News Release

Energizing Japan with Music! “7th Vienna Philharmonic & Suntory Music Aid Award” Recipients Confirmed

The Suntory Foundation for Arts (Director Generals: Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Shingo Torii) has decided to present the “7th Vienna Philharmonic & Suntory Music Aid Award,” a promotion service of the Vienna Philharmonic & Suntory Music Aid Fund, to the following 14 recipients.

To continue efforts to energize disaster-stricken areas and the nation through the revitalization of Japanese music culture, the Music Aid Award invites applications from groups and individuals throughout Japan conducting activities that meet the objectives of the Fund. The Award was established in 2012 and will continue for ten years through 2021. A grant will be provided to the award recipients.

Name: The 7th Vienna Philharmonic & Suntory Music Aid Award

Eligible Activities:
Activities such as musical performances and efforts to promote music that are mainly focused on classical music and will be held in Japan between November 1, 2018 and October 31, 2019, with the aim of energizing disaster-stricken areas and the nation

Selection Process:
Award recipients were selected through deliberation by the selection committee on August 20, 2018 and officially confirmed by the Foundation’s board of directors on October 3, 2018.

Grant Total: 7.5 million yen

Selection Committee:
Daniel Froschauer, Yasuko Ohtani, Miyuki Shiraishi, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto (in alphabetical order)

Award Recipients (content as of October 1, 2018)
1. Iwate Orchestra Association
Orchestra FESTIVAL 2018
Date: Sunday, Dec.2 | 2018
Venue: Miyako City Cultural Hall (Iwate Pref.)

2. Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University
A concert of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in aid of reconstruction for the Great East Japan Earthquake
Date: Sunday, Dec.2 | 2018
Venue: Sendai Bank Hall Izumity21 (Miyagi Pref.)

3. Music Explorer Concert Project
MECP Music Workshop & Heart to Heart Concert
Date: Sunday, Dec.9, Saturday, Dec.15 | 2018
　　　Monday, Feb.18－Friday, Feb.22 | 2019
Venue: Shichigahama International Village, Shichigahama Elementary School, Sendai Minami-Nakayama Junior High School, etc.(Miyagi Pref.)

4. Fukushima Beethoven Symphonie Nr.9 Chor
Fukushima Beethoven Symphonie Nr.9 Chor The 23rd Concert
Date: Sunday, Dec.16 | 2018
Venue: Fukushima City Concert Hall (Fukushima Pref.)

5. Beethoven’s ninth symphony for all
New Year Concert of Beethoven’s ninth symphony Vol.6
Date: Sunday, Jan.6 | 2019
Venue: Kenshin Koriyama Bunka Center (Fukushima Pref.)

6. Koriyama City Music Education Research Group (Orchestra Leaders Research Department)
The 4 th Orchestra Festival
Date: Sunday, Jan.13 | 2019
Venue: Kenshin Koriyama Bunka Center (Fukushima Pref.)

7. Chorus and Orchestra of 3・11 Memorial Concert
3・11 Memorial Concert
Date: Monday, Mar.11 | 2019
Venue: Sendai Denryoku Hall(Miyagi Pref.)

8. Namie Town Band for Reconstuction
Namie Town Band Reunion Concert
Date: Saturday, Mar.30 | 2019
Venue: Namie Town Sport Center (Fukushima Pref.)

9. Joint Concert Project by Clarinet Players from Kumamoto & Miyagi
Joint Concert & Outreach Concert by Clarinet Players from Kumamoto & Miyagi
Date: Friday, Mar.29, Sunday, Mar.31 and Monday, Apr.1 | 2019
Venue: PaToNa Hall, kindergarden and elementary school (Miyagi Pref.)

10. Tsubute Song Project
Tsubute Song Concert in Minami-Soma
Date: Sunday, Apr.7 | 2019
Venue: Minami-Soma City Culture Center (Fukushima Pref.)

11. Kumamoto Reconstruction through Music
Memorial Concert for Reconstruction of Kumamoto “Verdi Requiem”
Date: Sunday, May.12 | 2019
Venue: Kumamoto Shimin Kaikan (Kumamoto Pref.)

12. NATORI Symphonic Wind Orchestra
The 35th Regular concert
Date: Sunday, June.23 | 2019
Venue: Natori Performing Arts Center (Miyagi Pref.)

13. General corporate judicial person Ryukyu Philharmonic
Sound! Harmony to the Restoration in NATORI-The future which connects-
Combined Orchestra Concert by children in Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Okinawa Vol.4
Date: Sunday, Aug.18 | 2019
Venue: Natori Performing Arts Center (Miyagi Pref.)

14. Young Composers Concert in Tohoku Executive Committee
Young Composers Concert in Tohoku 2019
Date: Sunday, Aug.18 | 2019
Venue: Taihaku-Ward Culture Center LaLaLa Hall (Miyagi Pref.)

About the Vienna Philharmonic & Suntory Music Aid Fund
After the Great East Japan Earthquake which struck Japan on March 11, 2011, the Vienna Philharmonic pledged a donation of one hundred million yen via Suntory Hall "in hopes of conveying our condolences to our dearest friends in Japan who have been victimized by the earthquake damage." Having built up a bond of trust as a partner with the Vienna Philharmonic through many years of Japan tours by the orchestra, the Suntory Group, too, established a matching fund in April 2012 to indicate its support.
To continuously offer support activities to invigorate not only the affected areas but also all of Japan through music, the fund conducts a grant project under which it awards grants to “Vienna Philharmonic & Suntory Music Aid Award” recipients and a performance project through which it sponsors “Concert for Children” performances.

The Vienna Philharmonic & Suntory Music Aid Fund 　http://suntory.jp/fund/