【Takefu International Music Festival 2026】

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Takefu International Music Festival 2025 is held between 30. August 2026 (sun) and 6. September 2026 (sun) at the Echizen Cultural Center and other places. Further information will be announced in coming days/months.

Tickets will be available on 7th May 2026 at the following ticket centers!
Lawson Ticket/ Ticket Pia/ e+/ Echizen City Cultural Center/ Echizen City Imadate Art Hall/ Takefu Rakuichi Shopping Mall

Download A3 flyer (JA)

Takefu International Music Festival 2026 Main Concerts

Takefu International Music Festival 2026 Artists (Work in Progress)

HOSOKAWA Toshio
Composer
Music Directer of TIMF
ITOH Kei
Pianist
Concert Producer of TIMF

[25th Takefu International Composition Workshop] Applications are open.

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The Takefu International Music Festival is the only music festival in Japan that simultaneously holds a week-long composition workshop.
We welcome world-renowned composers as instructors and open up “new horizons” in music from Takefu.

Event period: August 31, 2026 (Monday) to September 5, 2026 (Saturday)
Venue: Echizen City Labor Welfare Hall, Echizen City Cultural Center, etc.

Contents: Lectures by instructor composers and performers, public composition lessons, listening sessions, discussions, lectures on instruments, observation of rehearsals, concert viewing, etc.

Lecturers: Toshio Hosokawa (Music Director of Takefu International Music Festival), Noriko Baba, Francesco Filidei, Naoki Sakata, Hristina Šušak

Participants: Capacity 30 people Tuition fee: 40,000 yen for the whole period, 8,000 yen for one day (*Does not include food, accommodation, or transportation expenses)

Application deadline: Must arrive at the secretariat by Friday, July 3, 2026

We also have a scholarship system. Please check here for details.
Scenes from the last workshops