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PMF began in 1990 as the brainchild of the late Leonard Bernstein. Nomura Group and Nomura Foundation have been special corporate sponsors since the event's inception, sharing its aim of contributing to music worldwide by fostering young talent. |
 
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On March 1, 2008, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Gakuen-Mae Branch arranged a PMF (Pacific music festival) Chamber Players Concert at Gakuen-Mae Hall to celebrate the first anniversary of the Branch's opening. The Chamber Players are an ensemble group of classical musicians who participated in past PMFs as academy students and who now perform regularly in orchestras and as soloists, primarily in Japan's Kansai region. During the concert interval the ensemble members reminisced with the audience over the month they spent one summer in Sapporo as PMF academy students. At the end of the performance, the musicians received a standing ovation. |
 Ms. Mayumi Okamoto (Bassoon: PMF1997) |
For us the name "PMF" has a special power. When we find out that someone has participated in the PMF, we feel an instant camaraderie, no matter where they're from. What I've gained from my participation in the PMF is invaluable. These concerts have been our chance to convey through music our PMF experiences to people. |
 Mr. Daisuke Shiramizu (Trumpet: PMF1999) |
Taking part in the PMF has been a source of great pride for me. In the year I took part I was the only Japanese brass player, and although my English wasn't great, playing our instruments together showed me an experience where words weren't relevant. Thanks to PMF I've grown into a top-level musician, and captivating the audience with a great performance has been my way of showing my gratitude. |
Nomura Foundation is a public interest incorporated foundation which was newly established on April 1, 2010 through the merger of Nomura Foundation for Social Science, The Nomura Cultural Foundation and Tokyo Club Foundation for Global Studies.
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Since 1991 the foundation has granted 190 scholarships to promising foreign postgraduate students in social sciences and the humanities at designated Japanese universities. Recipients have remained active in their fields in their home countries or Japan and many are engaged in activities aimed at fostering exchange between Japan and other countries. |
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The foundation provides grants for performances, exhibitions, and symposia by young artists. In fiscal 2009 it supported 60 fine arts and 54 musical events. |
Nomura Art Prize is organized by Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku) to assist its purchase of superior works of art produced by its graduate students and to preserve them at the university's museum. The prize aims to promote the fine arts in Japan and support young artists by collecting, preserving, and exhibiting their works. Nomura Foundation provides the funding for this activity.
Since 1986 the foundation has given financial support to university researchers in the fields of law, political science, and economics. In fiscal 2009 it made grants to 34 research projects, sponsored 29 researchers making study trips abroad or invited from overseas, and sponsored 4 academic seminars.
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Since 1987 the foundation has sponsored many research projects and organized meetings among leading experts from think tanks in Europe, the United States, and the Asia-Pacific region with the aim of fostering a stable global economy. The foundation shares the results with the public by postings on its website, by supporting publication of books and journals, and by donating these publications to some 210 university libraries and other institutions across Japan. In fiscal 2009 research conferences addressed global imbalances and Asian economic growth strategies, the global financial industry after the credit crisis, and governance of Chinese sovereign funds and supported publications included Prudent Lending Restored and the Chinese Capital Markets Research quarterly. Research conferences planned for fiscal 2010 will focus on fiscal policy in the post-crisis world, the future of pensions and China's capital market design and opening as seen from foreign investors' point of view. |
This institute was founded in April 2004 as a unique body to explore capital markets systems, structures and developments in Japan and abroad. In addition to the pursuit of ideal market economics through research, another mission of the institute is to help cultivate capital markets in China and other emerging countries. The institute's findings are widely disseminated throughout Japan and overseas. Some of the institute's findings appear in the Nomura Capital Markets Quarterly, The Selection of Capital Markets Research and in other general books and through its own website.
As well as supporting these activities, Nomura Group promptly adopts the institute's findings in its own business activities and in financial and economic education programs.
Building charitable giving across the Europe and the Middle East, The Nomura Charitable Trust is a grant-giving organization funded by Nomura and its employees. The Trust was formally established in July 2009 and will be funded through an annual employee campaign with matching donations from Nomura and the additional use of unclaimed assets.
Grants made by the trust will initially support disadvantaged young people throughout the region and will be used to create sustainable partnerships that combine grants with employee engagement activities.
The Nomura America Foundation (NAF) is a New York based non-profit organization established in 1994 to provide grants to organizations for charitable, scientific, literary and educational purposes. NAF supports a variety of large and small organizations that promote the arts, cultural awareness, music, science, education, children's welfare, community projects, international relief for poverty, disease and disaster emergencies.
In order to broaden the reach of its goals NAF has set up two matching gift programs where it matches donations made by employees of Nomura Holding America Inc. and certain US affiliates and makes these available to qualified educational institutions and international relief organizations.
