- Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Hall
Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Hall (昭和女子大学人見記念講堂, "Shōwa Joshi Daigaku Hitomi Kinen Kōdō") was built by Showa Women's University (昭和女子大学, "Shōwa Joshi Daigaku") inTokyo ,Japan on its campus in 1980 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the foundation of its predecessor, theJapan Women's School of Higher Education (日本女子高等学院, "Nihon Joshi Kōtō Gakuin"). It is a concert venue famous for its greatacoustics .Many celebrated musicians have performed at the Hall, including; the
Wiener Philharmoniker (underKarl Böhm ), thePhiladelphia Orchestra (underEugene Ormandy ), theBoston Symphony Orchestra (underSeiji Ozawa ), theLondon Symphony Orchestra (underClaudio Abbado ), theConcertgebouw Orchestra (underEugen Jochum ), theLeningrad Philharmonic (underEvgeny Mravinsky ), theCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (underSimon Rattle ), theMoscow Radio Symphony Orchestra (underVladimir Fedoseyev ), theOrchestre de Paris (underDaniel Barenboim ), the Orchester der DeutschenStaatsoper Berlin (underTakashi Asahina ), theRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra (underAndré Previn ), theMünchner Philharmoniker (underSergiu Celibidache together withArturo Benedetti Michelangeli ) and theBaltimore Symphony Orchestra (underDavid Zinman ).However, such starry names are things of the past. Since the opening of
Suntory Hall atAkasaka in central Tokyo in October 1986, theHitomi Memorial Hall has been reduced to a cultural function venue for students and pupils.
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