Jonas Foundation

A second chance

September 2025, Sicily: ‘Concerto Solidale’ at the Segesta Teatro Festival

On 5 September 2025, a special event took place at the ancient theatre of Segesta as part of the Segesta Teatro Festival: the ‘Concerto Solidale’, organised by the Jonas Foundation in collaboration with Archéologie Solidaire and the University of Geneva (Département des Sciences de la Terre, Alessia Mistretta). Children from Tbilisi/Georgia took to the stage, accompanied by musicians Natia and Dachi Taktakishvili. Together with international artists such as Enrique Mejia, Carlo Taobada, Lia … [Read more...]

Geneva: Fête de la musique

The Fondation Jonas and the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève collaborate regularly. This is apparent also at the annual Fête la Musique in June. In the photos:Darii Krasylych plays pieces by F. Chopin (Prof. Serguei Milstein).Sia Seong is an advanced student and conducts a flute ensemble (Prof. Maud Besnard). … [Read more...]

Dorothée Munyaneza at Zurich’s «Theater-Spektakel»

A special highlight at this year's «Zürcher Theater-Spektakel» was the stage play Umuko. Responsible and appearing on stage herself was Dorothée Munyaneza – a former student of the Jonas Project London! Dorothée came to London with her family at the age of 12, fleeing the horror of the genocide in Rwanda. In the UK she discovered her talents. She was also a pupil in the Jonas Music project. She studied in London, has been involved in various productions (including as a singer in the … [Read more...]

London: Glimpse into a concert

Our end of year concert at St Mary's Newington was a varied programme of instrumental solo and ensemble performances, as well as a choir. High concentration, for example here: 1 cello, 2 bows, 3 students, 5 hands (with headmaster Felix Buser): … [Read more...]

Basel: Fundraiser concert with Alexey Trushechkin and Alena Trushechkin-Osminkina

It was an extraordinary experience to have the likes of Bach, Chopin, Schumann, Rachmaninov and Debussy as guests in the venerable «Zunftsaal Schmiede» in Basel... performed by the Russian pianists Alena Trushechkin-Osminkina and Alexey Trushechkin! Christine and Ueli Sigwart-Sartorius, founders of the Fondation Jonas, have invited them. Two days before the concert, they organized a master class in Geneva with advanced students of the Fondation Jonas and Alexey Trushechkin. The young … [Read more...]