12th Osaka International Chamber Music Festa
Now open for Application!
Application: April 1st – October 12th, 2025
For Ensemble consisting of 2 to 6 instrumentalists.
Accepting all acoustic instruments
No age limitation
Voted by Audience Jury
Schedule ＆Venue
May 9th – 13th , 2026
| Date | Venue | |
|---|---|---|
| May 9th | Mie / Toyama | 1st Round |
| May 11th | Osaka | Ensemble SHOWCASE #1 |
| May 12th | Osaka | Semifinal Round Ensemble SHOWCASE #2 |
| May 13th | Osaka | Final Round Awards Ceremony |
1st Round *subject to change
Mie Pref. Fine Arts Center
Toyama Prefecture Takaoka Culture Hall
Semifinal & Final Round
Sumitomolife Izumi Hall
SPOTLIGHT on 12th edition
Welcoming more diversity!
Osaka International Chamber Music Festa welcomes not only classical music, but also traditional and ethnic music performances of the world. We will accept more diverse performing arts related to instrument music than past Festa.
Offering new special prizes for diversity!
New special prizes such will be presented to praise various forms of music and new wave for performing arts in addition to the existing “Menuhin Gold Prize” and “Folkloric prize”. We hope these changes will make the Festa more festive chamber music stage!
Getting more performance chance!
The 1st round of the Festa will be held out of Osaka so that we can share the joy of music with people in Mie and Toyama prefecture. Then the ensembles which could not get to next round will also be invited to Osaka alongside the ensembles who advanced to semifinal round, to appear at a separate concert titled “ENSEMBLE SHOWCASE” to show their performance. All participating ensembles will have more stages!
Repertoire
Free (Performance of each round should be within 25 minutes.)
Eligibility
Festa is open to ensembles of all nationalities with no age limitation.
Special Jury
- Shin-ichi GO
Trombonist, Professor emeritus, Kyoto City University of Art - Masataka KONO
Oboist, Representative, Kansai Chamber Music Association - Yunosuke YAMAMOTO
Cellist, Resident Conductor, Tokyo New Philharmonic Orchestra - Risa KATAOKA
Koto player, Specially Appointed Professor, Osaka College of Music - Hiroyuki FUJIKADO
Executive Director, Japan Chamber Music Foundation - Taku KAWAI
Producer, Osaka Chamber Music Competition & Festa - In addition to the Special Jury of the Festa, the Festa will be judged by a large number of audience members who will be selected in public offering beforehand.
Special Advisor
Shota FUKUOKA
Deputy Directors-General, National Museum of Ethnology
Prizes
Menuhin Gold Prize: 1,000,000 yen
Finalist Prize (3 ensembles): 300,000 yen
The Menuhin Gold prize winner will be invited to perform in a concert tour (called Grand-Prix Concerts). They will give about ten concerts to be held across Japan.
Special Awards
- The Folkloric Music Special Award: 100,000 yen
- Keyboard Ensemble Special Award: 100,000 yen
- String Ensemble Special Award: 100,000 yen
- Percussion Ensemble Special Award: 100,000 yen
- Wind Ensemble Special Award: 100,000 yen
- New-Wave Special Award: 100,000 yen
Financial Support
Travel and accommodation fees will be supported by the Organizer.
Entry fee
The ensembles which have passed the preliminary screening will be requested to pay 20,000 Japanese yen as entry fee when they arrive at Osaka.
12th Osaka International Chamber Music Festa
May 9th – 13th, 2026
Organized by
Japan Chamber Music Foundation
TEL: +81-(0)6-6947-2184 / E-mail: osaka-comp@jcmf.or.jp