The 2009 Japan Concert Thread ended up with over 20 entries. But I didn't try putting a list together for 2010, so I guess we'll remedy that with a new list for this year...

Additions are welcome, so let's keep the info rolling as we learn of more live performances in Japan, and 2011 is already off to a good start!!

Jan 08~10: Nintendo Game Music Live
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/experienc … index.html

Jan 09: Video Game Music Live EXTEND (Zuntata, [H.], k.h.d.n., Go Sato, Quad, Shinji Hosoe)
Setlist Details here
http://www.wave-master.com/ent/extend/

Jan 22: Guilty Gear x Blazblue Music Live 2011
http://star-jam.com/ggbb0122/index.html
Photos and Report: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201101/23039610.html

Feb 06: Game Music Laboratory TOKYO
1st Stage Plugged: FreQuency performing Armored Core tunes, a new 14 minute Seiken Densetsu Remix by Kikuta, Rockman 9 and 10 Medleys.
http://gmlb.net/live_tokyo1st/

2nd Stage Unplugged: Hiroki Kikuta on Piano, Kenji Ito on Piano
http://gmlb.net/live_tokyo2nd/
Setlist and Photos: http://www.originalsoundversion.com/gam … kenji-ito/

Feb 08: Game Music Laboratory OSAKA (Kikuta remix and others)
http://gmlb.net/live_osaka/

Feb 12: Lost Resort (WASi303, Keishi Yonao, Go Sato, Shinji Hosoe, Nobuyoshi Sano, Kou Hayashi, TECHNOuchi)
http://s1.shard.jp/geondan/0212/0212.html
Watch on Youtube, 4 Minute Live Clip of Technouchi's set.

Feb 19: [H.] 10th Anniversary Live at Sega Booth @ AOU2011 Amusement Expo
http://am-show.sega.jp/aou11/event/index.html

Mar 01: Keys of Game Vol.1 (Piano Concert)
http://www.dogearrecords.com/KOG/vol1/
Photos & Report

Mar 06: Double Game Music Live: Metal Max 3 & Darius Burst: Another Chronicle
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201102/21040623.html
Photos & Report

Mar 19~20: Fantasy Rock Fes 2011 (Headliners: Earthbound Papas and Motoi Sakuraba. Opening Act: Daisuke Kurosawa)
http://clubcitta.co.jp/001/fantasy-rock-fes/

Mar 30: Hideki Sakamoto Orchestral Concert in Russia
22 songs from No Heroes Allowed and Echochrome
Will be USTREAMED from St.Petersburg
http://www.hidekisakamoto.com/

Apr 04: Tokyo Metropolitan Brass Quintet with Koichi Sugiyama
(a few tracks from DQ 7, DQ 9, DQ 6, DQ Monsters 2, DQ Monsters Joker)
http://sugimania.com/image/concert/pan_ … motef.html

Apr 08: Tokyo Metropolitan Wind Ensemble CD launch tour (Dragon Quest 1~7)
http://sugimania.com/image/concert/pan_ … omote.html

Apr 23 and 29 : Symphonic Suite Dragon Quest III
http://sugimania.com/image/concert/pan_ … omote.html
http://sugimania.com/image/concert/pan_ … 0429f.html

May 08: Team Entertainment Live Act 2011
http://www.team-e.co.jp/sp/live2011/artist.html

Aug 03 and 27: The World of Dragon Quest, DQ Special Concert
http://sugimania.com/concert.html

Presumably, this one would count?

Here was another one that just took place:

http://lostresort.c.ooco.jp/dj/
http://s1.shard.jp/geondan/0212/0212.html

Lost Resort (Feb. 12th) - WASi303, Keishi Yonao, Go Sato, Shinji Hosoe, Nobuyoshi Sano, Kou Hayashi, TECHNOuchi

13:30-14:30/WASi303/VJ Illegal function call
14:30-15:00/ヨナオケイシ/katsumaki
15:00-15:30/佐藤豪
15:30-16:30/SamplingMasters-MEGA/VJIllegal function call
16:30-17:00/佐野電磁
17:00-18:00/k.h.d.n. with MinoRock/VJ Illegal function call
18:00-19:05/TECHNOuchi with 古川未鈴/katsumaki

#Lounge#
13:00-13:50/bashuun!（@9624 & @baddy）/k-two
13:50-14:20/中村番台/VJ KAYA-MAN(@AREA”PICOPICO”88)
14:20-15:20/Jupiter-B/VJ KAYA-MAN(@AREA”PICOPICO”88)
15:20-16:20/motoko128k/VJ KAYA-MAN(@AREA”PICOPICO”88)
16:20-17:20/wat/VJ KAYA-MAN(@AREA”PICOPICO”88)
17:20-18:10/switchworks(a.k.a. SOU1)/switchworks(a.k.a. SOU1)
18:10-19:00/Blasterhead/VJ KAYA-MAN(@AREA”PICOPICO”88)

Daisuke Kurosawa is playing as an opening act at Fantasy Rock Fes 2011.

That's certainly an unexpected choice, hmmm.

More details now posted for Double Game Music Live

DariusBurst Another Chronicle setlist & musicians:
ZUNTATA:
Shohei Tsuchiya (Bass)
Hirokazu Koshio (Keyboard & DJ & PC)
Katsuhisa Ishikawa (Keyboard & PC)

Special Guest Performers:
Remi (Vocal)
Kozima Tomohisa (Drum)
Hideaki Kuroda (Guitar from Procyon Studio)
Jiro Yoshida (Guitar)
Norihiro Furukawa (Keyboard) !!!

Setlist
・Photoconductive Suite - the first fossil of iron tune -Live Version-
・Photoconductive Suite - three songs of swords and lightning -Live Version-
・Photoconductive Suite - Tyrant song -Live Version- fifth
・Good-bye my earth -Live Version with Remi-
・The world of spirit -Live Version with Remi-
・DBAC MIX
・DARIUS Classics

Metal Max 3 setlist
◆『メタルマックス3』ライブ セットリスト(演奏予定曲)
・アンビション・ロスト
・WANTED！
・キャタピラビレッジ
・宿敵
・地獄は満員
・流れ者の歌
・バトルメドレー
・フィールドメドレー
・炎つぐもの
・ボスバトルメドレー
・メタルメックス・メインテーマ
・REBORN -Dr.ミンチに会いましょう-
・忘れ得ぬ人

"Team Entertainment Live Act 2011" has been announced for May 8th at Zepp Tokyo.
http://www.team-e.co.jp/sp/live2011/artist.html

Lots of people that I'm not familiar with, seems similar to Konami's scenario of having a lot of pop vocalists. Most of them have vgmdb artist pages already if you want to look them up.

Aw, I got my hopes up that this meant Sakuraba

Well he's going live at the end of March... unless you wanted even more
http://clubcitta.co.jp/001/fantasy-rock-fes/

Another Addition just announced:

"Hideki Sakamoto Orchestral Concert in Russia"
March 30th in Saint Petersburg.
http://www.hidekisakamoto.com/

22 Tracks from No Heroes Allowed and Echochrome.
Will also be video streamed via USTREAM.

TECHNOuchi posted a 4 minute video of his Live set from LOST RESORT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX9t08Ra … r_embedded
(remix of Psyvariar tunes)

Can't have too much of a good thing, eh? I'd love to see Fantasy Rock Fes though.

DVD release for GUILTY GEAR X BLAZBLUE MUSIC LIVE 2011
http://vgmdb.net/album/24363

Setlist, Photos, and Report from "Keys of Game Vol.1"
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201103/03041087.html

Stuff from NieR, Castlevania, FF IV, Crystal Chronicles, Mappy, Salamander, etc

Survey Time! Pick 3 songs you want for the "PRESS START 2011" concert. http://www.famitsu.com/game/etc/1241747_1058.html

OSV posted a detailed Setlist and Photos for the Unplugged part of GML

Hiroki Kikuta Set
01. Opening (Shining Hearts)
02. Ending (Shining Hearts)
03. Tenryo (original piece)
04. Never Ending Night (Touhou arrange)
05. Kind Memories (Seiken Densetsu 2)
06. Meridian Child (Seiken Densetsu 3)
07. Crisis (Seiken Densetsu 2)

Piano Set with Jem Harding
08. Tifa’s Theme (Final Fantasy VII)
09. Those Who Fight (Final Fantasy VII)
10. Aerith’s Theme (Final Fantasy VII)

Kenji Ito Set
11. Wizardry Renaissance ～Memento mori～ ＜piano solo＞
12. Bodorui (Seiken Densetsu)
13. Mana Temple (Seiken Densetsu)
14. Rising Sun (Seiken Densetsu)
15. Treasure Chest of the Heart (Chocobo Racing)

Encore
16. Meridian Dance (Seiken Densetsu 2)

http://www.originalsoundversion.com/gam … kenji-ito/

Press Start 2011
08/14 - Tokyo
09/19 - Nagoya

Program includes Gradius, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Xenoblade, NieR, Final Fantasy IV, The Last Story, Okami, El Shaddai, Spelunker, 428, and a "classical music used in games" medley.  Performed by the Kanagawa Philharmonic in Tokyo and the Nagoya Philharmonic in Nagoya.

Dragon Quest orchestral concerts
06/11 - Nagoya - Dragon Quest V
08/03 - Tokyo - Dragon Quest VII
08/27 - Kyoto - Dragon Quest IV
09/17 - Sapporo - Dragon Quest III
10/07 - Nagoya (?) - Dragon Quest & pop (Beatles, Bee Gees,etc) - brass quintet

Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Orchestral Concert  [forum thread]
10/10 - Tokyo

Performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic.  Tickets on sale 06/16-07/31, only available to purchasers of Ocarina of Time 3D.

Shit, that is TOO tempting for me to pass up.

Since they refuse to come to Osaka YET AGAIN, I guess I'll be making a trip to Nagoya then...

Tix are already on sale so you might want to snatch 'em up.  Not sure about the Nagoya shows but the Tokyo ones have sold out at least a couple times now as I recall.

That's probably a Tokyo problem, since even the Osaka one still had plenty of seats available in 2007, and they're holding it in that peasant hovel Nagoya this time, so the place'll probably be deserted

Anyhoo, placed my order, and now I have to wait for the results (they'll be drawing lots if there's too many applications apparently) on June 25th. It looks like there's plenty of room available still, though.

Little Jack Orchestra Concert
08/28 - Yokohama

The "amateur" but very respectable Little Jack Orchestra will be holding this year's concert at the Minato Mirai Hall, the same venue where I saw their glorious Final Fantasy VI concert in 2009.  Along with the pipe organist it appears this year they are adding a choir.

Unlike the FFVI and Dragon Quest / Chrono Trigger concerts, this one will span a number of series.  The first half includes Seiken Densetsu 2 & 3 (Angel's Fear, Meridian Festival, Meridian Child), Final Fantasy VI (Kids Run Trough the City Corner, Terra's Theme), Romancing SaGa 3 and Konami Wai Wai World.  The second half is dedicated to Yoko Shimomura's works and includes Legend of Mana, Front Mission, Live a Live and Kingdom Hearts.

I'm a bit disappointed that they're not focusing on particular titles and yet-to-be-arranged themes as much as previous concerts but still totally intend to go.

Got my ticket for Press Start in Nagoya!

Can't wait to hear Xenoblade!

So last monday was the Press Start 2011 concert in Nagoya.
It reused a couple of themes from previous concerts, but the new stuff was really good, NieR was beautiful and Xenoblade was absolutely amazing!

I'll probably write up a more detailed review this weekend, but suffice to say I hope they release this on CD!

Cool, looking forward to reading more about it.  If you post it here maybe even give it its own thread?  I just realized this is the first year we haven't had a dedicated Press Start thread.

Last year's concert is the only one they've release on album thus far right?  Guess we'll find out how well it sold.