- Date of Establishment
Chairman
Supervisory Government
Department - March 23, 1974
Katsuji Ebisawa
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
- Date of Establishment
- March 23, 1974
- Chairman
- Katsuji Ebisawa
- Supervisory Government
- Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
Introduction
Nippon Music Foundation was established in March 1974 with the objective to enhance music culture in Japan. The "Instrument Loan Project" started in 1994, through which the Foundation has been striving to make international contributions towards the field of classical music by loaning top-quality string instruments.
The Foundation now owns 21 string instruments (15 Stradivarius violins, 1 viola, 3 cellos and 2 Guarneri del Gesù violins), and as the custodian of these world cultural assets, maintains them for future generations and loans them gratis to young promising musicians and internationally active musicians regardless of their nationality.
The Foundation organizes numerous concerts worldwide to provide opportunities for many people to fully enjoy the timbre of these superb instruments. One of the Foundation's symbolic concert series "Encounter with Stradivari" features more than 10 Stradivarius instruments and their players.
The Foundation's activities are made possible by the generous support of The Nippon Foundation.
- PDF (as of August 2024)
Brochure of Nippon Music Foundation
Trustees and Counselors
Trustees
as of June 2025- Chairman
Katsuji Ebisawa
| Managing Director | Tamio Kano | |
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| Trustees | Reiko Ishikawa | |
| Seiji Choki | Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo
Music Critic |
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| Toshihiko Fukui | President of the Canon Institute for Global Studies | |
| Shinichiro Ito | Senior Advisor of ANA Holdings INC. | |
| Izumi Kadono | Professor Emeritus at the Seisen University Advisor of The Tokyo Foundation |
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| Junko Kawamura | Honorary Researcher of National Institute for Educational Policy Research Former President of Japan Arts Council |
Ichiro Nodaira | Composer, Pianist President of Tokyo College of Music |
Kazuhiko Sawa | Violinist, President of Japan Federation of Musicians, President of Foundation for Cultural |
| Auditors | Yasuhiro Ishikura | Executive Director of The Japan Science Society |
|---|---|---|
| Sadahiko Yoshimura | Certified Public Accountant |
Counselors
| Naoki Aikawa | Professor Emeritus at Keio University | |
| Hiroaki Fujii | Advisor to The Japan Foundation | |
| Yuichi Iwano | President & CEO of Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha Ltd. Music Journalist |
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| Yayoi Komatsu | Director of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo | |
| Yoko Makino | Professor Emeritus at Seijo University | |
| Noriko Murakami | Movie Producer, Writer | |
| Takeju Ogata | Chairman of The Nippon Foundation | |
| Takafumi Sato | Former Commissioner of Financial Services Agency | |
| Miyuki Shiraishi | Musicologist, Music Critic Professor at Musashino Art University |
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| Mai Yoshino | Trustee of Musée Ando à Karuizawa NHK Radio French Language Course Lecturer |
Access
The Nippon Zaidan Bld.5F, 1-2-2, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052, Japan
TEL 03-6229-5566 FAX 03-6229-5570
Email: info@nmf.or.jp
