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Fujisawa Symphony Orchestra
Fujisawa Symphony Orchestra has contributed to the growth of culture in Fujisawa
city by giving classical music concerts twice a year since its foundation in 1959.
We also take part in unperiodical special concerts sponsored by Fujisawa City
Culture Foundation for the citizen. We are proud of playing an important role
in performing Fujisawa Civic Opera, great pleasure for the residents, produced
by Fujisawa City Culture Foundation every other year. Guided by the late Yoichiro
Fukunaga, the orchestra's founder and conductor for 30 years, and by successive
leaders of the orchestra, Fujisawa Symphony Orchestra was awarded Kanagawa Prefecture
Culture Reward in 1995. We have 120 amateur members.
Activity
Main activity; periodical concerts twice a year, Fujisawa Civic Opera every other year and special
concerts in Fujisawa Civic Hall. Irregularly we give introductory music concerts for
school pupils. We send our members to Festival Orchestra concert produced by Kanagawa Amateur
Orchestra Association.
Rehearsal
We rehearse from 7:00 to 9:30 pm, every Saturday, at Fujisawa City Kugenuma Komin-Kan
(Kugenuma community center).