Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation
The Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation was founded on May 10, 1990 in Zurich and supports dancers and musicians on their way to the stage. It is dedicated to Daniela Ambrosoli's father, Pierino Ambrosoli , and her mother, Sonja Bragowa , a former dancer in the 1920s. The foundation does not go back to the will of Pierino Ambrosoli. It was created at the request of Daniela Ambrosoli, who decided to use a considerable part of her fortune inherited from her father.
purpose
The foundation supports very young talented dancers and musicians on their way to the stage through scholarships at recognized training centers around the world. Ballet school graduates can acquire a scholarship for one year at theaters and dance companies. The foundation works with other organizations, schools and theaters. If required, the foundation also offers specialist information and advice. The foundation's work is characterized by personal support and regular contact with the foundation's scholarship holders. The foundation is a member of the International Organization for the Transition of Professional Dancers .
Alumni
Particularly successful scholarship holders have been mentioned since the foundation:
- Ivan Urban - Principal Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier
- Diana Martinez - Principal Stuttgart Ballet
- Valentina Scaglia - Principal Nederlands Dans Theater
- Sarah Kora Dayanova - subject of the Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris
- John Lam - Boston Ballet soloist
- Lucia Solari - soloist Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier
- Andrea Schärli - ballet and dance teacher - movement scientist ETH Zurich
- Diego Lluma - International dance journalist
- Demetre Gamsachurdia - pianist and composer - 2008 winner of the Swiss Youth Music Competition
- Illya Buyalskyy - Pianist - 1st Prize International Piano Competition in Paris 2008
- Lisa Öberg - international soloist violin - 1st prize international music competition Stresa, Italy, recognition “Assoluta”, national music Olympiad Constanca, Romania, 1st prize Swiss youth competition, Migros scholarship prize, 1st prize and special prize in all categories competition Remember Enescu, Bucharest, Romania
- Maristella Patuzzi - international violin soloist - 1998 VII. TIM, Torneo internazionale di Musica, Rome: first prize in the bow instruments discipline without age limit, Stefan Milenkovic prize and five concerts. 2002 38. Mario Benvenuti in Vittorio Veneto: first classification with "Mention for special merits", grant from Franco Gulli
- Mattia Zappa - International Soloist Violoncello - Premio Vittorio Gui (Florence), GB Viotti (Vercelli), Concorso Città di Pinerolo (Turin), Concorso Trio di Trieste
- Szolt Bayer - international film actor
- Iris Junik - International film actress
- Sabina Schneebeli - International Film Actress / Swiss Film Award 2006
organization
The foundation is a non-profit private foundation. Today it consists of a board of trustees, the founder and president, and an advisory board each for the areas of music and dance. Ruth Suter was General Secretary from the establishment of the Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation in 1990 until December 1996. Michael Jürgens has been working for the foundation as general manager and specialist advisor for dance since 1998.
publication
- Kulturstiftung Pierino Ambrosoli / Fondazione Culturale Pierino Ambrosoli, 1992, Arti grafiche Rezzonico, Locarno
- Ambrosoli- Aus Liebe zur Kunst / Ambrosoli-For the love of art, Christina Thurner, May 2000, 'tanz-la danse suisse'
- Article 'Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation' CODARTS magazine, January 2006