- 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 1974 with the objective to "enhance music culture" in Japan. In 1994, the Foundation started the "Instrument Loan Project" through which the Foundation has strived to make international contributions by loaning the top quality stringed instruments acquired by the Foundation. The Foundation now owns 21 string instruments (15 Stradivarius violins, 1 viola, 3 cellos and 2 Guarneri del Gesu 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 nationalities.
The Foundation organizes numerous concerts worldwide to provide opportunities for many people to fully enjoy the timbre of the superb instruments. One of the Foundation's symbolic concert series "Encounter with Stradivari" features more than 10 Stradivarius instruments and their players.
The Foundation also provides grants to musical projects with a public interest purpose to enhance musical culture. These projects are determined based on the selection of the Grant Project Committee.
The Foundation's activities are made possible by the generous support of The Nippon Foundation.
- Brochure of Nippon Music Foundation (as of September 2023)
- "Book "Instruments of Nippon Music Foundation (as of March 2021)
※This book can be viewed at this facility.
Trustees and Counselors
Trustees
as of 1 March 2024- Chairman
Katsuji Ebisawa
| Managing Director | Tamio Kano | |
|---|---|---|
| Trustees | Reiko Ishikawa | |
| Bin Ebisawa | Honorary Professor at Kunitachi College of Music | |
| Toshihiko Fukui | President of the Canon Institute for Global Studies | |
| Shinichiro Ito | Senior Advisor of ANA Holdings INC. | |
| Izumi Kadono | Honorary Professor at Seisen University, President of The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research | |
| Kazuhiko Sawa | Violinist, President of Foundation for Cultural Heritage and Art Research |
| Auditors | Takashi Kakimi | Attorney at Law |
|---|---|---|
| Sadahiko Yoshimura | Certified Public Accountant |
Counselors
| Naoki Aikawa | Professor Emeritus at Keio University | |
| Hiroaki Fujii | Advisor to The Japan Foundation | |
| Hisako Hatakeyama | Director of Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art | |
| Yukiharu Kodama | Advisor to The Mechanical Social Systems Foundation | |
| Takeju Ogata | President of The Nippon Foundation | |
| Takafumi Sato | Former Commissioner of Financial Services Agency | |
| Miyuki Shiraishi | Musicologist, Music Critic, Professor at Musashino Art University |
Access
The Nippon Zaidan Bld.5F, 1-2-2, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052, Japan
TEL 03-6229-5566 FAX 03-6229-5570
