The Japan Times is offering tickets to two performances of the Asian Youth Orchestra on the evenings of Aug. 30 and Aug. 31 at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall.

The Asian Youth Orchestra gathers 100 talented musicians aged between 15 and 25 from China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam for six weeks each year for rehearsals and a concert tour.

Now in its 12th year, the orchestra will play in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Kagawa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Penang, and Kota Kinabalu in Borneo.