Konex Foundation (''Fundación Konex'') is an

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cultural

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created in 1980 "to promote, stimulate, help, and participate in any form of cultural, educational, intellectual, artistic, social, philanthropic, scientific or sports initiative, work, and enterprise, in their most relevant aspects", as defined by its founder and president, Dr. Luis Ovsejevich. The Konex Foundation provides scholarships and individual grants and also sponsors and stimulates group activities through subsidies and assistance to meritorious ideas and enterprises.

Konex Awards

The Konex Awards, also created in 1980, where conceived as a way to reward the Argentine personalities and institutions of different fields, as well as to stimulate the beginners. Even though the awards are handed every year, they are organised by cycles of 10 years. Each year with a different field in the following order: Sports, Entertainment, Visual Arts, Science and Technology, Literature, Popular Music, Humanities, Communication-Journalism, Institutions-Communities-Companies and Classical Music. The Konex Awards are internationally recognised since its creation, and are one of the most important and distinguished in Argentina.

Foundation's activities in the area of classical music

Among the foundation's activities there's a program to promote amongst young people different cultural expression such as

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and

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, in adapted version.

Other activities of the Foundation

The Foundation also supports different science projects and plastic artistic activities, holds painting exhibitions and has its own collection. The

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venue hosts music and arts events organized by the Konex Foundation, from classical music to contemporaneous percussion group La bomba de tiempo."Buenos Aires art design"
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History of Konex Awards
at '' Clarín'' {{Authority control Culture of Argentina Foundations based in Argentina 1980 establishments in Argentina

Konex Awards

Foundation's activities in the area of classical music

Other activities of the Foundation

See also

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