About Instrument Loan Project
Nippon Music Foundation launched the Instrument Loan Project in 1994 to make greater contributions towards the field of classical music. The Foundation has now come to own 21 instruments made by Antonio Stradivari and Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu and loans them gratis to young promising musicians and internationally active musicians regardless of their nationalities.
Application for the 25th Instrument Loan Committee Meeting in June 2019 (Category A & B)
Category A
- Eligibility
- 35 years old or under as of 1 September 2019
(Average 40 or under for Quartet)
- Length of Loan
- Will be informed in the result (Maximum of 7 years)
- Application Period
- 1 March 2019 - 31 March 2019
- Application
- See Step 1 "Application"
- Result
- Will be notified approximately one month after the meeting
Category B
- Eligibility
- Performing mainly in Japan and
35 years old or under as of 1 September 2019
(Average 40 or under for Quartet)
- Length of Loan
- Will be informed in the result (Maximum of 3 years)
- Application Period
- 1 March 2019 - 31 March 2019
- Application
- See Step 1 "Application"
- Result
- Will be notified approximately one month after the meeting
Please contact the Foundation for the Category C
Category C
- Eligibility
- Have a specific purpose of activities
(e.g. Special Concert, Debut Concert,
Anniversary Concert, Recording, Competition etc.)
- Length of Loan
- Will be informed in the result (Maximum of 1 year)
- Application Period
- 1 year to 2 months prior to the requested start date
of the loan
- Application
- See Step 1 "Application"
- Result
- Will be notified approximately one month prior to the
requested start date of the loan at the latest
Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition
Since 1997, Nippon Music Foundation has loaned the Stradivarius 1708 Violin “Huggins” to the Grand Prize winners of the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium held in Brussels.
*Applicants can apply for both A and B.
*Re-applying for the Category C is possible after two years from the end date of the loan for those who have or had the loan of the Category C.
Application
If you would like to apply for the loan, please send the following application materials to the Foundation. Please note that the submitted materials will not be returned.
- 1．
- Application (
Form for the age over 20 /
Form the age 19 or under)
- 2．
- Two Recommendation Letters addressed to Nippon Music Foundation
- 3．
- Biography
- 4．
- Performance Schedule of the Past One Year and the Next One Year
- 5．
- Repertoire
- 6．
- Photography
- 7．
- Reviews and Articles
- 8．
- 3 Audiovisual Recordings of Your Playing (see the list of repertoire and details in the Application Form)
- Nippon Music Foundation
Akasaka 1-2-2 Minato-kuTokyo 107-0052 Japan
Tel +81-(0)3-6229-5566 Email t.uchiyama.mcw@gmail.com
Screening (Instrument Loan Committee)
The Instrument Loan Committee is responsible for selecting recipients of the instruments. The Committee is composed of members representing Europe, the United States and Asia.
Members
- Bin Ebisawa
- Honorary Professor at Graduate School of SHOBI University
- Mari Fujiwara
- Cellist
- Koichiro Harada
- Violinist, Professor at Toho Gakuen School of Music,
Professor at Tokyo College of Music
- Kim Kashkashian
- Violist, Professor at New England Conservatory
- Ida Kavafian
- Violinist, Professor at The Juilliard School,
Professor at Curtis Institute of Music
- Count Yvan de Launoit
- Vice President of The Queen Elisabeth
International Music Competition, Belgium
- Jonathan Nott
- Conductor
- Sir Curtis Price
- Vice President of the Royal Academy of Music, London
Result
A written notification will be sent to the address on the application.
NOTICE:
The applicant who has been selected as a recipient of the Foundation's instrument is required to sign the Loan Agreement and take proper care of the instrument by observing the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement. Some of the basic requirements as the recipient are - reporting on the use of the instrument, placing the instrument in the care of the instrument dealers designated by the Foundation every three months for its condition checks, and performing gratis for the Foundation. The recipient who resides outside of Japan must import the instrument to Japan before the expiration of the ATA Carnet ※.
※ATA Carnet:
Nippon Music Foundation provides the ATA Carnet to the recipients of the Foundation's instruments for the purposes of facilitating the customs clearance procedure, avoiding the seizure of the instrument and charges (import taxes, penalties etc.) at the customs. The ATA Carnet is an international customs and export-import document to clear customs without paying duties and import taxes.
