Mission & Vision

Mission:

• Helping children from vulnerable backgrounds lead meaningful lives through art and music.
• Supporting young musicians studying in Swiss Conservatories and Universities through scholarships that will allow them to focus on their musical studies.
• Supporting young musicians with exceptional talent, of Swiss nationality, or who reside in Switzerland, with the recording of a CD, and full professional support for the start of their career.
• Helping children develop ethical values, cognitive abilities, and emotional skills to face the dangers of poverty.
• Providing a safe space for self-expression in an environment of cooperation and accountability.

Vision:

• To become a model foundation that sees music and art as a medium for personal empowerment and growth.
• To consolidate a holistic institutional and pedagogical model that could be replicated.
• To be an active agent in developing innovative musical and artistic initiatives.

Actions Led

Since its creation in 2012, Fondation Crescendo con la Musica’s educational program has provided more than 4,000 underprivileged children in Mexico with musical training by qualified teachers, aiming to improve their development and prospects for a better future. In Switzerland, the Foundation also supports the training and artistic development of young musicians in the Hautes Écoles and Conservatories by granting, to date, more than 70 scholarships and by organizing educational exchanges. These young artists also have the opportunity to perform at concerts organized by the Foundation. Since September 2022 the Foundation has started a new project called “Crescendo Young Swiss Artists”. This project aims to promote young musicians with exceptional talent, of Swiss nationality or having studied in Switzerland. With recording a CD in collaboration with the international label APARTE and creating a collection of audiovisual multimedia tools, this platform will allow these young people to stand out internationally and start a professional life. Since 2016 Crescendo con la Musica has also collaborated with the “Art of Music Foundation” created by Elizabeth Njoroge in Kenya and which, like Crescendo, seeks to transform the lives of young people in disadvantaged contexts through the learning and appreciation of music in Nairobi.

Projects that U.S. Donors can Support

Thanks to Friends of Fondation de France, donors can support Fondation Crescendo con la Musica through:

• A scholarship program aimed at young musical talents who need financial support to undertake their musical studies in conservatories and musical schools in Switzerland.
• A career-development program aimed at young classicaly trained musicians in Switzerland