PTNA held a charity concert on April 27^th in which 13 PTNA prize winners performed, and public rehearsal session on the next day. A number of audiences came and a total of amount of 835,000yen was contributed. Performance videos were uploaded afterward to ask for online contributions as "the admission fee" for the online charity concert, nonetheless they are free to access. PTNA accepted online donations between May 11th-17th, and total amount of 9,000yen was donated. 

All the amount of donation will be sent to "Piano Donations for Japan Disaster Affected Public Schools". This association was established in June 2011, to deliver pianos to public schools in northeast Japan which lost their own properties after the earthquake and tsunami. It is estimated that 100,000yen will cover the cost of preparation and delivery of a piano.

Here is the name of the pianists played on April 27th. You can see their performance videos here!

Tomoharu Ushida / Hayato Sumino / Sakaya Sakai / Kiana Ried / Mayaka Nakagawa / Shigetoshi Ezawa / Marina Koka / Yurina Okumura / Aimi Kobayashi / Tomoki Sakata* / Yuma Osaki / Ichiro Kaneko* / Hibiki Tamura*   *past grand prize winner

This charity concert was started last year by the initiative of PTNA Pedagogy Committee. It will be held next year again in the same formula, but the title will be changed to "CrossGiving Concert". Audience will be able to choose the destination of their contributions among several associations / projects on the list.