by minon_admin | Aug 13, 2018 | News, Outreach, Tohoku Hope Concert
The 69th Tohoku Hope Concert was held at Iwate Prefecture’s Kamaishi Shiritsu Toni Elementary and Junior High School on the July 13, 2018. Toni-cho is an outlying city about seven kilometers from Kamishi Station on the Sanriku Railway Minami-Rias Line. Nestled along...
by Peter | Mar 19, 2018 | Cultural Exchange, IndiaRA, News, Outreach, Overseas Dispatch Series
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed that 2017—the 60th anniversary of the Indo-Japan Cultural Agreement—be designated as a year of Japan-India friendly exchange. In response to the proposal, Min-On dispatched a special troupe of Japanese traditional...
by Peter | Mar 19, 2018 | IndonesiaRA, International Student Musical Festival, News, Outreach
Kanagawa Foreign Student Music Festival, co-sponsored by the Yokohama Arts Foundation, was held at Shintoshi Hall in the harbor city of Yokohama on December 2, 2017, marking the 4th festival held in Kanagawa prefecture. However, since the inaugural festival in 1989,...
by Peter | Dec 21, 2017 | News, Outreach, School Concerts
The Min-On School Concert Program has a long history of cultivating schoolchildren’s emotional development through music appreciation in Japan and other countries for over 40 years. Since its inaugural concert held at the Shibetsu Middle School in a remote area of the...
by Peter | Dec 21, 2017 | MalaysiaRA, Min-On Global Music Network, News, Outreach
“Political and economic relations are ruled by calculations of power or gain, making them unstable and ephemeral, whereas exchange in the realm of culture is more enduring. Respect for other cultures leads to respect for the people of those cultures. The friendship...
by Peter | Dec 21, 2017 | ColombiaRA, Latin & Tango, Lectures, News, Outreach
As a part of Min-On’s musical outreach programs open to the general public that contribute to the flourishing of music and art, the Min-On Music Museum occasionally hosts a series of music-related cultural lectures alongside admission-free concerts. A variety of...
