World famous Japanese conductor
Tomomi Nishimoto has agreed to be an 'Ambassador' of the Italy
Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka and she will make an active
contribution to its programme of musical events.
Nishimoto joins fashion designer Junko Koshino, entrepreneur
Yuzo Yagi, industrial designer Ken Okuyama, furniture and
product designer Toshiyuki Kita and sculptor Susumu Shingu as
'ambassadors' to the Italy Pavilion.
An internationally respected artist, Tomomi Nishimoto has
performed in around 30 countries.
She is the director of the IlluminArt Philharmonic Orchestra, a
project that brings together musicians from various areas of the
ASEAN bloc.
Active in the promotion of artistic dialogue between East and
West, she has created projects that blend traditional culture,
science, art and technology in order to raise public awareness
about physical and mental health problems and improve people's
quality of life, by making music therapy accessible to all.
She has been a regular guest at the Vatican's International
Festival of Sacred Music and Art since 2013.
She received the Honorary Award of the Fondazione Pro Musica e
Arte Sacra in 2014, becoming the youngest artists to receive
this prize.
"We have known Director Tomomi Nishimoto very well since the
inauguration of the Paper Concert Hall designed by the architect
Shigeru Ban that was donated to L'Aquila by Japan," commented
Ambassador Mario Vattani, the Commissioner General for Italy at
Expo 2025 Osaka.
"Collaborating with Nishimoto will make it possible to
interpret, in an articulated way, the theme 'Art Regenerates
Life' of the Italy Pavilion, which for the first time ever will
also host the Holy See's Pavilion.
"Creating activities and programmes on the themes of Expo 2025
Osaka for the promotion of the excellence of Italian
universities and research centres, both in the artistic and
scientific fields, at the international level is one of the
objectives of the Framework Agreement signed in July 2023 by the
General Commissioner for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka and CRUI -
COPER - AFAM of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research".
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