Carano 4 Children non-profit foundation

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EVENTS

 

The “Leonardo 4 Children” initiative includes several non-profit and charity events, which have the purpose to:

  1. Present the awards and recognise the winners of the international Awards raising awareness on climate, equality and peace;
  2. Promote children and young music talents;
  3. Raise funds in favour of beneficiary projects to support children in need with education in art & science.

BECOME A SPONSOR OF THE EVENTS: we welcome companies and organisations to be sponsors of our initiative via donations in exchange for a certain number of tickets of this event and/or certain number of Leonardo 4 Children books. We are happy to provide visibility to your company/organisation via the multimedial material of the event. Please contact us info@carano4children.org.

EVENTS 2018-2020

 

EVENTS 2021-2023

 

“Leonardo 4 Children: Peace”, World Peace Forum, Barcelona

Thursday 23 November 2023

 


World Peace Forum, in cooperation with St. Paul’s School and Fundacion Philippe Cousteau

11:15-13:00 St. Paul’s School Barcelona, Workshop Leonardo 4 Children 2023-24 on Climate, Equality & Peace

Participants: 150 teenagers aged 13-18, 10 educators from St. Paul’s School and Carano 4 Children.

20:00-21:30 Auditorium Liceu – Free classical music concert with young talents from Conservatori Liceu of Barcelona, Martina Meola (piano), Valeria Esposito (violin) accompanied by Erika Zoi (composer and pianist), Nadja Komlenic (violin), Jovanka Visekruna (piano), Marina Krasnova (soprano) dedicated to World’s Peace, recognition of the winners of Leonardo 4 Children Awards.
With the patronage of UNESCO and European Parliament and the support of AXA and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo.
Programme.

Participants: 400

 

“Leonardo 4 Children 2023”, Brussels

Friday 20 October 2023

 

Brussels, Thursday 19th October 2023

European Committee of the Regions, Atrium 5, 17:30-18:15
In the context of Leonardo4Children non-profit initiative, we are pleased to invite you to a classical music performance by the very talented orchestra Elite Ensemble from Varese Italy (conductor Carlo Taffuri), which will perform classical music by Vivaldi, Rossini, Respighi.

Brussels, Friday 20th October 2023

9:30-12:30 Italian Institute of Culture (and remotely)
Interactive workshop with young children and teenagers on the topics of Climate, Equality and Peace
Sessions by EY, European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC).

19:00-21:00 BOZAR, Palais des Beaux Arts salle M – “Omaggio italiano all’Europa” with the patronage of UNESCO, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee, Italian Embassy to Belgium, Italian Institute of Culture, the moral support of the European Committee of the Regions and the support of EY.

Charity concert of classical music by Rossini, Paganini, Vivaldi, Saint-Saens, Mascagni, Boccherini, Beethoven, featuring the top violinist Anastasiya Petryshak and young music talents: UKOM and Elite Ensemble youth orchestra (Suzuki school Varese) conducted by maestro Carlo Taffuri, soprano Olga Artemenko, soprano Anastasia Varga, children’s choir European School Brussels conducted by Pablo Garcia, Le piccole canaglie theatre group conducted by Denise Monas with original choreography by Giuliana Martinez.
Charity event whose proceeds went entirely to UNICEF to help refugee children in Europe with education and life support.

 

Participants: 550
Funds raised: € 3100
Video of concert and award ceremony.

“Leonardo 4 Children 2023, Barcelona”

29th September 2023, 9-11:30 (workshop), 19:00-20:30 (concert)

 


St. Paul’s School in cooperation with Fundacion Philippe Cousteau

9:30-11:30 Workshop Leonardo 4 Children 2023-24 on Climate, Equality & Peace (for children of St. Paul’s School)

19:00-20:30 Concert of Ensemble de Saxòfons Conservatori Liceu at St.Paul’s School and Ukrainian soprano Marina Krasnova.
All funds will be used to support children in the oncological unit of the Hospital Valle d’Hebron.

Tickets (free for children, € 10 for teenagers, € 20 for adults) and programme available at this link.

Please read the interview with the founder Alessandro Carano, published by St. Paul’s School: available here.
Participants: 220 (workshop) + 110 (concert)
Video of the concert available here.

“Leonardo 4 Children 2023, Milan”

25th March 2023, 16-17:30 (workshop), 18:30-20:30 (concert)

 

Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci – sala delle Colonne

Charity concert of classical music organized by Il Setticlavio aps and the Carano 4 Children foundation. The UKOM Orchestra, composed of young musicians and conducted by the conductor Carlo Taffuri, will perform in the program of Serenades for strings by Dvorak and Tchaikovsky. The young musicians of the Orchestra are all students of the Suzuki school in Varese, for whom this is a very ambitious program to pay homage to the 20th anniversary of the ImmaginArte Association.

Charity event whose proceeds will go entirely to UNICEF to help Ukrainian refugee children.

Admissions: free for children aged 0-10, €10 for children aged 11-18, €15/25 for adults, purchasable on Eventbrite, or by sending an email to info@carano4children.org with payment to an account in Belgium “Carano 4 Children” IBAN BE03 3631 7309 1284 – BIC BBRUBEBB


“Leonardo 4 Children 2022, Turin”

13th December 2022, 19:30-21:30 (concert)

 

Turin, Tuesday 13 December 2022

19:00-20:30 Conservatorio G. Verdi, via Mazzini 11, Turin, Italy
Concert of classical music by Anastasiya Petryshak (violin) accompanied by Lorenzo Meo (piano), Olga Artemenko and Anastasia Varga (soprano), Erika Zoi (composer, piano), young talent Martina Meola (piano), Dance School of Cirié and Award ceremony.
Non-profit event in favour of Ukrainian refugee children via UNICEF, organised on the occasion of the 70-year anniversary of the University Institute for European Studies Turin.

Press article: ANSA

                                                                              

 

“Leonardo 4 Children 2022, Brussels”

Friday 28th October 2022, 9:30-12:30 (workshop), 19:30-21:30 (concert)

 

Brussels, Friday 28 October 2022

09:30-12:30 Online (via link in MS Teams) and at Italian Institute of Culture, rue de Livourne 38, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
Workshop Leonardo 4 Children 2022 on climate, equality and peace with children and teenagers from all over Europe as well as Colombia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Ukraine.

19:30-21:30 Palais de Beaux Arts, BOZAR, Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000, Brussels, Belgium
Concert of classical music by exceptional young talents, children’s choirs, exhibition and Award ceremony of Leonardo 4 Children 2022 Awards. Non-profit event in favour of UNICEF.

 

Event “Leonardo 4 Children 2022, Florence”

Friday 6th May 2022, 16:00-17:30 (workshop), 18:30-20:30 (concert)

 

             

16:00-17:30    Free creative workshop for children aged 6-12 and teenagers aged 13-18 on climate, equality and peace; quiz game ECO-OCA in the mini labyrinth of love led by artist and designer Marina Calamai;
free entrance by reservation via email to: info@carano4children.org

18:30-20:30      Concert of young orchestra ReMuTo directed by Gisella Cosi, with exceptional music talents Erika Zoi, Carmine Padula, Ayumi Nabata, Sara Barakat (soprano), the young Ukrainian pianist Diana and Daniella Dvalishvili, and Ukrainian teenager Eleonora Starina.

Press article: ANSA

Event “Leonardo 4 Children 2022, Milan”

Saturday 19th March 2022, 15:30-17:00 (workshop), 18:00-20:00 (concert)

 

Saturday 19th March 2022, Milan, Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci

15:30-17:00    Workshop for children aged 6-12 and 13-18.

18:00-20:00      Concert by Orchestra in Erba, directed by Paolo Casiraghi, event presented by Venanzio Postiglione, Corriere della Sera

WORKSHOP “Climate Action & Gender Equality”

Friday 1st October 2021, 9:30-12:30, Brussels and online

The purpose of the event was to engage children and teenagers in interactive way on the topics of climate action and gender equality, based on the “Leonardo 4 Children” 2020 and 2021 competitions across Europe. The event was free and open to anybody, in particular children aged 6-12 and teenagers aged 13-18, as well as teachers, parents, educators, artists, scientists.

More than 250 children participated in the workshop which included the following sessions:

Welcome

  • Young representatives from Spain
  • European Parliament President David Sassoli (message)
  • European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans (message), Director General for Climate Action Mauro Petriccione
  • UNESCO representative to the EU Louise Haxthausen
  • European Economic and Social Committee Vice-President Giulia Barbucci, former President Luca Jahier
  • European Committee of the Regions ENVE Commission Rapporteur, Ms Kata Tüttő
  • Italian Ambassador to Belgium, Francesco Genuardi

Presentation of the Leonardo 4 Children initiative and 2022 edition

  • Alessandro Carano, Carano 4 Children foundation
  • Rafael Lobeto, «Philippe Cousteau » foundation
  • Massimo Lapucci, Fondazione CRT
  • Beneficiary projects: Dirk Jacxsens, UNICEF Belgium Executive Director

Interactive session “The Sky in Me” on carbon levels in your sky, by Anais Tondeur, in cooperation with European Commission Joint Research Center (please see The Sky in Me workshop guidelines)
A climate-action workshop based on Carbon Black artistic protocol. In a shared breathing performance, you are invited to turn your attention towards your sky. As a collective or individual participant, you will then be guided to photograph a fragment of the sky above you, and hang an anti-particulate matter filter in the space where you will spend the rest of the day so as to filter the particulate matter eventually present in the air in your environment. Participants will send their mask filter from which the carbon particles will be extracted and transformed into an ink used to print an artistic picture of your sky. Your carbon black printed pictures as well as the creative process will be publicly exhibited.

Interactive session on climate and art “Quiz on Climate Action in the Love Labyrith” by Marina Calamai, Florence (please see the presentation of the session)
Designed for all ages, players will navigate through 63 spots on the Laurel Love Labyrinth with life-size dice and gain the opportunity to learn about the measures that can be taken in order to reduce global warming and achieve a greener planet. Each spot will have either a positive or negative impact upon the climate, and offer ways in which to resolve such challenges. The ultimate goal of the game is to raise awareness about sustainability, clean living and a greener planet.

“Future Skills” workshop on responsible consumption, by Federica Roccisano, Morné De Toit, EY Ripples initiative (please see the presentation of the session)
In this interactive session, teenagers and children will learn how everyone of us can affect the health of the environment and how small changes to what individuals eat, wear and buy can influence the environment in positive ways. The participants will be invited to provide their own perspective on behavioural changes.

With the support of        with the patronage of                                                                      

                        
included in the “All4Climate – Italy 2021” program promoting 2021 as the Year of Climate Ambition 

AWARD CEREMONY “Leonardo 4 Children 2021”

Friday 1st October 2021, 18:00-19:30, Brussels and online

The purpose of the event was to celebrate the winners of the “Leonardo 4 Children 2021: Climate Action & Gender Equality” Awards and to promote young music talents, in particular young composers. 

More than 200 children and teenagers, accompanied by teachers and parents, participated in the award ceremony.

  1. Fables on Climate Action & Gender Equality
  1. Art & Science on Climate Action & Gender Equality
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