Application Outline
| Period |
August 17.2025(Sun) to August 26.2025(Tue)
Lessons (violin, cello, piano)/August 17 (Sun.)～24 (Sun.) Master Class Students' Presentation / August 25 (Mon.) IMA Music Award Ceremony / August 26 (Tue.)
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| Location |
Ishikawa Ongakudo
・Address: 20-1 Showa-machi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa, 920-0856, Japan ・Tel: +81 76-232-8111
Ishikawa Prefecture Youth Center
・Address: 212-1 Tokiwamachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa, 920-0834, Japan ・Tel: +81-76-252-0666 |
| Number of applications |
◯55 violin applications
◯15 cello applications ◯15 piano applications |
| Faculty |
Violin
Koichiro Harada (Music Director,Toho Gakuen College Music Department)
Regis Pasquier (Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris) Masafumi Hori(Toho Gakuen College Music Department)
Cho-Liang Lin(Former professor of the Julliard School) Ju-Young Baek (Seoul National University , College of Music)
Mengla Huang(Shanghai Conservatory of Music)
Michiko Kamiya (Toho Gakuen College Music Department)Cello
Hakuro Mori (Toho Gakuen College Music Department)
Clive Greensmith(Colburn School Conservatory of Music) Piano
Pascal Devoyon(Toho Gakuen School of Music) Andreas Weber(Mozarteum University Salzburg) Katsunori Ishii(Tokyo College of Music) |
| Tuition |
JPY 160,000 (tax incl.)
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| Applicant Qualifications |
There are no restrictions on nationality .
(Applicants under the age of 13 must be accompanied by parent or guardian.) In principle, students under 30 years old (students over 30 years old must be recommended by the instructor) |
| Application Procedure |
・All applicants are required to submit an audition video recording. Upload your performance video of approximately 10 minutes to YouTube with clear sound and video, and send the link to the IMA Tokyo Office (email: ima@aspen.jp). ・Write your instrument, your name, Course Taken, Recording Date (Year/Month/Date), and the name of the audition piece in its original language in the email, also in the YouTube description. ・YouTube Title Format: Your Name – Composer – Audition Piece in Original Language ・The completed application form should be sent to the IMA Tokyo Office (email: ima@aspen.jp). |
| Selection of applications |
Recording Audition
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| Application Deadline |
May 15 2025(Thu)
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| Notification of Selected students |
2025 Results will be sent through e-mail or post.
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| Other Information |
Each student will have 5 lessons (50 minutes per lesson).
Students may prepare up to 3 pieces for the master classes. The students cannot select their faculty. All lessons are open to public. As a general rule, there should be an accompanist for string and vocal lessons. Interpreters are available for students. Accommodation: Further details will be informed after the selection. The organizers may ask the students to change lesson pieces. |
| Concerts |
Concerts are planned during the Academy, with students and guest players.
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| Contact Information |
Please direct all inquiries and applications to:
IMA(Ishikawa Music Academy)Tokyo Office 2-20-16 Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031 JAPAN International:Tel +81-3-5467-0081 Fax +81-3-5468-0066 Email:ima@aspen.jp |