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Hatsune Miku performs with an orchestra!
Tower Records and Dommune have partnered up to produce a new cultural platform called "Tower Recordommune Shibuya” (TRDS) that aims to broadcast original programs and culture-related news from Shibuya, Tokyo. This new platform, which began on Nov. 23, 2012, will be based in Tower Records' Shibuya store.
To commemorate the birth of this new media venture, on Nov. 23, the world premiere of the Billboard Classics chart-topper "Ihatov Symphony" by world renowned composer and electronic music artist Isao Tomita was aired on TRDS. The soloist performing the piece was none other than virtual singer Hatsune Miku. The concert garnered a lot of attention both on and offline, with concert tickets selling out very quickly.
Tomita, now 80, led the 300-piece Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and a choir. Hatsune Miku not only sang beautifully alongside the orchestra, but also showed off her magnificent dances. This concert was the first of its kind in the world of classical music, as well as the first time Hatsune Miku has appeared on stage in a concert hall. This historic performance was streamed live worldwide by the newly formed media platform TRDS. Indeed, this concert was an opening broadcast that deserved worldwide attention as a step forward in new media production.
This article contains translated excerpts from http://blog.excite.co.jp/exanime/19223747/ (Japanese).