| Organization Name |
PACIFIC MUSIC FESTIVAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (PMFOC) |
| Address |
Sumitomo Seimei Sapporo Chuo Bldg. 1F 1-14, Minami 2 jo, Higashi 1 chome, Chuo-ku Sapporo 060-0052 ＜Access＞ |
| Tel |
+81-11-242-2211 |
| Fax |
+81-11-242-1687 |
| Organization Type |
Public Interest Incorporated Foundation |
| The purpose of PMF's founding |
The purpose of the Pacific Music Festival is as follows: to provide world-class orchestral music education to young musicians and showcase the results to a wide audience, to implement music outreach programs in the community, to foster the next generation of classical musicians in the world, to contribute to the development and improvement of arts and culture in Japan, and to contribute to world peace through music.
(from the PMF Articles of Incorporation) |
| PMF Organizing Committee history |
- 1991 (Heisei 3)
- The Pacific Music Festival Organizing Committee (PMFOC) is established as a Private Organization in Sapporo
- 2002 (Heisei 14)
- The PMFOC becomes an Incorporated Foundation (on April 1), approved by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- 2010 (Heisei 22)
- The PMFOC becomes a Public Interest Incorporated Foundation (on August 9), under the administrative jurisdiction of the Cabinet Office
Details on the history of PMF are available on the Archive page
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| Competent Authority |
Cabinet Office |
| Representative |
Chairman of the Board of Directors Katsuhiro Akimoto (Mayor of Sapporo) |
| Trustees |
- Hiromitsu Abe
- Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University of Education
- Yasuhiko Endoh
- Councilor, Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities
- Tsuneaki Kawamura
- Councilor, Kanagawa Arts Foundation
- Mineo Sugiki
- Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of the Arts
- Tomoyasu Marutani
- Co-Chairman, Hokkaido Committee for Economic Development
- Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
- Co-Founder and General Director, LCC. Institute for Culture Commons
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| Directors |
- Katsuhiro Akimoto [Chairman, Board of Directors]
- Mayor of Sapporo
- Yuji Matsuoka
- President, YAMAHA MUSIC JAPAN CO., LTD.
- Yuji Horii
- Executive Officer of Corporate Planning Office, Hokkaido Shimbun Press
- Satoshi Mukai
- Attorney at Law, Mukai Nakajima Law Office
- Yasuhiro Kondo
- Councilor, City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra
- Shiro Ide
- Vice-president, Kunitachi College of Music
- Naoko Maeda
- Director General, Community & Cultural Promotion Breau, City of Sapporo
- Hidehiko Murayama
- Former Director General, Economic & Tourism Affairs Bureau, City of Sapporo
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| Executive Advisor |
- Fumio Ueda
- Former Mayor of Sapporo
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| Secretaries |
- Katsuya Mizuno
- Certified Public Accountant
- Takashi Mizuochi
- Executive Director, Sapporo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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| PMF Artistic Councillor |
- Sir Clive Gillinson
- Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall
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| PMF Artistic Advisory Board [PAAB] |
- Yasuhiro Kondo
- Councilor, City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra / PMF Board of Directors
- Shiro Ide
- Vice-president, Kunitachi College of Music / PMF Board of Directors
- Daniel Matsukawa
- Principal Bassoon, Philadelphia Orchestra
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