The Foundation's support over the next five years will help the National Youth Orchestra reach more young people through NYO Inspire, building on the success of the programme to date. This will significantly increase the number of opportunities for teenage musicians who need them by continuing to champion orchestral music as a powerful agent for teenage development.
At 99, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch is the last surviving member of the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz — her son tells her extraordinary story to the Financial Times. On January 27, the BBC will mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau with a wide range of programming, including the documentary, “The Last Musician of Auschwitz,” executive produced by Foundation Co-Chair Emily Blavatnik and Access Entertainment President Danny Cohen.
Shah Jahan, his father Jahangir and his grandfather Akbar were the Great Mughals, the early emperors of the mighty Mughal dynasty that sprawled across the Indian subcontinent (that then included Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan and Bangladesh) and ruled from 1526 until 1858. The emperors’ elevation from mere garden variety Mughals to greatness comes from their patronage of beautiful things, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London’s “The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence” exhibition applauds the trio’s creative and cultural achievements. The exhibition is supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation.
The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP today joins Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government as a member of the World Leaders Circle and a Distinguished Fellow. The World Leaders Circle is a global network of former heads of government, a forum to exchange ideas and foster international collaboration among leaders. Mr Sunak said: “I’m delighted to be joining the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford and the Hoover Institution at Stanford. Both Blavatnik and Hoover do superb work on how we can rise to the economic and security challenges we face and seize the technological opportunities of our time. I have huge affection for both Oxford and Stanford. I was fortunate enough to study at both, they shaped my life and career, and I look forward to contributing to their world-leading research in the months and years ahead.”
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