ANA to be the Official Airline Partner of Tokyo Stradivarius Festival 2018 -”f”enomenon-

All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan's only 5-Star airline, announces to be the official airline partner of "Tokyo Stradivarius Festival 2018 - "f"enomenon-", to be held in May 2018.

"Tokyo Stradivarius Festival 2018 - "f"enomenon-" is the world's first experience-based classics festival that highlights Stradivarius - one of the world's most highly reputed violins for the past 3 centuries. The Stradivarius is well known for its sound and the acoustical phenomenon generated by the F-holes of the violin called "f"enomenon. In order for the general public to learn and experience the attractiveness of Stradivarius, the event will be conducted highlighting multiple perspectives.

As an official partner of the event, ANA has pledged its full support to ensure safe and timely transportation of the Stradivarius from all over the world.

With this partnership, ANA aims to promote art and culture by connecting people and enabling them to live unique and enjoyable experiences.

(Source: ANA Holdings)

Tokyo Stradivarius Festival 2018 - 3 Experience-based Programs

Main Concert: July 1st, 2018 - Venue: Suntory Hall

STRADIVARIUS Soloists Concert

Fumiaki Miura & Dai Miyata with Tokyo University of the Arts & Royal Academy of Music, England

Led by 2 world-famous soloist artists, Mr. Fumiaki Miura (violinist) and Mr. Dai Miyata (cellist) and backed by an orchestra consisting of members of music universities in both Japan and the UK, the concert aims to reproduce as best as possible the sound of Stradivarius.

STRADIVARIUS Satellite Event：August & September, 2018

The Satellite Event creates and offers the chance of enjoying music produced by Stradivarius through concert and live talk shows.

STRADIVARIUS Experiential Exhibition：October, 2018

The exhibition is held to unfold the charm of Stradivarius from multiple perspectives.

Through attending the exhibition, you understand why Stradivarius violins have continued to be the favorite of most sound lovers for 3 centuries.

Date：Oct 9, 2018 - Oct 15, 2018 - Venue: Mori Art Center Gallery.

Partnership Event: May, 2018 - July, 2018

STRADIVARIUS Summit Concert 2018

In collaboration with Tokyo Stradivarius Festival, special members from the prestigious orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker will perform with 11 Stradivarius violins.

The concert will be held at 10 different venues in Japan, including Tokyo's Suntory Hall.

Organizer & Production: TV Asahi/Vivre.

TOKYO STRADIVARIUS FESTIVAL 2018 -"f"enomenon- OUTLINE

Period：July - October, 2018

Official Site：http://tsf2018.com

Organizer：TOKYO STRADIVARIUS FESTIVAL 2018 executive committee

Supervision：Nippon Violin Co., Ltd.

Special Partner：Museo del Violino (Cremona, Italy)

Official Airline Partner：All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.

Special Support： Tokyo University of the Arts, Royal Academy of Music, Pasona Group

Support： Mori Art Center Gallery, Suntory Hall, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia(National Academy of St Cecilia), Habisreutinger Stradivarius Foundation, The Strad, ANA InterContinental Tokyo, Embassy of Italy, British Council

Sponsorship: Century Time Gems Japan, Ltd

Contact: ANA Corporate Communications, TEL +81-3-6735-1111, publicrelations@ana.co.jp

About ANA

ANA is the largest airline in Japan by revenues and passenger numbers. Founded in 1952, ANA flies today on 85 international routes and 116 domestic routes. The ANA group has 39,000 employees and a fleet of about 260 aircraft. In FY2016, it carried 52.1 million passengers and generated revenues of 1.77 trillion Japanese yen. ANA has been a member of Star Alliance since 1999 and has joint-ventures with United Airlines on trans-Pacific and Asia routes, and with Lufthansa, Swiss International Airlines and Austrian Airlines on Japan-Europe routes. Its Frequent Flyer Program, ANA Mileage Club, has more than 26 million members. ANA was voted Airline of the Year for 2013 by Air Transport World Magazine, and in 2017 was awarded five stars for the fifth consecutive year by the world's leading Airline and Airport review site, SKYTRAX. ANA is the launch customer and biggest operator of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.