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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. … [Read more...]

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! … [Read more...]

Diplomas and Awards

TbilisiEteri Gebedava: C1 Diploma «German», Goethe Institut, Tbilisi GenevaOcéane 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 ! … [Read more...]

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. … [Read more...]

Making music together again after a long break

The children in Tbilisi/Georgia also had to endure a long Corona break. The joy was all the greater when they were finally able to meet again on 28 March 2021 at the Evanglical Lutheran Church to make music together again! … [Read more...]

First prize goes to Enrique

At the Concours Suisse de la Musique pour la Jeunesse in Neuchâtel (20 March 2021), our student Enrique has won the first prize! Congratulations! Enrique is a student of Prof. Alessio Nebiolo at the Conservatoire de Musique, Geneva. … [Read more...]

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, … [Read more...]