Minshu Ongaku Kyōkai
Minshu Ongaku Kyōkai ( Japanese 一般 財 団 法人 民主 音 楽 協会 , Ippan Zaidan Hōjin Minshu Ongaku Kyōkai , dt. "Regular legal foundation society for folk music", short: Min'on ) is a Japanese visitor organization for music, which will take place on October 18 1963 by the Buddhist religious community Sōka Gakkai at the instigation of its honorary president Daisaku Ikeda was brought into being. She is dedicated to promoting music and promoting the exchange between cultures through music. The visitor organization is headquartered in the "Min'on Cultural Center" in Tokyo, Shinjuku district . According to its own information, it currently has around one million members. The Minshu Ongaku Kyōkai organizes around 1100 concerts a year. The current directors of the organization are: Koji Ikoma, Toshiyuki Yasuma, Hisao Kondo and Kazuto Ito.
In addition to the concerts, the Min'on organizes various music competitions. Since July 1967, this has included a conducting competition, the Tokyo International Music Competition for Conducting , the first of its kind. A competition for choreography, singing and chamber music is also held. From 1969 to 1994 she also organized an annual festival for contemporary music.
literature
- Siegfried Borris (Hrsg.): Musical life in Japan in the past and present . Bärenreiter, Basel / Kassel / New York 1967, OCLC 5149845 .
Web links
- Minon. Min'on, 2014, accessed on November 25, 2014 (English, website of Minshu Ongaku Kyōkai).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Corporate Profile. Min'on, 2014, accessed November 25, 2014 .
- ^ Siegfried Borris: Musical life in Japan. P. 138.
- ↑ Competitions. Min'on, 2014, accessed November 25, 2014 .