A string quartet performs Joe Hisaishi's film music by candlelight, featuring melodies from Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro.
Town Hall Seattle hosts a Candlelight tribute to Joe Hisaishi on Saturday, December 5, 2026, with the Seattle String Quartet performing his film music by candlelight. The set gathers the best of Hisaishi's anime masterpieces, with melodies from Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro among the pieces. It's a tribute concert, not associated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the artist or his representatives.
If you've spent any time with Studio Ghibli, you know Hisaishi's work. He's the composer behind the music for some of cinema's most beloved animated stories, and this evening pulls from that catalog. The quartet plays through the program under the warm glow of candlelight, which is the signature of these Candlelight concerts—they take a live musical experience and set it in an atmospheric location. The show runs about 60 minutes.
Town Hall Seattle is on First Hill, an 857-capacity cultural center and performance hall in a historic 1916-1922 Roman Revival building. It was originally the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, and it's now a Seattle Landmark; the Great Hall still has its iconic curved oak pews. The venue is at 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101.
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Tickets start at $40. The concert begins at 6:30 PM, and doors open an hour before. There is no entry once it starts, so you'll want to be in your seat before the first note.
