Min-On offers a diverse range of programs designed to cultivate music appreciation in Japan and around the world. By providing admission-free concerts offering the public a rich diversity of music selections from around the world, we hope to encourage young people develop their goals and artistic tastes for the future. These programs include music and choreography competitions, music festivals and concerts, and have become highlight events on many international music and dance calendars.

The Tokyo International Music Competition launched in 1966 and consisting of three categories for vocalists, conductors, and chamber ensembles, has helped foster numerous artists and contributed to development of the world of music, not only in Japan but throughout the world.

List of Winners 1st competition in 1967 1st place: Yukinori Tezuka/2nd place: Shigenobu Yamaoka/ 3rd place: Hiroshi Koizumi 2nd competition in 1970 1st place: Kazuhiro Koizumi/ 2nd place: Tadaaki Otaka/ 3rd place: Jacques Brourman 3rd competition in 1973 1st place: no awardee/ 2nd place: Akinari Iguchi, Yasuhiko Shiozawa and David Howell/ 3rd place: no awardee 4th competition in 1976 1st place: Alan Balter/ 2nd place: Jérome Kaltenbach/ 3rd place: Makoto Kokubu 5th competition in 1979 1st place: Yoshikazu Tanaka/ 2nd place: Kim Hong Jae/ 3rd: place Satomi Kurita 6th competition in 1982 1st place: Naohiro Totsuka/ 2nd place: Kazushi Ohno/ 3rd: place Hiroyuki Odano 7th competition in 1985 1st place: no awardee/ 2nd place: Norichika Iimori/ 3rd: place Pascal Verrot 8th competition in 1988 1st place: Hirofumi Kurita/ 2nd place: Alexandre Titov/ 3rd: place Carlo Rizzi 9th competition in 1991 1st place: Olivier Grangean/ 2nd place: Yuri Nakamura and Daniel Kleiner 10th competition in 1994 1st place: Francisco de Galvez/ 2nd place: Dorian Wilson/ 3rd: place Koji Kawamoto 11th competition in 1997 1st place: no awardee/ 2nd place: Marco Parisotto, Yun-Sung Chang and Ronen Borshevsky 12th competition in 2000 1st place: Tatsuya Shimono/ 2nd place: Toshio Yanagisawa/ 3rd: place no awardee

List of Winners 1st competition in 1966 1st place: Katsumi Niwa/ 2nd place: Toshitaka Mori/ 3rd: place Tadao Yoshie 2nd competition in 1969 1st place: Shuichi Takahashi/ 2nd place: Yasuko Hayashi/ 3rd: place Yuko Tsuji and Shigeko Kasuga 3rd competition in 1972 1st place: Motomu Itsuki/ 2nd place: Tami Asakura/ 3rd: place Hihoko Takagi 4th competition in 1975 1st place: Yukiko Iwasaki/ 2nd place: Naoki Ikeda/ 3rd: place Makoto Hayashi 5th competition in 1978 1st place: Yukie Okura/ 2nd place: Yukimi Akiyama/ 3rd: place Chiu Yu-Lan 6th competition in 1981 1st place: Yasuko Kozaki/ 2nd place: Tetsuya Ohno/ 3rd: place Keiko Asada 7th competition in 1984 1st place: Kazuko Nagai/ 2nd place: Masako Saida/ 3rd: place Masato Makino 8th competition in 1987 1st place: Mayumi Matsuzono/ 2nd place: Hisara Sato/ 3rd: place Galina Simkina 9th competition in 1990 1st place: Soile Isokoski/ 2nd place: Viktoria Lukianetz/ 3rd: place Irina Romischevskaya 10th competition in 1993 1st place: Alexei Repchinsky/ 2nd place: Chen-Ye Yuan/ 3rd: place Andrej Spekhov

List of Winners 1st competition in 1974 1st place: Bela Quartet/ 2nd place: Kiri Quintet 2nd competition in 1977 1st place: no awardee/ 2nd place: Ensemble Adan and Quatre Roseaux Saxophone Ensemble 3rd competition in 1980 [1st Division] 1st place: Duree String Quartet/2nd place: Tokyo Brahms Quartet [2nd Division] 1st place: Tokyo Piano Quartet/2nd place: Quatre Roseaux Saxophone Ensemble 4th competition in 1983 [1st Division] 1st place: Muse String Quartet/ 2nd place: no awardee [2nd Division] 1st place: Le vent Vert Wind Quintet/ 2nd place: Tokyo Brass Quintet 5th competition in 1986 [1st Division] 1st place: Halley String Quartet/ 2nd place: Brodsky String Quartet [2nd Division] 1st place: Harmo Saxophone Ensemble/ 2nd place: Tibia Wind Quintet 6th competition in 1989 [1st Division] 1st place: Y Quartet/ 2nd place: String Quartet of the Leningrad N.A.Limsky-Korsakov State Conservatoire [2nd Division] 1st place: Aricis Quintet/ 2nd place: Roseau Quinteto 7th competition in 1992 [1st Division] 1st place: Amernet String Quartet/ 2nd place: Subaru String Quartet and Musa String Quartet [2nd Division] 1st place: Apollo Saxophone Quartet/ 2nd place: V.I.F. and Trouvére Quartet [3rdDivision] 1st place: American Horn Quartet/ 2nd place: Bielefelder Posaunenquartett

The Tokyo International Choreography Competition was inaugurated in 1991 and is one of the very few competitions of its kind in the world. The competition brings together dozens of choregraphers and dance groups from around the world and provides a unique stage for the young performers of the future.

List of Winners 1st competition in 1991 1st place: Redha Benteifour(France)/ 2nd place: Rick McCullough(U.S.A)/ 3rd place: Robert Balogh(Czech)/ 4th place: Stanislaw Wisniewski(Poland)/ 4th place: Hannu Huttinen(Finland)/ 5th place: Jan Linkens(Netherlands)/ Prince Takamado Award: Stanislaw Wisniewski 2nd competition in 1993 1st place: Philippe Trehet(France)/ 2nd place: Agnes Locsin(Philippines)/ 3rd place: Sungsoo Ahn(Korea)/ 4th place: Myriam Naisy(France)/ 4th place: Stanislaw Wisniewski(Poland)/ 4th place: Edmund Stripe(Australia)/ Prince Takamado Award: Agnes Locsin

First held in 1969, the Min-On Contemporary Music Festival was originally a part of the Tokyo International Music Competition, but has subsequently taken on a life of its own. The Festival, which has hosted the premieres of a number of key contemporary Japanese works, has been held in both Tokyo and Osaka since 1982.

	Aimed at contributing to the emotional development of young children, these concerts, which were inaugurated in 1973 in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, have been held in a large number of primary and secondary schools throughout Japan. Min-On has also donated CDs and records to numerous schools.

	This annual festival features songs and dances from around the world performed by foreign students studying in the Kansai-area universities. The festival, held in Kyoto and Osaka, is designed to help create a worldwide network of friendship and peace.

	Min-On has played a major role in introducing Japanese culture, in the form of leading musical and theatrical groups, to other countries, in order to fulfill its aim of conducting significant worldwide cultural exchanges. These overseas tours, which have featured regular cooperation with the Jeunesses Musicales de France(JMF) and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations(ICCR), aim to enhance appreciation of Japanese culture overseas and contribute to mutual exchanges.
	1966 First U.S.A. tour, King's Roar Orchestra 1973 Tour in India, Kiku-no-kai(Japanese traditional dance troupe) 1988 Tour in Malaysia, Kiku-no-kai 1989 Concert France-Japonais de Musique Contemporaine in Paris/ Teizo Matsumoto, composer/ Akira Miyoshi, composer/ Michiyoshi Inoue, conductor/ and Minoru Nojima, pianist 1989 Europalia Festival'89 in Belgium, Min-Bun-Ren(Japanese Folk Arts Association) 1991 Min-On Vienna Week, conductor Jun'ichi Hirokami, violinist Yuzuko Horigome 1991 Tour in U.K.(Japan Festival in U.K.),Kiku-no-kai 1992 Tour in Egypt, Japan Arts Ensemble 1993 Lecture in Egypt, violinist Takeshi Kobayashi 1994 Tour in Taiwan, tenor Kiyoshi Igarashi, soprano Marie Igarashi, soprano Kyu Gyokuran 1995 A performance in Spain, Min-Bun-Ren(Japanese Folk Arts Association) 1996 Tour in Nepal, Kiku-no-kai 2000 Tour in Netherlands, young Japanese virtuosos(friendship exchange with the Princess Christina Concours Foundation)