The (NMF) is an organisation under the supervision of the Arts and Culture Promotion Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs, a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education. Established 3 March 1972, its stated purpose is to develop international networks of music and foster public interest in music.
Instruments NMF has in its endowment one of the largest collections of antique instruments made by luthier Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737), with an additional two by Giuseppe Guarneri (1698-1744).
Guarneri del Gesù Violin 1736 Muntz 1740 Ysaÿe
Stradivarius Cello 1696 Aylesford 1730 Feuermann; De Munck; Gardiner 1736 Paganini; Ladenburg
Viola 1731 Paganini; Mendelssohn
Violin 1680 Paganini; Desaint 1702 Lord Newlands 1706 Dragonetti 1708 Huggins 1709 Engleman 1710 Duc de Camposelice 1714 Dolphin; Delfino 1715 Joachim-Aranyi 1716 Otto Booth 1717 Sasserno 1722 Jupiter; ex-Goding 1725 Wilhelmj 1727 Paganini; Conte Cozio di Salabue 1736 Muntz
See also List of Stradivarius instruments
References
External links Nippon Music Foundation website