The
Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation
sustains the professional
training of young talents
in art all over the world,
in particular dance and
music. Founded in Zürich
in 1990 by Daniela Ambrosoli
in memory of her father,
the P.A.F. has so far donated
some 188 scholarships to
young artists of 36 different
nationalities and enjoys
great renown worldwide.
Many past scholarship holders
have been promoted soloists
and celebrate today great
international careers in
prestigious compagnie such
as: English National Ballet,
Royal Ballet London, Stuttgarter
Ballet, Hamburg Ballet
John Neumeier, Nederlands
Dans Theater, Ballet Staatsoper
Wien, Ballet de l’Opéra
Nationale de Paris, Ballet
National de Marseille,
Zürcher Ballet, Boston
Ballet, National Ballet
of Canada and Bayerisches
Staatsballett München.
The foundation bestowes
help to young choreographers,
their pieces and performances.
It finances the training
and the shows of young
musical talents and many
music projects such as
the Soweto Project at Carnegie
Hall in New York or the
Concerti di San Martino
in the south of Switzerland,
as well as countless cultural
events. The young musicians
supported by the P.A.F.
have graduated from such
prestigious schools as
the Julliard School in
New York, the Yehudi Menuhin
School UK, the University
of Indiana as well as the
best European conservatories.
The foundation has salso
participated financially
in two major international
congresses on the dancer’s
health, in Lausanne in
1995, and in Den Haag in
1999. The P.A.F. organizes
auditions for competitions
with international juries,
provides technical counseling
and maintains periodical
contact with the scholarship
holders and their families.
In 2008 the P.A.F. was
awarded a prize in ackowledgment
of its work of public interest
in the field of culture
by the Marc Rich Foundation.
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