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Kyrgyzstan

Traditional Dances and Music

Dance and music workshops in a settlement near Bishkek (Buchur Educational Centre, Ak Orgo) give great energy and joy to about thirty children. It helps them regain a sense of identity which they find difficult to keep alive after having moved from the Khirgise mountains to the City.

The children usually spend Summer, though, with their grandparents who live in the mountains, tending the cattle, producing milk and cheese.

Start of the project: January 2010

«Young enthusiasts», Ak-Orgo, Kyrgyzstan

The project teaches fourty children to play national instruments, comuz, chopo choor, asa tayak, dobullbas and sybyzgy according to the children’s tastes, interests and abilities. Teaching children dancing national dances.

The Educational Center Buchur has created learning centers for reading, writing, English, computing.

Ak-Orgo and Ak-Ordo settlements are among the poorest areas near Bishkek (homes lack in sanitary installations, no running water).

The inhabitants are mostly migrating families from the mountains. The music and dance project might enhance the sense of identity, mostly lost for the children and converge their energies on an artistic and worthwhile activity.

1205_kirghistan_young-enthusiasts«Young Enthusiasts» learn to play the kormuz!

News

  • Carolina: Master’s thesis!
  • 4th February, Gstaad: Fundraising Concert
  • Océane Masters degree and Prix Arditi!
  • Jerusalem: Jonas Alumni at the «Alleluia» festival
  • Jonas student at the Davidsbündler Music Academy in The Hague

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

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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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