NEC Navigates JAPAN'S CLASSICAL MUSIC ARTISTS

2008

[2008.11.28]	New Book on Japan's Music Industry from Japan Arts Chairman

[2008.11.28]	Death Notice: Composer Ryouhei Hirose

[2008.11.28]	MPs Seek Better Arts/Culture Policy

[2008.10.31]	Cellist Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Takes On Full Program of Japanese Composers

[2008.10.31]	The 4th Sendai International Music Competition

[2008.10.31]	The Prize winners at the 77th Music Competition of Japan

[2008.09.30]	Asia Orchestra Week 2008 -- Asia United! Three Nights of Musical Excitement

[2008.09.30]	Upcoming performance schedule for Shigeo Neriki (piano)

[2008.09.26]	Naoto Otomo and Gen Yokosaka Receive Hideo Saito Award

[2008.09.16]	Kaeko Mukoyama In Unaccompanied Recital

[2008.08.29]	Mezzo Soprano Mutsumi Hatano: CD, Concert News

[2008.08.29]	Regional Art Festival Held

[2008.07.24]	14th Hamamatsu International Wind Instruments Academy and Festival Set to Begin

[2008.07.24]	Suntory Concert Series Spotlights Toshiro Saruya

[2008.07.24]	Katsuya Watanabe (oboe) New CD

[2008.07.24]	Mie Miki (accordion), upcoming activities

[2008.06.30]	On the Publication of the Final Volume of "Contemporary Japanese Music" ("Contemporary Japanese Music," a 20-volume set of musical scores, with CDs and notes in Japanese and English.)

[2008.06.25]	Suntory Hall Presents "Rainbow 21 International -- Debut Concert, 2008"

[2008.06.23]	Upcoming performance schedule for Shigeo Neriki (piano)

[2008.06.23]	Upcoming Performance Schedule for Yoshiko Kawamoto (Viola)

[2008.05.30]	The Prizewinners at the 6th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa

[2008.05.30]	Music Today 21" Contemporary Music Festival Slated for August

[2008.05.30]	The 24th Tokyo Summer Music Festival "Tokyo Summer – 2008" to be Held Throughout July

[2008.04.30]	Online Listening Presenting Live Recording Streams From 2nd NEC Gala Concert

[2008.04.30]	Coming soon! Tokyo Opera City's "Composium 2008"

[2008.04.30]	Century Orchestra Osaka -- 70,000 Fans Oppose End to City Support

[2008.04.30]	LA FOLLE JOURNÈE au JAPON <<Days of Enthusiasm>> Music Festival "Schubert à Vienne"

[2008.04.25]	New Issue "Classic Music Business Guide 2008"

[2008.03.31]	Post-Nineties Style Marimba Concerti to be Heard (At Last!) in Tokyo

[2008.03.31]	NEC Gala Concert Plays to Enthusiastic Audience

[2008.03.31]	The 1st Tokyo International Viola Competition

[2008.03.28]	The 6th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa Competition & Festa details announced

[2008.02.29]	The 7th Kobe International Flute Competition

[2008.02.29]	Program is decided -Your Choice! The 2nd NEC Gala Concert-

[2008.02.29]	"Orchestra Day 2008"

[2008.01.31]	First Subscription Concert By Tokyo Music School to be Reenacted

[2008.01.24]	By Popular Choice! Announcing Artist Selections for 2nd NEC Gala Concert

2007

[2007.12.28]	Your Choice!Voting Open for 2nd NEC Gala Concert

[2007.12.28]	10 Artists Newly Added to this site

[2007.12.26]	Tatsuya Shimono Receives Hideo Saito Award for Conducting

[2007.11.30]	Hyogo Performing Arts Center welcomed one million visitors

[2007.11.29]	The 14th OKIDEN SUGARHALL AUDITION FOR DEBUT CONCERT

[2007.11.22]	Pacific Music Festival 2008 Saturday, July 5 to Thursday, July 31, 2008 Sapporo Japan

[2007.11.13]	Suntory Music Foundation Summer Festival 2007 The 17th Akutagawa Award for Music Composition

[2007.10.30]	Hibiki Tamura (20) wins Long-Thibaud International Piano Competition

[2007.10.30]	Tokyo National Arts and Music School Fetes 120th Anniversary

[2007.10.30]	The Prize winners at The 76th Japan Music Competition

[2007.10.29]	Diet Member Music League Marks 30th Anniversary

[2007.9.28]	Tokyo Opera City Celebrates 10th Anniversary

[2007.9.28]	Remodeled Suntory Hall Opens Doors

[2007.9.27]	Alexander Lazarev Tapped for Japan Phil Chief Conductor

[2007.9.25]	Asia Orchestra Week 2007 -The Sponsored Performance at the Arts Festival, Agency for Cultural Affairs-

[2007.8.30]	Artists' Presentations and Seminars Held to Promote Better Concert Hall Utilization

[2007.8.29]	Toshiyuki Kamioka Receives Akio Watanabe Foundation Music Award

[2007.8.28]	Nippon Conductors' Assn Chairman Celebrates 77th Birthday

[2007.7.30]	Hiroyuki Iwaki Memorial Concert to be Held

[2007.7.26]	Violinist Mayuko Kamio Wins Tchaikovsky Competition

[2007.7.20]	Kaohsiung to host Major Asian Arts Conference

[2007.7.6]	The 3rd Sendai International Music Competition -Final Results of the Piano Section-

[2007.6.26]	The 3rd Sendai International Music Competition -Final Results of the Violin Section-

[2007.6.19]	Tokyo Summer Festival, 2007: "Towards the Islands –Sounds across the Sea"

[2007.6.19]	Festa Summer 2007 at Muza Kawasaki

[2007.6.19]	New Board Members of the JACMP

[2007.5.31]	La Folle Journée Au Japon: Survey Results

[2007.5.31]	Uzuhiko Tanaka is New JACMP Chairman

[2007.5.31]	Eijiro Kai Lauded in "Simon Boccanegra" with Vienna State Opera

[2007.5.11]	The announcement of the 6th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa

[2007.4.27]	The 13th Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy and Festival

[2007.4.27]	Hiroko Nakamura (Pianist) Plays All Beethoven Piano Concertos

[2007.4.27]	New Issue “Classic Music Business Guide 2007”

[2007.4.27]	CD “Takuo Yuasa = Complete Works of Schumann Symphonies”

[2007.3.30]	Double taxation issue addressed in Japan's parliament

[2007.3.30]	Next International IAMA Conference

[2007.3.30]	LA FOLLE JOURNÉE au JAPON «Days of Enthusiasm» Music Festival Coming back May 2007

[2007.2.28]	Sendai International Music Competition Entrants Selected

[2007.2.23]	How Japan's Classic Music Market Looked in 2006

[2007.1.31]	By Popular Choice! Announcing Artist Selections for NEC Gala Concert

[2007.1.31]	Chikara Imamura, the conductor at the Polish National Opera, to appear at 'Madama Butterfly' !

[2007.1.17]	A Music Competition to Discover the World’s Top Young Conductors Debut Concert by Competition Winner

2006

[2006.12.25]	Eiji Oue Receives Hideo Saito Memorial Fund Award

[2006.12.20]	International Francesco Paolo Tosti Singing Competition ASIA PRELIMINARY 2007

[2006.12.20]	Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall presenting four chamber music concerts in 2006

[2006.12.20]	Chinese-Japanese Culture Forum 2006

[2006.11.30]	The Result of The 8th International Oboe Competition of Karuizawa

[2006.11.30]	The Prize winners at The 75th Japan Music Competition

[2006.11.30]	Pacific Music Festival 2007 Saturday, July 7 to Wednesday, August 1,2007 Sapporo Japan

[2006.11.30]	Application Guidebook for the 13th OKIDEN SUGAR HALL COMPETITION AND DEBUT CONCERT

[2006.11.14]	“IRCAM workshops and concert workshops in Japan”

[2006.10.31]	Suntory Music Foundation Summer Festival 2006 The 16th Akutagawa Award for Music Composition

[2006.10.31]	About Japan's Cultural Policy

[2006.10.31]	About the FACP (Federation for Asian Cultural Promotions)

[2006.09.29]	Suntory/Carnegie Halls Form Educational Partnership

[2006.09.29]	About the "Asian Super Classics @ Chion-in Temple" Concerts of the International Performing Arts Festival 2006

[2006.09.29]	ASIA ORCHESTRA WEEK 2006

[2006.09.15]	Alliance of Asia/Pacific Region Orchestras (AAPO)5th ORCHESTRA SUMMIT

[2006.08.31]	Festival Gives Kids Encounters With Artists

[2006.08.31]	Concert Series to Honor Composer Takemitsu

[2006.08.18]	[Conductor Chikara Imamura to appear at the regular series of the Warsaw Phil and the National Kraków Phil!]

[2006.07.31]	Impact of changes in "designated manager" system

[2006.07.31]	Pianist Yu Kosuge to Make Recital Debut at Salzburg Music Fest

[2006.07.31]	Ska Meets Opera!

[2006.06.30]	Report of General Meeting of the Japan Association of Classical Music Presenters

[2006.06.30]	A farewell to Hiroyuki Iwaki

[2006.06.30]	Japan Federation of Musicians: New executive roster

[2006.06.30]	Tokyo Summer Festival, 2006: "Songs of the Earth / Music in the Streets"

[2006.05.31]	Daisuke Suzuki Wins New Artists' Prize

[2006.05.31]	Festa Summer Muza Kawasaki 2006

[2006.05.31]	La Folle Journée Au Japon: Review of Data

[2006.05.19]	Seiji Ozawa's Return Assured, Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto Announces Program Details!

[2006.04.28]	Concerts for Reconstruction in Post-Earthquake Niigata Chuetsu Region

[2006.04.28]	Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra Gives Subscription Concert No. 1

[2006.04.28]	Toshiba EMI Releases 2nd "Best Classic 100" CD Set

[2006.04.28]	The 12th Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy and Festival

[2006.03.31]	Announcement of 30th PTNA Piano Competition-The biggest piano competition in Japan-

[2006.03.31]	The Miyazaki International Music Festival: Coming in May!

[2006.03.27]	The 54th Otaka Award by NHK Symphony Orchestra

[2006.03.13]	Hakuo Yanagisawa is New Chairman of MPs' Music League

[2006.02.28]	LA FOLLE JOURNÉE au JAPON <<Days of Enthusiasm>> Music Festival — Largest Mozart Festival Ever! Coming May 2006 —

[2006.02.28]	Children Perform Before Empress

[2006.02.28]	Junichi Hirokami Signs On As American Orchestra's Music Director

[2006.02.03]	20 years of encores / Suntory Hall plans yearlong celebration

[2006.01.31]	Sumire Kudo and Alan Gilbert awarded with the Hideo Saito Memorial Fund Award

[2006.01.31]	The 8th International Oboe Competition of Karuizawa (Application deadline: April 17)

[2006.01.30]	The 3rd Sendai International Music Competition

[2006.01.30]	Bin Ebisawa Heads Sendai International Music Competition Managing Committee

2005

[2005.12.28]	19 Artists Newly Added to this site

[2005.12.27]	Report on IAMA Trade Mission

[2005.12.27]	Michie Koyama and Anthonello Win Hotel Okura Music Awards

[2005.12.22]	Opera Singer Harue Miyake Death Notice

[2005.11.30]	*Classical music streaming site "Naxos Music Library"* launched in Japan**

[2005.11.29]	IAMA host a conference about Japanese performing arts market

[2005.11.11]	WORKS BY JAPANESE COMPOSERS 2003-2004 Edition : Now available in pdf format (FREE!)

[2005.10.31]	Two Japanese Pianists Honored At World Chopin Competition

[2005.10.31]	Suntory Music Foundation Summer Festival 2005 The 15th Akutagawa Award for Music Composition

[2005.10.27]	The Prize winners at The 74th Japan Music Competition

[2005.10.06]	Japan's First Performances and Recording of J. S. Bach's Newly Discovered Soprano Aria by the Bach Collegium Japan

[2005.09.30]	ASIA ORCHESTRA WEEK 2005 -- Press Release by the Association of Japanese Symphony Orchestras --

[2005.09.29]	Ms. Jing ZHAO becomes the 1st Prize Winner: The 54th ARD International Music Competition in Munich

[2005.09.28]	News on the Sudden Death of Kosuke Noguchi

[2005.09.26]	"From Sweden, the Peärls Before Swïne Experience -5 minutes of pearls of a new musical world from Scandinavia and Japan-"

[2005.08.31]	2005 International Performing Arts Festival (IPAF) to Begin in September Theme is "Asian Cultural Exchange" for the 4th time 9 Concerts Across Japan Will Promote Mutual Appreciation of Cultural Arts

[2005.08.30]	Two Japanese Take Prizes in Kobe International Flute Competition

[2005.08.25]	Reiko Watanabe Receives Exxon Mobil Music Promotion Award

[2005.08.23]	NEC Navigates Japan's Classical Music Artists Artists Newly Added to this Site

[2005.08.11]	Hiroshi Wakasugi to Become New National Theatre Music Director

[2005.07.28]	Japanese becomes first Asian conductor at Bayreuth Festival

[2005.07.21]	Notice of address change

[2005.06.30]	The 16th Pacific Music Festival is set to begin from July 9 in Japan

[2005.06.29]	The 5th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and Festa Winners

[2005.06.23]	The 21st Tokyo Summer Festival 2005: "Cosmos, Music and Heart"

[2005.05.31]	Saeka Matsuyama Takes 4th place in Queen Elisabeth Competition

[2005.05.31]	New Board Members of JACMP

[2005.05.31]	La Folle Journée Au Japon ("Days of Enthusiasm in Japan") Music Festival 2005 -- "Beethoven and His Fellows"

[2005.05.27]	A Baritone in European Footlights: Teruhiko Komori

[2005.05.25]	A Baritone in European Footlights: Eijiro Kai

[2005.05.10]	Showa University of Music presents Total Experience Music Project

[2005.05.09]	Toru Takemitsu's Music Jewelry Box Finally Comes to Japan

[2005.04.27]	News note! Mihoko Kinoshita Wins 2nd Place in Verdi Voice Competition

[2005.03.31]	Support for disaster victims and other relief activities from Japan's classical music enterprises

[2005.03.31]	Symposiums on expanding the classical music market

[2005.03.30]	J.S. Bach Complete Organ Works Project Started by Yuichiro Shiina

[2005.03.30]	Idemitsu Music Awards Announced

[2005.03.30]	Tetsuro Ban Named Music Director of German Opera House

[2005.03.29]	FINDING WAYS TO BRING ORCHESTRAS AND YOUNGSTERS TOGETHER Kids Help Hiroshima Orchestra Stage Concert

[2005.03.23]	Naoto Otomo and TSO Completes Series of E.Elgar Oratorios

[2005.03.23]	The First Performance of Mattheson's "Brockes Passion" in Japan

[2005.02.28]	Charity Concert for Reconstruction in Wake of Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami

[2005.02.25]	Charity Concert for the 10th Anniversary of the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

[2005.02.08]	New Concert Hall in Karuizawa

[2005.01.31]	Worldwide Appeal! "Japanese Classics" Series on the Naxos Label

[2005.01.20]	Politicians record CD for bone marrow drive

2004

[2004.12.27]	2004 Japan Mecenat Awards Ceremony Held

[2004.12.24]	Shirakawa Hall Marks 10th Anniversary With 2 Nights of Birthday Concerts

[2004.12.20]	Pacific Music Festival 2005 (Saturday, July 9 to Thursday, August 4, 2005)

[2004.12.20]	Pacific Music Festival 2005 Academy Audition

[2004.12.07]	The Kajimoto Concert Management Announced Its New Structure

[2004.11.30]	Charity Concerts for Earthquake Victims

[2004.11.25]	Bach masterpiece to be performed in Japan

[2004.11.25]	The Prize winners at The 73rd Japan Music Competition

[2004.11.24]	Pacifica Quartet to Perform Japanese Premiere of Elliott Carter's Complete String Quartets

[2004.10.27]	Sayaka Shoji Makes New York Debut

[2004.10.25]	Tadaaki Otaka and the London Philharmonic Orchestra perform Elgar's Symphony No. 1

[2004.10.21]	Closing Date Approaching!! Postmarked by November 1, 2004 The 5th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and Festa May 17-25, 2005

[2004.10.13]	Mr. Takahiro Sonoda, pianist, died at age 76

[2004.09.30]	N.Y. Philharmonic to bring concert for kids to Tokyo

[2004.09.30]	Honna to bring music of Vietnam sounds to AOW

[2004.09.29]	Suntory Music Foundation Summer Festival 2004

[2004.09.29]	Russian pays tribute to music of motherland

[2004.09.22]	Service in memory of Mr. Yoshiro Kambara

[2004.09.16]	Contemporary Sounds in an Ancient City "Berio in Kyoto" -Complete Performance of Luciano Berio's Sequenzas-

[2004.08.31]	Telemann Institute's Baroque Ensemble Holds Concert

[2004.08.19]	30th Anniversary of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra's summer holiday concerts for parents and children

[2004.08.12]	Yoshiro Kambara, former president of Kambara Music Office, Dies at 78

[2004.07.30]	International Performing Arts Festival in Japan

[2004.07.26]	A New Artistic Partnership between the City of Kawasaki and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

[2004.07.05]	2004 The 2nd Sendai International Music Competition -Final Results of the Piano Section-

[2004.06.29]	Triton Arts Network and Dai-Ichi Seimei Hall Kicked Off "String Quartets on Wednesdays 2004-2005"

[2004.06.28]	The 5th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and Festa (May 17-25, 2005)

[2004.06.23]	Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo receives formal invitation from "Dresdner Musik Festspiele" and releases new CD, "Mario Brunello & Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo"

[2004.06.15]	New Role for the New Japan Phil - Joe Hisaishi and New Japan Phil Debut as "World Dream Orchestra"

[2004.06.14]	Artistic Fruit of Mahler Series by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra in Partnership with Three Cities: Saitama, Tokyo, and Yokohama

[2004.06.11]	2004 The 2nd Sendai International Music Competition -Final Results of the Violin Section-

[2004.05.25]	Takefu International Music Festival 2004 (June 6 - June 13, 2004)

[2004.05.21]	Fortepiano Player Maki Honda Wins The Muzio Clementi Award

[2004.05.21]	Toshihiko Matsunuma Takes 3rd Place in Mahler Conducting Competition

[2004.04.30]	Survey of Amateur Musicians Reconfirms Their Role as Leaders in Music Appreciation--Japan Association of Classical Music Presenters

[2004.04.28]	NPO Glovill Introduces New York New Music Ensemble in Tokyo

[2004.04.22]	Bach's Spirit from Kobe: Bach Collegium Japan's Project to Record and Perform All Sacred Cantatas

[2004.04.06]	"Concert Tour in Europe 2004" of Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa

[2004.03.25]	IAMA-JACMP Partnership

[2004.03.18]	Conductor Eiji Oue Album Wins Grammy

[2004.03.11]	Public Opinion Survey on Cultural Activities

[2004.03.04]	New Japan Philharmonic Initiated Its Chamber Music Concert Series

[2004.02.24]	Special Concert Held for Up-and-Coming Musicians

[2004.02.13]	Broadcast schedule for those interested in the trends of the Japanese Classical Music Scene

[2004.01.29]	The Second Symposium on Music Culture: "Waking Up Sleeping Users"

[2004.01.19]	Prizewinners at the Dimitris Mitropoulos International Competition for Singing (Nov. 29-Dec. 3, 2003) Include Two Japanese

2003

[2003.12.26]	ASEAN-Japan Symphony Orchestra Concert in Japan

[2003.12.22]	Jean Fournet and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in the Czech Republic and Japan

[2003.12.02]	Steinway presents "Young Virtuoso Series"

[2003.11.21]	Ayako Uehara Solo Piano Album Released

[2003.11.19]	The Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra had the honor of receiving the Dialogue of Culture Award from UNESCO during its Russian Performance

[2003.11.11]	2001-2002 Edition of "WORKS BY JAPANESE COMPOSERS" -Now Available in pdf Format (FREE!)-

[2003.10.29]	IAMA-JACMP Meeting Held

[2003.10.27]	A dazzling young violinist, Mayuko Kamio, made her recital debut at 92nd Street Y in New York on September 30th, 2003.

[2003.10.27]	World Premiere of Hans Werner Henze's "Gogo no Eiko" by the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo

[2003.09.30]	Toyota to Sponsor 14th Annual Classical Concert Tour in Asia

[2003.09.30]	Performances of Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" in Japan

[2003.09.30]	Suntory Music Foundation Summer Festival 2003

[2003.09.18]	The Lineups of Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre in 2003 & 2004

[2003.09.02]	The Nineteenth Tokyo Summer Festival 2003 "Ritual, Nature, and Music" Successfully Reflects Upon Cultural Diversity

[2003.08.26]	Outstanding Musical Recognition in France and U.S.A - Yuko Mori & Nagaokakyo Chamber Ensemble-

[2003.08.18]	Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy & Festival

[2003.08.12]	Agency for Cultural Affairs To Host International Performing Arts Festival in Japan

[2003.07.30]	Hubert Soudant Appointed Music Director of The Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.

[2003.07.25]	"The 4th Workshop for Orchestra Members and Children" by The Association of Japanese Symphony Orchestras, with Michael Spencer and Kuma Harada as Facilitators from the UK

[2003.07.01]	Daishin Kashimoto Violin Recital in London

[2003.06.23]	NPO Glovill kicked off its first season -- Lecture and Concert in Tokyo, 2003

[2003.06.23]	New Board Members of JACMP

[2003.06.16]	Mitsutaka Shiraishi, a distinguished Japanese pianist, plays works by great conductors, Toscanini, Ansermet, Knappertsbusch, Szell, Furtwangler, Schuricht, and Mravinsky on CDs.

[2003.06.03]	The 14th Takefu International Music Festival

[2003.05.26]	The 9th Hamamatsu International Wind Instrument Academy and Festival

[2003.05.08]	The Ensemble Yusei

[2003.04.23]	Collegium Musicum Telemann Europe Tour --- Performing at the Bach Festival Leipzig 2003 and others May 30 to June 5, 2003

[2003.03.20]	The 2nd Sendai International Music Competition

[2003.03.20]	Bach Collegium Japan/US Tour Apr, 2003

[2003.03.12]	"NEC Navigates Japan's Classical Music Artists" Information on Japan's talented artists available online for the first time in Japan

[2003.03.12]	To All concerned with music business all over the world,

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