The Prince of Asturias Foundation
Activities
The Foundation has undertaken, encouraged or collaborated in many one-off initiatives during this period as part of its objective of contributing to the social and cultural wellbeing of society.
The Youth Group
As part of the global concept of the Youth Group, in 1999 the Prince of Asturias Foundation instigated a series of initiatives for the school population of Asturias, with the collaboration of the Caja de Ahorros (the Savings Bank) and El Corte Inglés.
The aim is to help the region's youth become aware of the origin of the title of Principality, its history, and the modern day links between the Prince and his land. A yearly competition for schools, by the name of "They were once like you", also aims to inform secondary school students of the life and work of the famous people and institutions that have been given the Prince of Asturias Awards.
Reunion in the Motherland
Organised by the Prince of Asturias Foundation and Cajastur, a member of its Board of Trustees, Reunion in the Motherland is the culmination of a project that in December 2007 brought to Oviedo hundreds of young Asturian professionals that work outside of the Principality, collecting experience and knowledge that they now want to apply to a third-millennium Asturias. To that end, it featured the collaboration of associations and individual professionals, who work in other Spanish regions and abroad and who, because of this project, have come together under the name Asturias Commitment XXI.
Moscow Virtuosi
In 1990 the Foundation took the initiative to help establish the prestigious Soviet Chamber Orchestra "The Moscow Virtuosi", along with its conductor, the internationally acclaimed violinist Vladimir Spivakov and six music professors, in Asturias. After three years of working within a collaboration agreement in which other institutions and bodies took part, the thirty members of "The Moscow Virtuosi" offered their art to Spain, frequently collaborating with our choirs. Its professors undertook to give classes in Asturias, promoting the noble art of music.
Upon expiration of the agreement in 1993, the orchestra (its members and their families, the instructors, and a luthier teaching his craft) established their permanent residence in the Principality, from where they carry out their world tours, make their recordings with the multinational corporation RCA, and, at the same time, continue their frequent collaborations with the Foundation's Musical Area. All of these factors ensure the continuity of the objectives that the Foundation had marked out when it brought The Moscow Virtuosi to Asturias to Asturias: to encourage the appreciation of music in the region and to improve the quality of teaching in the Principality's conservatories.
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