Presse & Kritik

Impressive Quality ...Joji Hattori succeeded in creating a very effective start to the concert with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. […] Hattori, conducting the VCO, was visibly excited and was - as a prominent violinist himself - most capable in his accompaniment. In Haydn's Symphony No.61 in D Major, he could become the "soloist" himself. And he did this with real excellence, passion and great tension. The orchestra scored with alertness, enthusiasm and a brilliant Prestissimo-Finale...

The Vienna Symphony Orchestra in the Konzerthaus Vienna – Some have called Brahms´ work the “concerto against the violin” and others a “symphony with obligatory violin”. Whatever the case, Joji Hattori played Brahms´ challenging piece with boldness and with the use of all his energy (not to mention all the hair on his bow!). Above all it was the “Viennese” passages in the third movement – played by Hattori with such spring and bounce that arsis became thesis - [...]