From cherry blossoms to community festivals, this week Classical KING features music celebrating cultural connection, collaboration, and creativity.

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Seattle Center Festal: Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival (Music Feature)

Monday, April 6 – Friday, April 10

From Tokyo to Seattle, this week celebrates the beauty and tradition of Japanese culture. Experience Hanami, the custom of viewing cherry blossoms, while honoring the city’s deep cultural ties to Japan. Seattle Center revives its longest-running Festal celebration, first launched in 1976 following the gift of 1,000 cherry trees from Japan’s former Prime Minister. In anticipation, Classical KING is featuring Japanese composers, conductors, and ensembles all week long. The Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival is open to the public this weekend at the Armory Food & Event Hall.

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Northwest Focus Live

The Westerlies 

Friday, April 10 | 7pm

Host: Nikhil Sarma

This week Northwest Focus Live features The Westerlies, a Seattle-rooted, New York-based brass ensemble known for their genre-blending sound. Their annual Westerlies Fest returns to the region, combining evening performances with daytime educational programs that engage students and underserved communities, giving back to the city that shaped them.

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Northwest Focus Concert Calendar

Find local concerts in your community at: https://classicalking.org/nw-focus-concert-calendar

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra & Chorale: Celebration & Ceremony

Friday, April 10 | 7:30pm  
Saturday, April 11 | 7:30pm  
Sunday April 12 | 3pm

Bainbridge High School Theater, Bainbridge Island

French fanfare, pageantry, and radiant orchestral color take center stage as the Bainbridge Symphony reunites with the Bainbridge Chorale for the first time since 2017. This all-French program features works by Fauré, Messiaen, and Duruflé, bringing together voices and orchestra in a rich, shared musical experience that highlights the ensemble’s longstanding role in the community.

Arx Music Association: Musical Empathy Workshop

Saturday, April 11 | 2pm | Seattle Percussion Works, Seattle

Unlock your creativity and deepen your listening in this interactive workshop led by educator and percussionist Scott Farkas. Using musical games and hands-on exercises, participants will explore connection, imagination, and collaboration—transforming everyday objects into instruments along the way. Presented by Seattle Percussion Works, this experience invites you to tap into your inner musician while building community through sound.

Seattle Philharmonic: “In such a night as this” – Nocturnes

Saturday, April 11 | 2pm | Benaroya Hall, Seattle

Step into the magic and mystery of nighttime with the Seattle Philharmonic and Seattle Girls Choir. This evocative program pairs Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik with Debussy’s Nocturnes, alongside music by the Boulanger sisters and a featured performance by the orchestra’s principal cellist. An afternoon of luminous, dreamlike music, this concert showcases the Philharmonic’s signature blend of beloved classics and hidden gems.

UUCWI Artists Series: Piano Music for More Than Two Hands

Saturday, April 11 | 2pm | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island, Freeland

What happens when multiple pianists share a single keyboard? This unique program explores the collaborative art of piano music for four—and even six—hands. Featuring works by Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Fauré, and John Corigliano, this intimate concert brings three pianists together in a rarely heard repertoire where musical connection becomes both physical and expressive.

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The Score with Edmund Stone

Take a Chance

Saturday, April 11 | 4pm

This Saturday on The Score Edmund Stone deals out a winning combination of music from films about games of chance. Play poker with James Bond in Casino Royale. Watch mayhem unfold with the Irish National Lottery in Waking Ned Devine. Danny Ocean plays like he has nothing to lose in a casino heist. Take a chance, this Saturday on The Score.  

Cinematic Easter Eggs: Hidden Fun in Films

Sunday, April 12 | 4pm

Blink and you might miss them! In film jargon, they’re called “Easter Eggs” – inside jokes or references to other movies deliberately planted in a movie. Edmund Stone has uncovered some of the best Easter Eggs in films including some in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Toy Story and more. What’s your favorite cinematic Easter Egg? This Sunday on The Score.  

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Metropolitan Opera

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Saturday, April 11 | 10am

Mozart’s Don Giovanni brings the legendary Don Juan story to life in a tale that blends humor, drama, and dark consequence. Following the exploits of a charming but reckless anti-hero and his witty companion Leporello, the opera moves between comic mischief and ominous fate. With its mix of elegance, irony, and supernatural reckoning, this tragicomic masterpiece culminates in a powerful descent into damnation.

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