VIVAT MÚSICA FOUNDATION
We create opportunities for young musicians to access outstanding artistic training, learn from leading teachers and develop their talent, regardless of their financial circumstances.
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MEDELLÍN · SINCE 2018
WHY WE EXIST
Fundación Vivat Música was founded on December 10, 2018, growing out of Semana de las Cuerdas and a simple question: how can we bring extraordinary artistic training opportunities to talented young people without their financial circumstances determining how far they can go?
Since then, we have created encounters where artistic ambition, the generosity of exceptional teachers and the diversity of participants come together naturally.
OUR FOCUS
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Access
Making outstanding artistic experiences accessible, regardless of each young person’s financial circumstances.
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Ecosystem
Strengthening musical life in Medellín by connecting students, teachers, institutions, venues and audiences.
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Talent
Identifying and supporting young people with exceptional potential, and expanding their sense of what is possible.
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Transformation
Seeing music as an experience that can develop independence, sensitivity, confidence and community.
OUR PROGRAMS
We teach, connect and create spaces to share music with the city.
TRAINING · CONNECTION · NEW GENERATIONS
Semana de las Cuerdas
The project that gave rise to Vivat. An intensive gathering that brings young string players together with teachers of exceptional experience.
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SPECIALIZATION · INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Cellíssimo
An international gathering dedicated to the cello, connecting new generations of performers with teachers and artists from Colombia and around the world.
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CONCERTS · TRAINING · CITY
Sala Vivat
Our permanent home in Medellín: an intimate venue for concerts, recitals, masterclasses, rehearsals and musical encounters.
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A LIVING TRADITION OF COMMITMENT TO MEDELLÍN
The Foundation continues a tradition of civic, educational and cultural commitment deeply rooted in Medellín, led by Hans Udo Steinhäuser, President of its Founders’ Assembly.
An entrepreneur and industrialist, Hans Udo has devoted a significant part of his life over several decades to building and strengthening the city’s institutions. He has served as a board member and president of organizations including the Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín, Orquesta Sinfónica de Antioquia, Festival de Danza Contemporánea de Medellín, Colegio Alemán de Medellín and Medellín Cultural, and has served on Universidad EAFIT’s governing council.
His commitment also extends to founding institutions. He is the founder of Fundación Notas y Partituras and co-founder of the Instituto de Capacitación e Investigación del Plástico y del Caucho – ICIPC, created with EAFIT and Acoplásticos.
Hans Udo Steinhäuser
ARCHIVE · FINSOCIAL · MEDELLÍN
PERSONAL ARCHIVE · A LIFE OF CIVIC AND CULTURAL COMMITMENT
ONE IDEA RUNS THROUGH THIS LEGACY
Vivat carries that conviction to a new generation: creating opportunities for young people, supporting excellence and strengthening the cultural institutions that make a richer, more open and more sensitive city possible.
HOW WE WORK
Vivat works with a deliberately agile organization. Rather than concentrating resources in a large administrative structure, we build each project with a network of teachers, educational institutions, cultural organizations, businesses, foundations, venues and people committed to music.
This model lets us devote more of our effort to what matters: young people, artists and the experiences we make possible.
TEACHERS
INSTITUTIONS
FOUNDATIONS
BUSINESSES
VENUES
AUDIENCES
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Formacol, Contiflex and integ.ro provide administrative, technological and management resources that allow the Foundation to operate with an especially efficient structure.
PHILANTHROPY
Much of Vivat’s work exists thanks to individuals, businesses and foundations that turn their resources into opportunities for others. Their support helps us keep our programs open and accessible, award scholarships, bring leading teachers to Medellín, produce concerts and create spaces where talent can grow.
LEGACY
Those who have built Vivat believe in institutions that outlive their founders. An endowment gift or a bequest to Fundación Vivat Música can help future generations of young people continue to find extraordinary opportunities through music.
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GOVERNANCE
Fundación Vivat Música is a nonprofit organization established in Medellín in 2018. Under its bylaws, its highest governing body is the Founders’ Assembly, whose members actively participate in the Foundation’s direction and development.
FOUNDERS’ ASSEMBLY
Hans Udo Steinhäuser
PRESIDENT
Valerie Steinhäuser
VICE PRESIDENT
Alberto Giordanelli
FOUNDING MEMBER
Sebastián Núñez
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
THE FUTURE
Every edition brings new musicians, teachers, encounters and possibilities. We want Medellín to be a city where talented young people can find the opportunities they need to develop their potential.