Online Listening
Presenting Live Recording Streams From 2nd NEC Gala Concert
We have made available at our web site the complete recordings of the "Your choice! The 2nd NEC Gala Concert" held on March 15, 2008 at the Hamarikyu Asahi Hall in Tokyo.
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Coming soon! Tokyo Opera City's "Composium 2008"
Tokyo Opera City's contemporary music festival, called "Composium 2008," will be held in mid-May. The main feature of this festival is the Toru Takemitsu Composition Award competition, which has become world famous, both for its unusual system of leaving the judging to one composer alone and for the outstanding record of achievement that its winners have built up. more...

Century Orchestra Osaka -- 70,000 Fans Oppose End to City Support
A project team on municipal reform working under the Osaka governor´s office has proposed as a budget reduction measure that public funding be terminated for the private foundation that operates Century Orchestra Osaka.
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LA FOLLE JOURNÈE au JAPON <<Days of Enthusiasm>> Music Festival "Schubert à Vienne"
La Folle Journée or "Days of Enthusiasm" landed Tokyo in 2005. Ever since, the event has created successive surprises, shaking the common sense of Japan´s classical music scene. Astonishing records were made in the number of audiences: 320,000, 700,000 and 1,060,000 in the past three times.
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New Issue "Classic Music Business Guide 2008"
In April, "Classic Music Business Guide 2008" which has been earning high reputation as "a vital guidebook for people working in the classic music field", was released from Japan Association of Classic Music Presenters.
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Post-Nineties Style Marimba Concerti to be Heard (At Last!) in Tokyo
Kunihiko Komori and Seitaro Ishikawa conducting the Japan Youth Philharmonic will be among the performers at a recital featuring marimba concertos composed since the 1990s. Scheduled for Friday, April 4 (beginning at 19:00) at the Suginami Koukaidou Main Hall in Tokyo, this kind of program is not often heard in Japan. more...

NEC Gala Concert Plays to Enthusiastic Audience
The second concert in the "Your choice! NEC Gala Concert" series was held on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Hamarikyu Asahi Hall. It featured spirited performances by six artists selected by Internet voting.
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The 1st Tokyo International Viola Competition
The 1st Tokyo International Viola Competition will be held from 23rd to 31st of May 2009 in Japan. Application deadline is December 1, 2008.

It is the first international competition in Japan exclusively for the viola.
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The 6th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa
Competition & Festa details announced
Japan Chamber Music Foundation is delighted to announce the details of the 6th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition & Festa. A press conference was held in Osaka on 18th March introducing the following:
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The 7th Kobe International Flute Competition
Application Period: April 1 (Tue), 2008 - July 15 (Tue), 2008
The Kobe International Flute Competition was started in order to provide young, promising flutists in the world with an opportunity to be launched onto the international stage, as well as to enhance international exchange and friendship through music.
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Program is decided -Your Choice! The 2nd NEC Gala Concert-
"Your choice! The 2nd NEC Gala Concert" will be held on Saturday, March 15, 2008, from 14:00, at Hamarikyu Asahi Hall.
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"Orchestra Day 2008"
Last year, the Association of Japanese Symphony Orchestras set March 31 as "Orchestra Day" hoping to create an opportunity for many to enjoy the orchestral music and to feel closer to the orchestra.
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