by Peter | Mar 12, 2013 | Features
Min-On President Hiroyasu Kobayashi “Min-On aims to deepen mutual understanding and friendship among all countries by promoting music and cultural exchanges that transcend differences of nationality, race and language.” This is one of the founding principles of the...
by Peter | Mar 12, 2013 | Features, IndiaRA
Ekatatva—a collaborative performance of odissi, kathak and bharatanatyam onstage The Sanskrit word ekatatva means ‘unity’ or ‘one essence’. “Ekatatva,” says Uma Dogra, a virtuoso of Indian kathak dance, “is a common principle of our thought that strings together three...
by Peter | Nov 30, 2012 | Features, PolandRA
Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting The Min-On Concert Association, in cooperation with the Association of Japanese Symphony Orchestras, held the 16th Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall for an...
by Peter | Nov 30, 2012 | Features, GhanaRA
Ahengoro—a ceremonial dance of the ethnic Akans A Musical Voyage Across Africa is a concert series initiated by the Min-On Concert Association in 1999 and based on the idea that the 21st century shall be the ‘Century of Africa’. Aiming to develop friendships with...
by Peter | Sep 4, 2012 | ChinaRA, Features
Scene of the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty in Moon Over the Capital On the evening of 10 July, the Shaanxi Song and Dance Troupe’s Moon over the Capital – Music and Dance of the Tang Dynasty premiered in Tokyo before a capacity audience at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall....
by Peter | Mar 15, 2012 | Features
Students from around the world onstage in Osaka On December 4, 2011, 87 international students from 19 countries and regions studying at universities and colleges in the greater Kansai area gathered in the grand concert hall of the Osaka International House...