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  • News

Geneva, january 2021: Enrique Meija wins music prize

Enrique was awarded First Prize, « Jeunes Etoiles » category, at the Canadian International Music Competition CIMC, with the piece «11ème Etude, Villa Lobos».

Congratulations!

Enrique has been a member of the Joans Group Geneva for about ten years. With a scholarship from the Jonas Foundation at the Geneva Conservatory of Music, Enrique is in a pre-professional class (guitar, Prof. Alession Nebiolo).

Elisa Primiceri also won a prize in this competition!

Enrique, 11ème Etude, Villa Lobos:

Filed Under: Geneva ·

Geneva, january 2021: Elisa Primiceri wins music prize

Elisa Primiceri and her music teacher Ariel Rychter (Conservatoire de Musique de Genève) gave a small concert of Sammartini’s Sonata in December 2020.
In these times «only» on video – nevertheless to see/hear for all, anytime, worldwide. This music piece opened the new year (1 January 2021) in our Advent/New Year’s calendar.

Elisa also sent the video to the Canadian International Music Competition. She has now received the report that she has won a second prize in the «Jeunes Artistes» category! She will not only receive a diploma, but also a silver medal by mail…

Congratulations to Elisa for winning this prize! She is one of our long-time students in Geneva, she has been with JONAS for over ten years (choir, camps, recorder).

The list of the winners of the CIMC | Other artists of the Canadian competition at an online concert

Enrique Meija also won a prize in this competition!

The concert piece by Elisa Primiceri:

Filed Under: Concert, Geneva ·

Pleven Guitar Festival : Special Diploma for Enrique

We are very happy for Enrique! He is part or our JONAS project in Geneva/Switzerland, where he has developed a high level of classical guitar during several years.

At the Pleven Guitar Festival, which has just taken place (online), Enrique took part in the 16-17 year old category. He had to submit a 15-minute video. His programme:

  • Sonata K380 (Domenico Scarlatti)
  • Etude n°11 (Villa-Lobos)
  • Verano Porteño (Astor Piazzolla)

Watch and listen… :


The Diploma of the 6th Pleven Guitar Festival
1th–15th december 2020 – virtual edition
plevenguitarfestival.com, Pleven/Bulgaria

Under the direction of:
Nikolay Mihaylov, Artistic Director
Milena Gramova-Mihaylova, President of the «Art close to me» Association

Filed Under: Geneva ·

New Year’s Calendar – Windows of hope

Discover the JONAS New Year’s Calendar

Church of Saanen.

Filed Under: Special project ·

Tbilisi/Georgia: Admissions and diplomas

Good news from Jonas students and leaders!

Eteri, vocal and piano student, will soon begin her studies in German Literature (Tbilisi State University).

Eric, piano student at the Jonas School of Music in Tbilisi, has successfully passed his entrance examinations for medical studies.

We are also very pleased with Dachi Taktakishvili et Natia Beraia Taktakishvili, the leaders of our project. They both received their PhD degrees in music at the Ilia University of Tbilisi!

Filed Under: Tbilisi ·

Paris St-Denis: New music teacher

Our music lessons at the Collège Pierre-de-Geyter in Paris St-Denis (Principal Stéphane Mercy) are very popular. Classes for the new term will start on september 23rd – with our new music teacher!

Putting his focus on guitar and piano lessons, our new teacher Takfarinas Barkou (MSc Mathematics and Musicology) is very much looking forward to the coming school term!

Filed Under: General ·

London, july 2020: End of term concert in a video clip

It was a somewhat special end of term concert. Open air, in the beautiful Tibetan Peace Garden, with lots of space – but no audience invited!

Due to corona restrictions, the concert could only take place in a mini group – almost without a direct audience. For you, the most important audience was a camera: So you can now, at any time, listen to the concert, including some city background sound.

The spring semester is now over. With lockdown, online music lessons, improvisation: «What a term it was… !!!» — «Thank you ever so much for all the fabulous teaching this term, and well done for the dedicated practice and perseverance !»

Filed Under: Concert, London ·

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News

  • Geneva, january 2021: Enrique Meija wins music prize
  • Geneva, january 2021: Elisa Primiceri wins music prize
  • Pleven Guitar Festival : Special Diploma for Enrique
  • New Year’s Calendar – Windows of hope
  • Tbilisi/Georgia: Admissions and diplomas

Events

No Events planned for the moment

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.

Jonas Foundation · CH–1407 Bioley-Magnoux · info@jonasfoundation.org