The Victor Salvi Foundation is an active partner in the following organizations:
Live Music Now was founded in 1977 by the legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin and his friend, Ian Stoutzker. Menuhin knew from his own experience that music transcends all barriers of language, illness and disability. For people whose lives are particularly challenging or stressful, involvement in live music brings pleasure as well as therapeutic and educational benefits. Through these performances participating musicians also gain experience communicating with audiences further developing their professional skills.
The number of harpists in the program continues to increase through funding provided by the foundation. In the past few years, new accomplished harpists have the LMN roster including: Claire Jones, the new Royal Harpist and Anna-Livia Walker. A new flute and harp duo, Candice Hamel (flute) and Ruby Aspinall (harp), were also accepted after participating in the auditions held in London in 2007. All of the new artists are very talented and have expressed enthusiasm about being involved in such a worthy program.
Current harpists participating in the LMN program include:
Soloists:
Eleanor Turner
Harriet Earis
Louise Thomson
Anna-Livia Walker
Claire Jones
Ensembles:
Nicola Phillips & Deian Rowlands (flute & harp)
Saint-Saens Duo (Roger Owen & Eleanor Turner, violin & harp)
Candice Hamel & Ruby Anspinall (flute & harp)
Live Music Now 30th Anniversary celebrations
On 22nd May 2007 a special concert and dinner was held at Windsor Castle, in the presence of Live Music Now's Patron, HRH The Prince of Wales. The event celebrated the organization's 30th Anniversary. Approximately 250 guests enjoyed a very special evening with entertainment provided by LMN musicians during the reception. A highlight of the evening was a performance by LMN duo Nicola Phillips & Deian Rowlands (flute & harp) along with children from Holyport Manor Special School. The children had been working with the duo in the weeks preceding the gala event. Their performance featured four children
performing on mini-harps, which were provided by Salvi Harps.
The concert also featured a wonderful performance by Maxim Vengerov, accompanied by Igor Levit. Mr. Levit's introductory words about Live Music Now were as inspirational as his performance. The evening came to a close with a lively performance of Strauss's 'Champagne Chorus' from Die Fledermaus,
performed by a sextet of LMN operatic alumni who are all now pursuing successful international careers.
The Victor Salvi Foundation has been an active supporter of Live Music Now for many years. It has been instrumental in furthering opportunities for harpists most recently through its support for the Live Music Now Training Program designed to recruit and train young harpists and their ensembles.
Training sessions held at the Royal Academy of Music and Royal Welsh College of Music (Cardiff) are led by renowned harpists who are experts in their field.The program covers topics including working with people with disabilities, workshop and presentation skills, choosing repertoire and preparing for your Live Music Now audition.
For more information on Live Music Now, please visit the website at www.livemusicnow.com
Young Concert Artists (YCA) is a professional organization founded in 1961 by Susan Wadsworth and dedicated to the career-launching discoveries of brilliant, but unknown, young musicians from all over the world.
The Victor Salvi Foundation began a partnership with YCA in November 2000 to further performance opportunities for outstanding young harpists recognized for their achievements as previous winners of international harp competitions. The foundation continues to be actively involved with the program by providing or making available harps to harpists in the YCA roster and supporting their debut performances.
Harpists recognized by YCA include the following:
Gwyneth Wentink, winner of the 13th International Harp Contest in Israel, was the first harpist to be selected for inclusion in the YCS roster of artists.
Catrin Finch, appointed Harpist to the Prince of Wales and winner of the Lily Laskine Competition, was selected by YCA in 2000.
Emmanuel Ceysson, selected by YCA in 2006.
The foundation will be providing a harp for Emmanuel Ceysson’s U.S. concert tour and providing support for his debut performances in New York City at Carnegie’s Zenkel Hall and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
The addition of such fine harpists as Gwyneth Wentink, Catrin Finch and Emmanuel Ceysson to the YCA roster has contributed greatly to enhancing the visibility of the harp for concert audiences in the U.S.
Emmanuel Ceysson is pictured performing in his debut recital
at Carnegie's Zankel Hall November 6, 2006. Susan Wadsworth,
founder and director of Young Concert Arts (NYC) and Francois Delattre,
Consul General of France, are pictured with Emmanuel at a reception in
his honor held at the French Embassy.
For more information on Young Concert Artists, please visit the website at www.yca.org
The American Harp Society (AHS) is a non-profit organization that aims to promote the appreciation of the harp as a musical instrument, to encourage the composition of music for the harp, and to improve the quality of performances.
The Victor Salvi Foundation has worked with the various chapters of the AHS to further performance opportunities for winners of the most prestigious harp competitions.
Selected concerts with the various chapters include the following:
The Victor Salvi Foundation Award
The first Victor Salvi Foundation Awards competition took place June 16-17, 2007 at Lyon & Healy Hall in Chicago, prior to the opening of the American Harp Society Summer Institute (June 18-21) at Roosevelt University. This new award will be presented in alternate years
with the Anne Adams Award.
2007 Repertoire:
J. de la Presle: Le Jardin Mouille
E. Parish Alvars: Introduction and Variations on Themes from Bellini's Opera "Norma"
Qualifications:
The competition was open to harpists who are citizens of the Americas and who had not passed their 35th birthday by June 1, 2007.
Auditions were open to the public.
Winners of the 2007 Victor Salvi Foundation Awards are from left to right Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton, Hannah Kuipers, Angela Dastrup and Julia Salvi, president of the Victor Salvi Foundation. (credit photo: Ray Ownbey)
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The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and the Victor Salvi Foundation presented Jane Yoon, winner of the 2002 Lily Laskine Competition, at a recital at the Old First Church.
November 2002
The foundation worked with the American Harp Society during the last season of 2002 and presented Dan Yu, winner of the 2001 USA International Harp Competition, at performances in Denver, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Salt Lake City and Virginia.
September 2001
With the Mile-High Chapter of the American Harp Society and Kolacny Music, the Victor Salvi Foundation organized a recital for Letizia Belmondo in Denver in association with the Bay Area Chapter in San Francisco It also organized a second recital for Ms. Belmondo as part of the Old First Concert Series.
Maria Luisa Rayan-Forero and Varvara Ivanova performing
at Libby Hall at the University of Utah.
Long interested in seeking a unique venue for an international music festival,
Victor Salvi and his wife, Julia, selected Cartagena for its
picturesque charm, excellent concert facilities, ideal climate
and rich cultural traditions. These qualities make it an ideal
choice. Under the artistic direction of Charles Wadsworth,
the first Cartagena International Music Festival ran
between January 6th to 13th, 2007 in some of CartagenaÂ's
most historic venues. Distinguished virtuoso musicians from
nine different countries performed masterworks of the
chamber and solo repertoire. They also appeared as soloists
in concerts with the festival chamber orchestra.
The festival aims to provide educational music opportunities for gifted and talented young children from all over Colombia. It is the hope of the foundation directors that in years to come, this festival will become an important part of the cultural life of the country and will be carried on by the people of Colombia for future generations to enjoy.
It will not be long before the Cartagena International Festival of Music takes its place among the great music festivals of the world.
For more information on the Cartagena International Festival of Music please visit: www.cartagenamusicfestival.com
For the past 22 years, the Young Concert Artists Trust (known as YCAT) has been identifying, nurturing and promoting outstanding young classical soloists and chamber ensembles trained in the United Kingdom. Set up in 1984 with Young Concert Artists Inc. (known as YCA) in New York as its example, YCAT has become a significant agent for young musicians and a respected promoter of concerts for all its artists, both past and present.
Representing its chosen artists for a minimum of three years, YCAT's objective is to offer management and guidance in all areas of the profession at the beginning of the musicians’ careers before finding suitable commercial management to broaden the artists’ horizons. The list of YCAT artists since 1984 on the Alumni page speaks for itself.
The new YCAT artists will be promoted in Presentation Concerts in London (Purcell Room) and in Manchester (Bridgewater Hall) and will be offered opportunities to appear in the YCAT Wigmore Lunchtime Series (now in its 15th year) both as soloist and in combination with other YCAT musicians
The Victor Salvi Foundation helps YCAT harpists locate harps for their performances.
For more information on the UK Young Concert Artist Trust please visit www.ycat.co.uk
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The Royal Philharmonic Society is one of the two oldest music societies in the world. It was formed on 24 January 1813 with the aim ’to promote the performance, in the most perfect manner possible of the best and most approved instrumental music’, which it did principally by giving regular public orchestral concerts in London. At that time there were no permanent orchestras in London or any organized series of chamber music concerts. The RPS continued to give orchestral concerts through two world wars.
Today the RPS seeks to create a future for music through the encouragement of creativity, the recognition of excellence and the promotion of understanding. The Society’s artistic activities focus on composers and young musicians and through a series of awards and lectures it seeks to raise the public consciousness of the finest music making today and to create a forum for debate about the direction of classical music. The RPS is a registered UK charity no.213693.
The RPS is a thriving membership society with members all over the UK and abroad and is under the immediate patronage of Her Majesty the Queen. For more information about them, please visit http://www.royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/.
The Gold Medal is the RPS’s highest honour and was first awarded in 1870. The following members are current recipients:
Mstislav Rostropovich 1970
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1988
Janet Baker 1990
Bernard Haitink 1990
Alfred Brendel 1992
Colin Davis 1994
Elliott Carter 1995
Pierre Boulez 1997
Simon Rattle 1999
Placido Domingo 1999
Joan Sutherland 2002
Claudio Abbado 2003
Charles Mackerras 2005
The RPS Music Awards are widely recognized as the most prestigious in the field of live classical music. Awards are decided by independent panels consisting of the music industryÂ's most distinguished and practitioners. The awards, in 14 categories, honor musicians, composers, writers, broadcasters and inspirational arts organizations for their work each year.
The Victor Salvi Foundation was an active supporter of the Royal Philharmonic Society Live Classical Music Awards in 2006 by providing the Concert Series and Festivals Award, which was present to Xenakis: Architect in Sound. According to the committee, the jury had great difficulty in deciding on a winner in an unusually strong field of nominations.
