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The Albéniz Foundation (''Fundación Albéniz'' in Spanish), is a private non-profit organisation promoting classical music in Spain through its programmes: the Reina Sofía School of Music, the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, the Isaac Albéniz Library and Research Centre, and the International Chamber Music Institute of Madrid. The foundation is named after the Spanish composer and pianist Isaac Albéniz, as he represents the renaissance of Spanish music at the beginning of the 20th century in Europe. The foundation is based in Madrid and has a permanent office in Santander.
The Albéniz Foundation was founded in 1972 by
The Albéniz Foundation was founded in 1972 by Paloma O'Shea
Paloma O'Shea Artiñano, 1st Marchioness of O'Shea (born 19 February 1936) is a pianist, patron of the arts, founder and current president of the Reina Sofía School of Music, and founder and president of the Albéniz Foundation, which organizes ...
, who is the current president of the foundation. The Honorary President is the Infanta Margarita and the Honorary Vice President was Alicia de Larrocha. Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Zubin Mehta, Joaquín Soriano
Joaquín Soriano (born in León, 1941) is a Spanish pianist.
Trained in Valencia, he was a disciple of Vlado Perlemuter at the Conservatoire National de Paris. He won the 1965 Viotti Competition in Vercelli and the XI Premio de Jaén (1966); an i ...
and several members of the Botín family are members of the board of trustees.
Activities of the Foundation
Reina Sofía School of Music
The Reina Sofía School of Music is a private music conservatory in Madrid.Isaac Albéniz Library and Research Centre
The centre houses the Isaac Albéniz and Federico Mompou archives and theArthur Rubinstein
Arthur Rubinstein ( pl, Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 188720 December 1982) was a Polish Americans, Polish-American pianist.
archive (donated in 1982 by Nela Rubinstein).
Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition
The Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, formerly known as ''Concurso de Piano de Santander'', is a major music competition happening in Santander, Spain, every three years.Yehudi Menuhin Prize
Created in 1990, the Yehudi Menuhin Prize, is an award given by the Reina Sofía School of Music to recognize and reward artists of excellence, who have contributed a great deal to the teaching of music. It has been given to Alfredo Kraus, Piero Farulli, Sir Colin Davis, andCarlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini (; 9 May 1914 – 14 June 2005) was an Italian conductor.
From the age of five, when he began to play the violin, Giulini's musical education was expanded when he began to study at Italy's foremost conservatory, the Conserva ...
.
References
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