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Support the New Generation Foundation

Behind every performance is a community of supporters who believe in what we do. From training the stars of tomorrow, to restoring lost musical masterpieces, and bringing festivals to new audiences, your generosity funds the moments that stay with people long after the curtain falls. Find out how you can get involved and help us create something extraordinary.

Mascarade Opera

Providing exceptional training and professional opportunities for emerging opera artists across a two-year journey.

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Mascarade Opera

Support a gifted performer through our Mascarade Opera programme, covering their full two-year training, accommodation, and living stipend. Your named scholarship will launch a career and create a lasting legacy.

How to support this project

2 years Scholarship

€120,000

A donation of €120,000 will support a named scholarship for two years.

1 year Scholarship

€45,000

A donation of €45,000 will support one year of the Talent Pathway Programme for younger singers.

New Generation Festival

Bringing world-class opera and ballet to new audiences through breathtaking performances.

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New Generation Festival

Support a gifted performer through our Mascarade Opera programme, covering their full two-year training, accommodation, and living stipend. Your named scholarship will launch a career and create a lasting legacy.

How to support this project

New Generation Festival 2027

Coming Soon

For the time being, you can support the cultural life of Florence for residents and visitors alike by sponsoring concerts

Support Concerts

€24,000

Support the cultural life of Florence for residents and visitors alike by sponsoring concerts throughout the year, giving  talented young artists the opportunity to develop their performance skills.

A donation of €24,000 would support an annual cycle of 9 concerts presented in the Palazzo Corsini al Prato.

Vox Medicea - Sacred Music Programme

Restoring Florence's rich musical heritage while giving today's musicians a repertoire rooted in the city's extraordinary cultural past.

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Vox Medicea - Sacred Music Programme

The New Generation Foundation offers a rare opportunity, not simply to support the arts, but to shape cultural history. Manuscripts are waiting in archives to be uncovered and transcribed. Extraordinary voices capable of performing them must be trained, supported, and given a stage.

How to support this project

Scholarships for 40 young singers

€40,000

A gift of €40,000 would provide full scholarships for 40 young singers to attend the Florence Choral Course, removing financial barriers for talented young artists.  

Support the Choir of the Basilica di Santo Spirito

€20,000

A gift of €20,000 would support the new Choir of the Basilica of Santo Spirito for one year.

Become a member

Get access to exclusive events while supporting the New Generation Foundation.

Club Membership

Take part in NGF exclusive events by becoming a member of the NGF Club and enjoy priority booking and special benefits.

By invitation only.  New prospective members of The NGF Club will need to be proposed by two current members.

U35 membership

Enjoy priority booking for regular seats before public booking and complimentary interval reception at festival shows.

Ways of giving

You can make tax-deductible donations to support Mascarade Opera and the New Generation Foundation in the following ways.

US

US taxpayers can donate via CAF America.

Make a Donation

UK

UK taxpayers can donate via the Classic Concerts Trusts

Make a Donation

Italy

Italian taxpayers can donate directly to the Fondazione Mascarade Opera.

Make a Donation

Scholarships for talented young artists

Support a gifted performer through our Mascarade Opera programme, covering their full two-year training, accommodation, and living stipend. Your named scholarship will launch a career and create a lasting legacy. Alternatively, we offer younger singers a stepping-stone onto further study via our one-year Talent Pathway.

A donation of €120,000 will support a named scholarship fort wo years.

A donation of €45,000 will support one year of the Talent Pathway Programme for younger singers.

Support breathtaking performances

Provide talented young artists with the opportunity to develop their performance skills and support the cultural life of Florence for residents and visitors alike by supporting concerts throughout the year.

A donation of €24,000 would support an annual cycle of 9 concerts presented in the Palazzo Corsini al Prato.

Alternatively a donation of €8,000 would support a season of concerts, staged in either autumn, winter or spring.

Ways to give

You can make tax-deductible donations to support MascaradeOpera in the following ways.

UK taxpayers can donate via the Classic Concerts Trusts
Classic Concerts Trust in GBP (£) - Mascarade Opera

Italian taxpayers can donate directly to the FondazioneMascarade Opera.
PayPal in EUR (€) - Fondazione Mascarade Opera

With thanks to our supporters

Honorary Patrons

Principe Filippo Corsini & Family

Honorary President

HRH The Duke of Kent

Principal Patrons and Benefactors

Mikhail Bakhtiarov and
Svetlana Besfamilnaya

Major Benefactors

Maria Manetti Shrem 
Jim and Lynne Walton,  
The Reschio Estate

Benefactors

The Vivien and Peter Beckwith Young Musicians’ Trust 
Nic and Henrietta Fiddian-Green
Jennifer Hodgson 
Stefan and Kerry Linn 
Dominic West and Catherine FitzGerald

Patrons

Jacques Der Megreditchian
Bona Frescobaldi
Virginia & Richard Gabbertas
Ailene Hunter
The Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation
Clara & Percy Weatherall

Members

Russ & Linda Carr 
Claudia & Marc Groothaert 
Sonia & Berj Kalaidjian 
Alessandro and Marjorie Layden-Ghinelli

Mascarade Sponsors

Steinway & Sons 

Outreach Sponsors

Alatia & David Bach
Angela Brandys

Concerts Sponsors

Charles & Caroline Pridgeon
Sir David Scholey

Sponsors of the Sacred Music Programme

Gonfalonieri

Charles Klein 
Alexandra Munroe 
Katherine Zock

The Signoria

Sir Richard Aikens 
Kim D. Leeper and 
Elaine Giedrys-Leeper 
Katherine D Schimmel
And all those who wish to remain anonymous

Funding Patrons & Life Members

Anonymous in the name of ‘Afghan Connection’
Florian Amereller and Margarita Andrade
Adam Baghdadi Sarah and Jonathan Bayliss
Sarah and Anthony Bolton
Jean Michel Broun
Michael Dent
Jacques Der Megreditchian & family
Peter Fane
Nicholas Gaisman
The Duchess of Richmond
The Granville Family
Jennifer Hodgson
Lady Tessa Keswick
Patrick Kinmonth
Peter Lammer
Michael Lewis The Hon. Michael Marks
Alan May Simon Prior-Palmer
Ray Prudo and family
Catherine & Clive Richardson-Vassallo
Sybil Robson-Orr and Matthew Orr Ramin Sabi
Jean Salata and Melanie Pong
Jonathan Small and Marcus Askew
William Wells
Christopher White

Contacts

Director of Development

Jennifer Cormack

jc@newgenerationfoundation.com+44 (0)7939 124675

The New Generation Foundation

Palazzo Corsini al Prato
Florence, Italy