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Summary

Schedule

Sunday, September 7th, 2025 – Monday, September 15th 2025

Who can attend

Students and professionals, all ages, and all nationalities. Violists who would like to spend a week focusing on the exploration of performance that they are unable to do regularly.

Attendance fee

Attendance fee
Course fees : ¥140,000
Accommodation (with breakfast) : ¥90,000
Other expenses
(Includes supper and transportation within Tamba Sasayama during the course period) : ¥20,000
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Total ¥250,000(tax included)

Master Class
8 private lessons ( 2 lessons of 50min. x4 facilities)
3 ensemble lessons ( viola quartet)
Alexander Technique lessons (2 lessons of 60min. )

Travel expense grants :
Students who passed the TSIVMC2025 audition and are coming from Europe, America, or Asia except Japan may request a grant for the Travel expense from the TSIVMC Executive Committee like following: From Europe ¥80,000, From America ¥50,000, From Asia ¥30,000
Any nationality is acceptable.
The travel expense grants shall be given after any necessary taxes are deducted. The applicable tax rate may be about 20.42%.

Number of participants

12

faculty

Nobuko Imai
Veit Hertenstein
Wenting Kang
Nian Liu

Applying

How to apply

Attendees will be selected by the audition. Please complete all of the details on the application form below, attach a headshot, and submit it. You must also include a link to a YouTube video reel of your performance; make sure that the video is online by the form submission deadline.

Audition reels

Applicants will be screened by reviewing videos uploaded to YouTube. Please upload a video in which your whole body appears and where you perform the compositions below. Performances must have been recorded in February 2025 or later. Please indicate the date and location of the performance.
1. Select both a fast and slow movement (one of each) from Suits for solo cello by J.S.Bach
2. Select one viola sonata or similar small piece of approximately about 10 minutes (with piano)

Screening schedule and audition results

The deadline for submitting the application form and video is Saturday, May 10, 2025. After the application form and audition video have been reviewed by the executive office, the faculties will begin the screening process.

Beginning in June applicants will be notified of the screening results by e-mail. Please keep your audition video available on YouTube until then.

After the final selection, the attendees’ names, photos, and profiles will be announced on the website after the second half of June 2025.