Panos Karan and the British NPO Keys of Change created the Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta (FYS) in March 2012 which mainly consists of middle-school students from the Fukushima Prefecture.
[1] In April 2014, the FYS performed at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
[2][3] The concert included a new musical work composed for the FYS by composer Ronald Corp.[4] For the specific performance the FYS collaborated with professional British musicians of the Orpheus Sinfonia.
[5] During its visit in London, the FYS also performed at BBC Newsnight show[6] In August 2015, the FYS performed at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in Tokyo under the conductor Tetsuji Honna.
[8] Her majesty the Empress Michiko of Japan attended the concert[9] In April 2016 the FYS visited United States for the first time[10] and performed at Boston Symphony Hall in Boston[11][12][13] to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami disaster.