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“I’m not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.” — Leonard Bernstein Orchestras are instrumental ensembles that typically contain sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments, and which...
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Corporate Information Min-On headquarters from the 1960sMin-On headquarters from the 1970s and 1980s The Min-On Concert Association was founded in 1963 as a nonprofit, independent, nondenominational organization. Two years later in 1965, it was recognized as a legally...
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Chronology Min-On has reached a number of remarkable milestones in its forty-eight-year history: 1961 February Idea of establishing a concert association introduced 1963 October 18 Min-On Concert Association founded 1963 November First Min-On subscription concert held...
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Our Perspectives Quotes from the founder’s writings: Music and the Arts « Art and music are the crystallization of the human spirit. In a sense, it is a spiritual window through which we converse with the life of the vast universe. The power of art can break the...
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About the Founder Daisaku Ikeda, Min-On Founder and President of the Soka Gakkai International Daisaku Ikeda, founder of the Min-On Concert Association, is a Buddhist philosopher, peace builder, educator, as well as a prolific writer and poet. As a staunch proponent...
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Performing Arts Min-On aims to make available diverse music of high quality—from classical to modern, traditional to popular—to as wide a range of music lovers as possible. “The skillful expressions of voice, melody and dance that issue forth from the all-encompassing...
