On February 20 and 21, audiences were treated to a concert that reproduced the first regular performance of the Tokyo Music School.

The concert was originally performed in 1989 with the intention of expressing its raison d'être to Japanese society and was the first of such events held under the auspices of the school. The concert program featured an impressive array of talent including Taki Rentaro's performance of J.S. Bach's "Italian Concerto" piano solo, and the last chorus of Franz Haydn's oratorio "The Seasons" (Spring), sung in Japanese.

The piano that was used in the reproduced concert is a square model imported from the U.S. in 1880. Although it no longer takes center stage, this style of piano played an important role at the dawn of Western music in Japan. This piano was repaired and restored to its original condition, a task that took nearly ten years to complete. Now it once again produces the wondrous sounds of its halcyon days, and the concert's excellent conceptualization as well as outstanding performances by teachers and students alike evoked a tremendous response.

The concert served as a valuable opportunity for a glimpse of the early years of Western music in Japan, adding a new page to the history of the University.