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 | BelgiumRA, Interviews, South AfricaRA
Dialogue Between Kazuto Ito, President of the Min-On Concert Association and Olivier Urbain, Director of the Min-On Music Research Institute President Ito: First and foremost, as newly appointed president in 2017, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my...
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 | Aug 23, 2017 | News, Outreach, Tohoku Hope Concert
In spring 2012, a year after the Great East Japan Earthquake hit the Tohoku region, the Min-On Concert Association launched a series of concerts entitled The Tohoku Hope Concert in collaboration with TBS Radio and other radio broadcasting stations in the three most...
by Peter | Aug 23, 2017 | News, Outreach, School Concerts
As an outreach program for younger generations, Min-On produced a series of unique educational programs for preschool children, including a concert program entitled A Storybook Musical for Children and Parents. Created by Japanese singer songwriter Mayumi-nu, the...
