OREANDA-NEWS. EUROCEMENT group will support such projects of the Foundation as helping to develop young talent, organizing children's musical concerts and artistic exhibitions in Russia and abroad, the creation of a barrier-free environment in music schools, providing medical aid to children with complex disorders, and much more.

“Over an extended period of time, EUROCEMENT group has been supporting the maestro Vladimir Spivakov and his activities. By expanding the realms of our collaboration, from the current day, the group will become a partner not just of the House of Music, but of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation. Finding and developing talented individuals, creating conditions for their growth, providing equal opportunities for disabled children - all of this is a pledge to the development of Russia, to its culture and to the support of its traditions”, underlined EUROCEMENT group President Mikhail Skorokhod.

“EUROCEMENT group is rightly considered an example of a socially responsible business by providing significant support to the development of Russian culture. Our collaboration with the group will allow our Foundation to realize more unique charitable projects”, noted the Chief Executive of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation, Yekaterina Shirman.

Over the 20 years of the Foundation's work, more than 20,000 children have received charitable aid, funds have been provided for the medical examination of more than 300 people, and assistance has been rendered for 111 surgical operations. Since its beginning, the Foundation has organized around 10,000 concerts in Russian and foreign cities, held 1,100 artistic exhibitions, and published 16 catalogs featuring the work of young artists. Currently, 2,500 children hold Foundation scholarships, and 800 of them are laureates of international contests and festivals.

One of the largest and most significant of the Foundation's projects is the international festival “Moscow Meets Friends”, which tens of thousands of children have participated in since 2004.

The Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation

The International Charity Foundation was founded by Vladimir Spivakov in May 1994. The Foundation's activities are aimed at professionally supporting young talented individuals and creating favorable circumstances for their artistic growth. The Foundation's geographical influence covers 312 communities of Russia.

Over many years, the Foundation has been realizing the social project “Hearing the Call of the Future”, which includes the programs “Children to Children”, “Children on the Edge”, “Children in Trouble”, “Ecology of Soul”, “In the Name of Life”, and others. Events are held as part of this project, including concerts, artistic exhibitions of scholarship holders and participants of the Foundation programs for orphaned and disabled children, orphanage residents, and underage penitentiaries (concerts have been held in 64 penitentiaries in Russia).

The Foundation is also one of the founders of the social movement “Gifted Children of Russia”. The concerts of the young Foundation musicians are part of the subscription cycles of many Russian regional philharmonics and other concert organizations. The children also perform abroad in the CIS states, the Baltic states, Europe, Asia, North America and South America.

In December 2010, Vladimir Spivakov received a prize from the government of the Russian Federation in the area of culture “For the creation of the International Charitable Fund”, in June 2012 - the RF State Prize “For outstanding achievement in the realm of humanitarian activities”, and in October 2013 - the international prize “Star of Chernobyl”.