On March 12th and the 14th, two of Uematsu's six concerts took place in Yokohama and Tokyo (Shibuya Bunakmura Concert Hall). More than 11 tracks from the Final Fantasy series were played at the Tokyo event and were mostly conducted by Taizo Takemoto. The music arrangement was worked on by Shiro Hamaguchi, and some tracks at the event were conducted by Nobuo Uematsu himself.

Here is a listing of what was played at the Tokyo Event:

Part One

1. Opening (Final Fantasy VII)
2. Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X)
3. Ronfaure (Final Fantasy XI)
4. Aerith's Theme (Final Fantasy VII)
5. The Oath (Final Fantasy VIII)
6. You're Not Alone! (Final Fantasy IX)

Part Two

1. FFV Hand Theme (Final Fantasy V)
2. FFVII Hand Theme (Final Fantasy VII)
3. Theme of Love (Final Fantasy IV) 10 Final Fantasy I-III Medley 2004 (Prelude, Castle (FF), Hand Theme (FFII), Eternal Wind (FFIII), Battle Scene 2 (FFII), Cute Little Tozas (FFIII)) 11 The Dream Oath "Maria & Draco" (Final Fantasy VI)

In the End

1. Piece of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children

During the pause between part one and two, the audience was given a chance to listen to the tracks "Walking one Road" and "After the Rain" sung by Manami Kiyota from the Mahoraba Final Fantasy Song book.

At the very end of the event, There was a question and answer session with Nobuo Uematsu and Rie Katayama (from Square Enix's internet radio). The main question asked was how he went about choosing what song to play, and his answer was that he choose tracks which he thought he'd like to hear played by an orchestra. Many of the tracks above were replayed during the event, sometimes even with opera singers.

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The next performances will take place in Sapporo (March 19), Nagoya (April 2), Fukuoka (April 11), and Osaka (April 16). The first US Final Fantasy concert will take place on May 10, 2004 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.