Project

From Austria to Japan

March 11, 2011, Japan was abruptly hit by the biggest seismic disaster of its history. What we can do for our homeland, being born there, being brought up there, and now luckily given the chances to spread our horizons abroad, may not just remain in prayers, but also in financial engagements with the devastated site.

Wide are the ranges of academic or professional backgrounds of those who live abroad, but we are here in Austria, devoted to music, and humbly make our livings through planning and performing concerts. Here we unite together in thought that we may take advantages of our profession, to harness your bonne grace too, as admissions or donations, to be sent over to Japan in crisis. We hereby assure you that every single penny would be donated to the Japanese Red Cross, through the special account set up at the Embassy of Japan in Vienna for donations for this seismic disaster, as our, and at the same time your, contribution. In this objective, we are ready to administrate a series of charity concerts in Vienna, Linz, Salzburg, and other parts of Austria, in infinitum.

Objective

Vision

Pray for Japan

All admissions and donations collected at the concerts would be remitted as charities. Every expenses on the organizing side (such as in renting halls, transportation costs, etc.) would be divided among the performers, for them to share. Additionally, all the performers will submit an amount exactly suitable to admissions of each concerts, in order to clarify the cash flow, and enable more charity.

Our team consists of musicians and concert producers who work at or enrolled in orchestras, opera houses, music universities, or freelances, with their bases in Austria, yet active in Japan and elsewhere. (March 16, 2011 present)

Chie Akasaka Mayumi Shimizu Sayaka Kira Mitsuyo Okamoto Mari Moriya Rieko Aikawa Takeshi Moriuchi Akiko Nakajima Sayuri Hirano Yasushi Hirano Ai Miwa Kota Morikawa Hiroyuki Ijichi Wataru Sano Kyoko Hedenborg Kazuko Itaya Noriko Takenaka Daichi Fujiki

Members

Pray for Japan

/ Violinist, Bruckner Orchestra Linz/ Trombonist, Bruckner Orchestra Linz/ Violinist, Bruckner Orchestra Linz/ Mezzo-soprano singer, Choir of Landestheater Linz/ Soprano singer, Soloist of Landestheater Linz/ Violinist, Orchesters im Landestheater Linz/ Conductor at Landestheater Linz/ Soprano singer, former Soloist of Wiener Volksoper / Pianist, Teacher of Musikuniversität Wien/ Bass-baritone singer, Soloist of Wiener Volksoper / Violinist, Wienervolksopernorchesters / Violinist, Wienervolksopernorchesters / Baritone singer, Choir of Wiener Staatsoper/ Baritone singer, Choir of Wiener Staatsoper/ Choir of Wiener Staatsoper/ Pianist, Wiener Staatsoper/ Violinist, Tonkünstlers Orchester/ Singer, Eventmanager, Internship at Wiener Staatsoper Administration

By offering professional concerts of finest qualities, we intend to make our project reliable and successive, so that they would lead us to collect utmost attention and interest in Austria. This is the concept we share here with you, which we believe would enable us to remit as much charities as possible at the same time.

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Concert in Vienna (as of March 19, 2011 present)

Pray for Japan

: 12:30 - 13:00, March 22, 2011: Vienna International Centre Rotunda (UN): Donation, assist UNVJ charity: Noriko Takenaka (Violinist) Aiko Shibata (Violinist) Mari Moriya (Singer) Yuka Onishi (Singer) Daichi Fujiki (Singer) Yasushi Hirano (Singer): UNVJ

: 19:00, March 27, 2011: Slowenisches Kulturzentrum Korotan (Albertgasse 48, 1080 Vienna): Donation : several from the above listed musicians: From Austria to Japan

Concert in Linz (as of March 16, 2011 present)Time and dateVenueAdmissionPerformersOrganizer

: 17:00, March 27, 2011 : Schloss Steyreg: €25,- : members of the Landestheater Linz: Landestheater Linz, Schloss Steyereg