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Watch Now: Zen-On's 31st "Groupe des Quatre et ses ami(e)s" Concert

Dec. 23, 2025

Zen-On presented the 31st "Groupe des Quatre et ses ami(e)s" Concert on December 12, 2025, 7:00 PM JST at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Recital Hall. The highly-anticipated "Groupe des Quatre et ses ami(e)s" annual concert series of contemporary music was created by Zen-On as a means of promoting and propagating works by contemporary composers. This unique ongoing project, solely organized and hosted by the music publishing house as a testament to their dedication to contemporary music, was presented for the 31st time this year. Happily, the entire concert remains available to view on YouTube.

This year's program featured world premiere performances of music by four esteemed Japanese composers: Shin-ichiro Ikebe's Bivalence XIX, Tokuhide Niimi's The Sacred Tree, Hitomi Kaneko's Particle beam – Composition by 3D modeling XVII, and Kenji Sakai's Piano Sonata No. 1 "Quinta Essentia" as well as a performance of Akira Nishimura's Khyāl.

Click here to read this year's program and explore past Groupe des Quatre et ses ami(e)s concerts here.

To learn more about Shin-ichiro Ikebe, Tokuhide Niimi, Hitomi Kaneko, Akira Nishimura, and Kenji Sakai, visit zen-on.co.jp.

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