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Victor Company of Japan, Limited 31
of jazz resonates with our corporate values, which is why
JVC has sponsored over 160 major jazz festivals, where
countless musicians have brought the splendor of live music
to audiences of almost four million.
The well-known Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island,
which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year; the great
New York Jazz Festival; the extremely exciting North Sea
Jazz Festival in Holland; avant-garde jazz concerts in Paris;
and concerts in Eastern Europe’s Warsaw are just a few of
the events that we have sponsored for years. In addition, we
have expanded our activities to Asia—sponsoring concerts
in South Korea and Japan in 2003 and 2004, respectively—
to nurture a common bond among more music enthusiasts
than ever before.
Expanding Video Culture: JVC Tokyo Video Festival
Since 1978, JVC has held
the Tokyo Video Festival,
a venerable international
video competition for pro-
fessionals and amateurs
alike. To date, the festival
has attracted entries of
more than 40,000 works from 90 countries and regions
around the world.
In 2004, the Video Grand Prize was awarded to “Grainy
Days,” a masterpiece created by a 24-year-old woman who
used film to paint a self-portrait, and the JVC Grand Prize
was awarded to “Off to War: Chapter Two,” a video letter
produced by two U.S. video journalists chronicling the pain
and hardships of war.
One thing that makes the Tokyo Video Festival unique is
its concept. It is not just a video contest. Rather, it is a video
communication festival for people to communicate and
express themselves through works of art. The Tokyo Video
Festival provides an opportunity for people who have never
picked up a video camera before to experience the fun of
filming and the joy of viewing their creations. Through the
festival, JVC aims to promote video software production as
one way to enjoy video technology and introduce new film
creations to the world.
Photo by Action Images/Richard Heathcote Jamie Cullum at the 2004 JVC International Jazz Festival