The 26 th International Organ Festival in Japan 2016

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Name of the organization or individual

International Organ Festival in Japan Organizing Committee

subsidy category

Creation Grant

Grant Type

single year

FY28 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 1st term

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Business Overview

The purpose of the project is to promote the spread of organ music in our country and to promote exchanges between Japan and the host country. This time, they will exchange with Scotland, which laid the foundation of the Meiji government in Japan. The festival will introduce Scottish organ music for the first time, and you will also be able to enjoy Scottish folk songs that have been published in Japanese music textbooks and learned by everyone.

Period of Activity / Project

Friday, June 17, 2016

Venues

St. Mary's Cathedral, Sekiguchi Church, Tokyo (Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo)




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Profile

[Simon Niminski (Organ)]
Simon Niminski is the chief organist and music director of St. Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has worked on BBC Radio 2 'Organist entertains', BBC Radio 3 'Evening Prayer with Choir', and 'Pipe Dreams' in the United States, including a collection of works inspired by Shakespeare.