT>
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
045-662-5901
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February 08, 2025
Organ Avec Theatre
Keiko Nakata(organ) × Wentz Eiji(actor)
15:00, Saturday, Febrary 8, 2025
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall (Small Hall)
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<PERFORMER>
Keiko Nakata, Organ
Wentz Eiji, Actor
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Music and Drama Reading
“Mr. Sharp of Re and Mr. Flat of Mi”
Composition and direction: Kazuhiro Tamaru
Original story: Jules Verne’s “Les Sharps and Mistresses Flats” translated by Niijima Susumu, from the University Shorin Language Library
A story about an organ through music and drama reading
Songs performed
●JS Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565, “Come, Saviour of the Gentiles” BWV659
●L.-C. Daquin: Swiss Noel ●L. Vierne: Lullaby ●J. Alain: Litany, other
<CONTACT>
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
045-662-5901
January 17, 2025
Tokyo University of Science Mixed Choir Kleines 59th Concert
18:30, Friday, January 17, 2025
Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall (Kanagawa)
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Conductor: Kenji Otani
Piano: Yoko Yamabe
Pipe Organ: Keiko Nakata
Soprano Soloist: Aiko Sakurai
Tenor Soloist: Jun Suzuki
Bariton Soloist: Kei Matsudaira
Orchestra: Yokohama Sinfonietta
Choir: Tokyo University of Science Mixed Choir Kleines
Children’s Choir: NHK Tokyo Children’s Choir
<PROGRAM>
-Britten: War Requiem Op. 66 and more
<CONTACT>
Tokyo University of Science Mixed Choir Kleines 59th Concert
kleines.59concert@gmail.com
December 23, 2024
NHK Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 9 Special Concert
Japan Post Insurance presents
19:00, Monday, December 23, 2024
NHK Hall (Tokyo)
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Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Soprano: Henriette Bonde-Hansen
Mezzo-Soprano: Mihoko Fujimura
Tenor: Stuart Skelton
Bass-Baritone: Thomas Thomasson
Orchestra: NHK Symphony Orchestra
Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus
Organ: Keiko Nakata*
<PROGRAM>
-Bach: Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540*
-Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (with Chorus)
<CONTACT>
NHK Symphony Orchestra Guide
0570-02-9502
Organized by NHK Symphony Orchestra
Special Sponsor: Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd.
Conert Report
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November 16, 2024
NAKATA Keiko Organ Recital
All Bach Program
15:00, Saturday, November 16, 2024
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall (Small Hall)
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<PERFORMER>
Keiko Nakata, Organ
<PROGRAM>
J.S.Bach :
– Präludium und Fuge A-Dur BWV536
– from “Das Orgelbüchlein”
– “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” BWV599 and more
– Toccata, Adagio und Fuge C-Dur BWV564
– “Fantasia super Komm Heiliger Geist”from Leipziger Choräle BWV 651
– Triosonate Nr. 1 Es-Dur BWV525
– Passacaglia c-moll BWV582
and more
<CONTACT>
Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
045-662-5901
November 02, 2024
Organist Etoile Keiko Nakata
Omron Pipe Organ Concert Series Vol. 74
14:00, Saturday, November 2, 2024
Kyoto Concert Hall Main Hall
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⇒ Interview (first half)
⇒ Interview (second half)
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Keiko Nakata, Organ
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All J.S.Bach Program
– Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
– Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582
– Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
and more
<CONTACT>
Kyoto Concert Hall
075-711-3231