What's PMF?

The Pacific Music Festival (PMF), founded in 1990 by the premier, conductor, composer and educator of the 20th century, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), is an international educational music festival.

The PMF Academy, consisting of the Orchestral, Composition and String Quartet courses, offers a comprehensive curriculum to all participants for nearly four weeks in July.

The members of PMF Academy are selected through a very competitive audition process. These promising young musicians from around the world bring fresh interpretations to traditional repertoire, transcending national boundaries and languages.

The PMF is managed by the PMF Organizing Committee, which was established by the City of Sapporo. The contributions by a wide range of corporations and individual subscribers, as well as the special sponsorship by four Japanese leading companies, namely Nomura Group, Panasonic Corporation (former Matsushita Electric), Japan Airlines and Toyota Motor Corporation, financially support the festival.

The letter "P" in PMF stands for "Peace." Bernstein's passionate wish to contribute to world peace through music is carried on every year through PMF.