Martin Wegelius memorial foundation awards 31 recognition grants
The Martin Wegelius Memorial Foundation has awarded recognition grants in total amount of 157.000 €. The grants have been awarded without an application, as an incentive for music studies and/or artistic work.
Recipients of the 5.000 € grant in 2024 are the following:
- Slava Berg, bassoon
- Sophia Chambon, composition
- Samuel Eriksson, piano
- Miquel Flores i Mula, saxophone
- Martti Genevet, double bass
- Mateusz Gwizdalla, orchestral conducting
- Aida Hadzajlic, viola
- Fanny Henn, mezzo soprano
- Severi Huhdanpää, double bass
- Emma Kajander, soprano
- Matias Kari, guitar
- Tuule-Helin Krigul, flute
- Iida-Maria Kuronen, kantele
- Sonja Lankinen, clarinet
- Lauri Lodders, violin
- Alli Mankkinen, cello
- Leïla Martin, percussion
- Derek Jin Oh, composition
- Neea Parpala oboe
- Lambis Pavlou, piano
- Emmi Peltola, violin
- Júlia Pérez Arquillo, soprano
- Maaria Pulakka, harp
- Julie Svacinova, viola
- Joni Taskinen, trombone
- Ilari Tuominen, trumpet
- Aimar Tobalina, violin
- Kyösti Vesterinen, wind orchestra conducting
- Duo: Gabriel Kivivuori Sereno, barytone/ Kiia Nordlund, piano
In addition, the foundation awarded a recognition grant of 2.000 € to coordinator Lea Kekkonen and a grant of 10.000 € to the Tampere Chamber Music association.
Martin Wegelius
Martin Wegelius (1846-1906) is a prominent figure in Finnish music education. He founded the predecessor of the Sibelius Academy, the Helsinki School of Music, in 1882 and served as director of the institution and as a teacher of music theory.
After the death of Martin Wegelius in March 1906, his students and friends collected funds to establish a fund in memory of Wegelius and to financially support his widow, Hanna Wegelius. With the collected funds, a fund called the memory of Martin Wegelius (Fonden Martin Wegelius´ minne) was established. With part of the collected funds, the fund bought the Vikan property from Hanna Wegelius. After Wegelius’ widow died in November 1906, Vikan served as a rest home for musicians.
Martin Wegeliuksen muisto – Martin Wegelius´ minne foundation was founded in 1931. The foundation continued the operation of the fund. According to the rules of 1931, the purpose of the foundation was to maintain Villa Vikan as a recreation home for musicians. The foundation sold the property in 1944 and with the proceeds from the sale, a (new) basic capital was formed for the foundation. The foundation’s current rules state that the purpose of the foundation, at the discretion of its board, is to distribute grants for recreational vacations or studies to composers, music teachers and students working/studying in Finland.