World Piano Teachers Association Japan/WPTA, with support from Association for musical cooperation Serbia-Japan and Japan-Serbia Sociate, held Serbian Music Festival at the Embassy on 15 March 2019.

As a part of the Festival, an auditon was held with Ms. Keiko Naoe and Ms. Yoko Naka performing piano works by Serbian composer Aleksandar S. Vujić  (1945-2017), with a possibility for one of them to participate at the World Piano Conference in Novi Sad this year.

President of WPTA Ms. Rika Fukuda (piano), president of the Association Ms. Etusko Tsunozaki (violin) and Ms. Eriko Hayakawa (piano) dressed in Serbian national costumes held a recital perfroming works of Aleksandar S. Vujić, Isidor Bajić, Milenko Živković and Kornelije Stanković, as well as some of the famous compositions from Serbia, including Tamo daleko. Works by Franz List (Love Dream, with participation of soprano Ms. Yukari Tsukamura) and Johann Strauss II (The Blue Danube) were also performed. 

Ambassador Glišić expressed gratitude to WPTA and president of the Japan branch Ms. Rika Fukuda for organizing event to promote Serbian music and composers in Japan. He also thanked the president of the Japan-Serbia Society Mr. Tadashi Nagai, as well as the former Ambassador of Japan to Serbia Mr. Toshio Tsunozaki and his spouse Ms. Etusko Tsunozaki who regularly performes and supports Embassy events.