The 30th Anniversary Projects〈 Projects Realized in the Past 〉

Listen to it, see it, feel it, and pass it on to the next generation– the new, quality sensation

Sony Music Foundation will mark its 30th anniversary in 2014.
Since 1984, our activities have been based on the spirit of “For the NextGeneration”. So that we can continue to provide new inspirations to the nextgeneration, we have launched a variety of special projects only possible inthis milestone 30th anniversary.
1. Premium Concerts for the Teens
A series of concerts by worldly-acclaimed performers, offered to young people at special prices[Open to from 1st graders to age 19]● Alan GILBERT & New York Philharmonic February 11, 2014

at Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Britten:
The Young Personʼs Guide to the Orchestra“Music for Fukushima” Compositions written by children of Fukushima andNew York under the ʻVery Young Composers ProgramʼBernstein: Symphonic Dances from ʻWest Side Storyʼ
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Alan GILBERT (conductor & narrator),
Joshua WEILERSTEIN (conductor [Britten, “Music for Fukushima”]),
Makoto OZONE (piano solo [Gershwin]),
New York Philharmonic© Chris Lee● Berlin Philharmonic Horn Quartet: May 30, 2014 at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
● Arcanto Quartett (string quartet): October 5, 2014 at Dai-ichi Seimei Hall, Tokyo● Les Vents Français (wood wind quintet + piano): October 15, 2014 at Kioi Hall, Tokyo● Yu KOSUGE & Hisako KAWAMURA Piano Duo Recital: November 4, 2014 at Kioi Hall, Tokyo etc.

Navigated by concert sommelier Satoshi ASAOKA“A Musical Journey with the Instruments”● No.1 (Cello: Hidemi SUZUKI)● No.2 (Violin: Ryo TERAKADO)

August 2, 2014 (Recital) at Toppan Hall, Tokyo
August 3, 2014 (Concerto) at Kioi Hall, Tokyo● No.4 (Flute: Masahiro ARITA)

4. The 30th Anniversary Projects with Concert for KIDS
Sony Music Foundation will cover the round-trip transportation costs from Tokyofor concerts held between April 2014 and March 2015. In this way, we hope tohold Concert for KIDS in places that the project has not reached yet, distantplaces and smaller concert halls.

12Sony Music Foundation*1 All Japan College Orchestra Festival〈 2 〉Kurashiki Music Festival: Cooperation to chamber music concerts of the Festival Orchestra [2004-2006]〈 3 〉Planning and production of IPAF (International Performing Arts Festival) organized by the Agency

for Cultural Affairs [2004]〈 4 〉All Japan College Orchestra Festival *1 [1986-2003]

2. Creation, Development and Collaboration in the Fieldsof Music, Opera, Dance and Other Performing Arts
〈 1 〉Revitalization of music halls across the country and promotion of music as a form of culture
・Mozartʼs 250th birth anniversary project “Letʼs Listen to Amadeus” [2006]

Photo J.Henry Fair
*2 Midori Goto

・Collaboration in the planning of concerts at Karuizawa Ohga Hall [2005]
・Total Experience: Midori Goto Violin Recital *2 [2002 / 2005]
・Eastman Wind Ensemble (EWE) Japan tours [1998-2004]
・Alessio Bax Piano Concerts [2002-2004]

・Caravelli et Son Grand Orchestre Japan tours [1996-2003]
・Senri Oeʼs piano concert “PIANISM” [2003]

・Collaboration project with Shibuya Ward, Tokyo: Jazz at Lincoln Center at SHIBUYA AX [2002]
・Collaboration projects with the City of Hamamatsu:*3 Jazz at Lincoln Center in YOKOHAMA

Japan tour of the winners of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition [1998]

・Eastman School of Music Summer Seminars [1998-2001]

・“PERFORMANCE TODAY” concert series [1986-1996]
・Collaboration projects with the City of Yokohama:

Haydn “Die Schöpfung” [1998]

・Jazz at Lincoln Center in YOKOHAMA *3 [1998]・Sponsoring of “Freshmen Concerts” organized by the Japan Federation of Musicians〈 2 〉Projects to enhance childrenʼs sensitivity

・NHK Symphony Orchestra “Special Concert for the Future” *4 [2006]

・Co-production of La Folle Journée Japon “Days of Enthusiasm” and “Kids Program” [2005-2009]*4 NHK Symphony Orchestra “Special Concertfor the Future”

3. Oboe Festa
An all-oboe concert presented by the top prize winnersof the 5th to the 9th “THE INTERNATIONAL OBOECOMPETITION OF JAPAN in Tokyo/Karuizawa”
who now have an international career● No.3 (Piano: Ikuyo NAKAMICHI)

July 19 & 20, 2014 at Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall〈 1 〉Organization of Karuizawa Arts Festival [2007-2008]

・Matsuo Bashoʼs Oku-no Hosomichi on Piano [1995]

Alan GILBERT & New York Philharmonic

2. Lectures & Concerts
Lectures and concerts using a varietyof period instruments in the course of the changing times

1. Organization and Sponsorship of International Festivals,Competitions etc.

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