Jonas Foundation

A second chance

London: End of Year Concert


The normal school and teaching day at St Matthew’s came to an end with our-end of-term concert!

The venue in the City of London was the delightful and intimate courtyard of St Vedast Church. Due to the special situation, the concert was not a public event. However, some parents of the children and young people were present.
Unfortunately, several students who had been preparing intensively for the concert became ill (Delta) and thus could not participate.

After the concert we enjoyed a fine picnic, despite everything a happy end of the semester!

Summer concert video

Geneva: «Certificat de fin d’études musicales» (with honours) for three students


Several students who are part of the Jonas project have just graduated with respectable degrees. And all of them have a clear career perspective!


Océane Brigitte, Recorder
Prof. Magali Dami – «First Class Honours».
Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Geneva.

After her Master degree in History of Religions and Ethnology (University of Lausanne and Geneva), Océane is appointed as a research and teaching assistant in medieval history, Department of History at the University of Geneva.


Enrique Meija, Guitar
Prof. Alessio Nebiolo – «First Class Honours».
Enrique Meija obtains the Maturité Certificate – Bilingual Section – Mention “Bien”, Collège André-Chavannes, Geneva.
He ist admitted to the HEMU, enrolled in musicology, Faculty of Arts, Geneva.


Elisa Primiceri, Recorder
Prof. Ariel Rychter – «With Honours».
Elisa has been admitted to the «Certificat Supérieur» programme at the Conservatoire de Musique de Lausanne (recorder, Prof. François Mutzenberg).

Emmanuel Lopes is appointed sergeant
Emmanuel, who plays saxophone in the Jonas Project Geneva and has a commercial high school diploma, has decided to take a new step in the Swiss army. After his basic training, he was appointed sergeant in the medical forces.

We congratulate them very warmly!

Diploma concert with Elisa (flute) and Enrique (guitar).
The joint graduation dinner! With, among others, music teacher Ariel Rychter (3rd from left).

London: Exams and Nominations

Christian, Grade 2, Clarinet: «Merit»!
At the ABRSM exams (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Exams) Christian passed with «Merit»!

Yassine has become a physicist
Yassine, as a young boy already in the Jonas Project London, has successfully passed his university degree as a physicist!
Yassine is nominated MRI physicist at the Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research London.

Ngudi Ngudiankama
Congratulations on the birth of Zurielle, daughter of Ngudi and Benedicte Ngudiankama!
Ngudi has been appointed to the position of Director of a care centre for children and young people in difficulty (UK).

Congratulations!

Kyrgyzstan: Spring concert on video

Also in Kyrgyzstan we are able to organise small concerts again – even if it is «only» in front of the video camera. The students of the JONAS music project in Bishkek are playing the Komuz, one of the national instruments of Kyrgyzstan.

Tbilisi: Spring concert on videos

Our video takes you inside the spring concert of the JONAS project in Tbilisi/Georgia. The atmosphere before the concert, the concert itself, the joy of playing, the setting in the Lutheran Church in Tbilisi: Everyone is happy to be able to make music together and in front of an audience again!

Diplomas and Awards

Tbilisi
Eteri Gebedava: C1 Diploma «German», Goethe Institut, Tbilisi

Geneva
Océane Brigitte : Certificate in Music Studies, «With honours», Recorder (Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Prof. Magali Dami)
Enrique Meija: Prize winning finalist at the «Concours suisse de Musique pour la Jeunesse», Lucerne (2. Prize, Guitar)

Our warmest Congratulations to everyone !

Océane Brigitte: Océane Brigitte: Joy and relief after the Exam «Certificat d’Etudes Musicales» !

Easter greetings from Tbilisi

Natia Beraia and Dachi Taktakishvili, directors of the Jonas Music School in Tbilisi, send us colourful greetings.

The pandemic is forcing a major interruption in Georgia as well. The planned summer concert has to be postponed until further notice.