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Charlie: 1st price at the the Swiss Youth Music Competition

Charlie Hurtado Bazan (guitar, age 12)  wins a 1st prize with distinction at the Swiss Youth Music Competition! A huge well done, Charlie! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Concert, Special project, Switzerland ·

Jerusalem: Jonas Alumni at the «Alleluia» festival

As part of the «Alleluia» festival (4–9 December 2022), a musical project was organised: With the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, students of the IBDAA School and Jonas Alumni (Geneva, London, Tbilisi), conducted by Nizar Elkhater, composer, musician. A week of meetings, exchanges, dialogue and friendship between members of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, students of the IBDAA School and Alumni of the Jonas Foundation. We are very grateful to Pastor Andreas Schindler. He accompanied … [Read more...]

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Jonas student at the Davidsbündler Music Academy in The Hague

Jonas student Darii Krasylych (12) had the opportunity to play twice on stage at the Davidsbündler Music Academy in The Hague in early September. His mother writes: «He was allowed to present five of his compositions for piano and violin. The ambiance was wonderful, he received a very warm welcome. It is a great honor for my son to perform on the same stage as Anna Fedorova or Nicholas Schwartz.» … [Read more...]

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Bulgaria: Summercamp – Happiness in the faces

The Fondation Jonas has supoorted a summer camp in july in Lyaskovets/Bulgaria. 20 children from 5 to 15 years spent a joyful time in a vacation center. Games, stories, singing, swimming, tasty food… The camp was led by Revd Ivan Morunov and his wife Anna (Children's Center "Bridge of Hope"). … [Read more...]

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New Year’s Calendar – Windows of hope

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Bulgaria, july 2020: Summercamp with Romani children

20th – 25th July, with Romani children. Direction: Revd. Ivan and Anna Morunov, Methodist Church in Bulgaria. «It was a happy week with lots of joy! Swimming, delicious food, games and thinking about our Creator and creation. In this way we were able to give Roma children a little joy in their sometimes difficult situation.The Bridge of Hope Children's Centre and of course the children of the camp thank the Jonas Foundation for their support!» … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Camp, Special project ·

CD album «Danses et chants»

The CD «Danses et chants» has been published recently by a Foundation partner, VDE Gallo, Bioley-Magnoux/Switzerland. «Danses et chants, d'ici et d'ailleurs» is the audible result of the Jonas Summer Camp in july 2019. Listen to choral songs, chamber music and international folk music with children and music teachers from Tbilisi/Georgia, London and Geneva. Shop from VDE-Gallo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Special project ·

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News

  • Kyrgyzstan: Review of the last years
  • Geneva: Palm Sunday service
  • Enrique: 1st price at the the Swiss Youth Music Competition
  • Charlie: 1st price at the the Swiss Youth Music Competition
  • Carolina: Master’s thesis!

Special piano concerts – CD available


The CD of a concert of Rati Skhirtladze’s (13 years) and his teachers Natia Beraia Taktakishvlili and Dachi Taktakishvili is available – order here: info@jonasfoundation.org
The concerts took place in Switzerland (Berne, Bioley-Magnoux, Geneva) from 12th to 15th March 2015.
On the program: Liszt, Chopin, Ravel, Lagidze.

Donations

You would like to donate? More informations you can find here.

Middle East

Drama workshops in Ramallah (Kathy Bergen, Faten Khoury) – Read more

Milman Center, Haifa

Musictherapy for children suffering from autism at the Milman Center, Haifa. Read more

Armenia: Integration of disabled children

The Jonas Foundation supports the project “Art for Inclusion” in Armenia. Documentary films: "I am a hero", "If you have wings" and "Only love". Read more

Paris-StDenis, France

The Jonas Music Class at Collège Pierre-de-Geyter, StDenis, France. Read more

London Music School

Read more about our music school.

Puzzle «Creation»

«The Creation», a painting in form of a huge puzzle! A piece of art put together by handicapped children and children from the Bernese Oberland (summer 2007). During the International Year 2008 of the Earth, «The Creation» was hosted by the International Airport Geneva at Gate A8. Read more

June 2006: UN Human Rights Council

Jonas Choir UN Geneva
19th June: The «Jonas Singers» sing with the «Petits Chanteurs de la Cathédrale» at the first Session of the Human Rights Council, United Nations, Geneva. Young singers from countries as varied as Iran, Zimbabwe, Angola, Rwanda, Cameroun, Bulgaria, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Switzerland, have been invited to sing at the first Session of the Human Rights Council.

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