ABF Report 2018 – Letter from the Founder 

Dear friends, Reporting has high priority in any financial statements. Two – plates (“bi – lances” in Latin), revenues in one, expenses in the other. We are therefore in the realm of arithmetic and we are dealing with figures. For my part, I confess that I have never particularly courted them, at least directly, since […]

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Voices of Haiti: towards the end of the first academic cycle

Come the fall, the Graduation Day ceremony It was in September 2016 when the first New York trip marked the official international debut of “Voices of Haiti”. Fully in keeping with the foundation’s mission, the creation of a children’s choir was the result of a brave and exciting gamble. A project – created together with […]

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ABF in Camerino for the new  post-2016 eathquake reconstruction project

  The reconstruction project of the new music-centered school (and Conservatory campus) is underway An integrated project system: after the Sarnano high school with a musical curricula, and after the Muccia pre-school and elementary school, the Andrea Bocelli Foundation is concentrating its efforts on Camerino, a picturesque town in the Marche region that was […]

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Muccia starts again thanks to the school from ABF

The new school that was built in 150 days thanks to the funds and supervision of the Bocelli Foundation has been inaugurated. Local administrations and artists were headed up by the famous singer at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The founder’s rendition of the Italian national anthem was extremely moving.

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A New Beginning for Muccia thanks to the Andrea Bocelli Foundation

Tomorrow at 3.30 pm in Muccia (province of Macerata) many famous faces, friends of ABF, together with Maestro Bocelli will be attending the inauguration ceremony – which is open to the public – of the new “E. De Amicis” pre-school and elementary school built in just 150 days.

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Muccia: the new school commissioned by the Andrea Bocelli Foundation is about to hit the finish line

On June 26, the new “E. De Amicis” pre-school and elementary school in Muccia will be inaugurated, built in just 150 days thanks to the funds and supervision of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation.

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“Si-Fa Musica Insieme – Let’s Make Music Together”: the Music Festival in Sarnano for over 500 students. Matteo Bocelli, the special guest, is a hit with the crowd

A YEAR AFTER THE INAUGURATION OF THE SCHOOL THAT WAS GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE MARCHE REGION, THE G. LEOPARDI SCHOOL IN SARNANO AND THE ANDREA BOCELLI FOUNDATION WERE AT THE CENTER OF A SPECIAL DAY THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER 11 SCHOOLS FROM THE REGION

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New headquarters for the Andrea Bocelli Foundation

Not only offices, but also exhibition and multi-functional spaces are taking shape inside the famous baroque building, which is already home to the court of Florence. These spaces will be open to the community, and young people in particular, with the aim of creating a special cultural project that is mainly targeted at - and freely available to - the children and young people who live in the city of Florence, in line with ABF’s mission (Empowering people and communities).

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The Music Festival in Sarnano

A year after it was opened (on May 2, 2018), Sarnano middle school is preparing for a joyful, resonant and peaceful invasion from around one thousand students from comprehensive musical institutes and high schools with a focus on dance from the Marche region. Festive and creative, the full-day event, entitled “Si – Fa Musica Insieme” (Yes – Let’s Make Music Together), is held on May 13, both inside and outside of the school that was donated to the local administration by the “Andrea Bocelli Foundation” and “Only the Brave Foundation” (which was built in exactly the same place as the school that was hit by the earthquake in 2016). Guests will be able to use the rich array of instruments found in the school’s music and multimedia rooms, which it has thanks to the contribution of the SIAE (Italian Society of Authors and Publishers).

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Teatro del Silenzio: “Dinner for ABF”

An alfresco Gala Dinner at Andrea Bocelli’s home, at the Poggioncino Estate in Lajatico. This is the classic post-concert event that will top off the Teatro del Silenzio once again this year. Thursday, July 25, for the 14th edition of the concert and event “Ali di libertà” ("Wings of Freedom”), the Foundation is organizing a promotional and fundraising campaign to support ABF’s projects in Italy and abroad.

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