More than thirty years of work: from the first idea, born on tour through the regions of Russia, to the programmes and festivals that today run across the whole country.
The Foundation was established on 30 May 1994. The idea was born during Vladimir Spivakov’s tours through the remote regions of Russia: he saw how talented children flourished thanks to devoted teachers, yet lacked the means to develop their gift. Thus arose an organisation devoted to nurturing young talents.
Over more than thirty years the Foundation has grown considerably. Its reach expanded from Moscow to Sakhalin and came to span the entire country. Since 2002–2003 the educational programme “Children for Children” (a laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation) has run at the Moscow International House of Music. Regional academies have opened — the “Shepsi Academy” in Krasnodar Krai, and academies in Tatarstan, Tver, Bashkortostan and on Sakhalin.
Through the “Miles of Mercy” programme, in partnership with Aeroflot, more than 200 children’s lives have been saved. The Foundation supports the SOS Children’s Villages in Tomilino and Otradnoye, gives concerts in orphanages and hospitals, and provides young musicians with instruments. Each month around twenty major Foundation projects take place around the world.
The Foundation’s projects run across all of Russia — from Moscow, home to its headquarters, to Sakhalin, including Rostov-on-Don and the regional academies in Tatarstan, Tver, Bashkortostan and Krasnodar Krai.
Since 2023 the Foundation has worked with the Presidential Grants Foundation and the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, carrying out the projects “Light of Hope”, “Tuning Fork of the Regions” and “The Present of the Future”. Among its partners are Aeroflot, Sber, concert halls and philharmonic societies, and children’s charities. The Foundation has helped hundreds of now-renowned musicians — among them the soprano Anna Aglatova, the cellist Anastasia Kobekina, the pianist Yulianna Avdeeva and the trumpeter Sergei Nakariakov.
Living stories about the co-founder of the Foundation — as colleagues, musicians and children knew her.
Read the essays →Musical instruments and scholarships granted by the Foundation to gifted children.
See the list →Photo albums of the Foundation’s concerts, festivals and projects over the years.
Open the albums →An archive of recordings of the maestro: concerts, interviews and broadcasts from various years.
Watch the videos →Recordings by Vladimir Spivakov and the Foundation — with the performers and the list of works.
Open the discography →Recordings and programmes of the online concerts of the “Moscow Meets Friends” festival, 2022–2025.
Listen and watch →If you were a scholarship holder, a participant in our programmes or a partner of the Foundation, and you keep photographs, concert programmes, recordings or memories — write to us. We will carefully preserve them in the Foundation’s archive.
Supporting the Foundation means new instruments, journeys to competitions and a stage for talented children from all across the country.
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