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For over 40 years, the Ferrer Music Foundation has been creating opportunities through this artistic expression, supporting talent to promote excellence and social integration.

We foster access to and dedication to this artistic expression through projects of musical excellence and social integration. We understand music as a collective asset with transformative value, and from this conviction, we promote talent and make this artistic expression present in vulnerable environments.

Convene annually Premises and scholarships that facilitate learning and professional dedication to music, while we promote Educational projects which, with music at its core, allow for the development of skills and competencies such as self-esteem, collaboration, discipline, or commitment in schools with contexts of social exclusion.

In this vein, we also promote the Research on the relationship between musical learning and cognitive, emotional, and social development.through a project aimed at diagnosing and treating children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

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Projects of the Fundació Ferrer de Música

Queen Sofia Award for Musical Composition

With over 40 years of history and great international prestige, this award recognizes an original piece of orchestral repertoire with €100,000 each year. The prize promotes contemporary classical music and facilitates the viability of the work of composers, so that they can dedicate themselves to creation and their work is heard, disseminated, and recognized.

Since 1982, among others, recipients of the Reina Sofía Prize for Musical Composition have included Joan Guinjoan, Salvador Brotons, Ramon Humet, Joan Magrané, Nuria Núñez, Fabià Santkovsky, Josep Planells and Luis Tabuenca.

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JONDE and Ferrer-Salat Scholarships

With the aim of promoting excellence and supporting the talent of the musicians of the JONDE (Young National Orchestra of Spain), in 2023 the Ferrer de Música Foundation signed an agreement with the National Institute of Performing Arts to offer 30 annual scholarships of 8,000 euros.

With them, the winners receive the financial support necessary to expand their studies or carry out their own projects that contribute to consolidating their career.

Young scholars in 3 editions
Ferrer-Salat and Conservatoire Liceu Scholarships

The Ferrer Music Foundation aims to facilitate access to musical studies. For more than a decade, and in collaboration with the Liceu Conservatory Foundation, it has offered promising young people the financial support necessary to pursue higher education at this prestigious institution.

Currently, 40 scholarships are awarded each year: 20 four-year scholarships, which cover the total cost of the Higher Degree in Music studies and 20 excellence scholarships intended for students already enrolled who have demonstrated outstanding motivation and progress.

Scholarships awarded since 2010
Primary and Secondary Music

In collaboration with the Liceu Conservatory Foundation, the Ferrer Music Foundation brings the Primary and Secondary Music program to educational centers in vulnerable environments. By providing the schools with instruments and the knowledge of the Liceu Conservatory's teaching staff, the initiative allows for equal opportunities in the practice of this artistic expression.

Currently, the Ferrer Music Foundation makes the Primary and Secondary program possible in six schools in Barcelona and the Vallès Occidental: Escola l'Esperança, Escola Bon Pastor, Col·legi Santíssima Trinitat, La Salle Comtal, Escola Pia Sant Antoni and Escolàpies Sabadell.

students since 2016

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