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This began in 1990 as the brainchild of the late Leonard Bernstein. Nomura Group and the Nomura Cultural 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. |
This foundation was established in May 1990 to cultivate talent and international exchange in music and fine arts.
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The foundation provides grants for the performances, exhibitions, and symposia of young artists. Fiscal 2008 grants were for 65 artistic and 57 musical events. |
Since 1991 the Nomura Cultural Foundation has granted 180 scholarships to promising foreign postgraduate exchange students in social sciences and the humanities at designated Japanese universities. Recipients have remained active in their fields in Japan or their home countries and many are engaged in activities aimed at fostering exchange between Japan and other countries. A reception in April 2009 brought together around 45 people including students who had completed or begun their scholarships in fiscal 2008 or had started theirs in fiscal 2009. Those who had completed their program received a commemorative gift from Junichi Ujiie, chairman of Nomura Holdings. Fiscal 2009 scholars pledged their commitment to studying hard.
The Nomura Cultural Foundation supports promising young artists by choosing exceptional works by doctoral students for the university's art museum collection.
Established in 1986 to commemorate Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.' 60th anniversary this organization gives financial support to university researchers in the fields of law, political science, and economics.
In fiscal 2008 the foundation supported 20 research projects, sponsored overseas trips for researchers and invited researchers from other countries to Japan (total of 33 researchers) and sponsored seven seminars.
We established this foundation in 1987 to foster stable global economic growth by conducting research, holding symposia and publishing global economic findings. It has sponsored many research projects, organized meetings among leading minds from think tanks in Europe, the United States and Asia-Pacific. We promote this information through books, journals and its own website. The foundation is currently focusing on macroeconomics and the capital markets, and donates its books and journals to around 210 university libraries and other institutions across Japan.
Seminar themes in fiscal 2008 included world currencies, financial systems and governance; finance and securitization after the subprime crisis; and building China's equity market in an era of full stock circulation. The foundation published "The Future of Investment Trusts" and the "Chinese Capital Markets Research" quarterly.
You can view research findings on the foundation's website. Seminars planned for fiscal 2009 will focus on global imbalances and Asian economic growth strategies, the global financial industry after the credit crisis, and governance in managing chinese sovereign funds.
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 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.
