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The New Generation Foundation

Supporting a new generation of artists, creating work and inspiring audiences.

The New Generation Foundation is an independent non-profit based at the Palazzo Corsini al Prato in Florence. The Foundation’s story begins in 2017 with the founding of the New Generation Festival by Frankie Parham, Roger Granville and Maximilian Fane to champion exceptional young performing artists from around the world. Following the Festival’s success and growing international recognition, including the landmark ReGeneration Festival, presented in collaboration with the Uffizi Galleries during the summer of 2020, the Foundation expanded into a year-round cultural institution.

Today, the Foundation comprises four principal branches: the New Generation Festival, Mascarade Opera, Vox Medicea and the Nouveaux Ballets Russes. Together, they advance artistic excellence across disciplines through advanced training, scholarly research and professional performance.

The cast of L’Elisir d’amore on stage in a purple-lit courtyard at the New Generation Festival, 2017© Guy Bell

The projects

Opera

Mascarade Opera

A personalised programme for emerging opera singers and répétiteurs, combining artistic development with professional opportunities. Through its network of partner opera houses, festivals, and agencies, Mascarade supports artists as they take their next steps into the international opera profession.

mascaradeopera.com

Festival

New Generation Festival

Since 2017, the Festival has brought exceptional emerging artists from across the performing arts to Florence, presenting opera, music, ballet and theatre to new audiences. In June 2027, it celebrates its tenth anniversary.

newgenerationfestival.org

Sacred music

Vox Medicea

The rediscovery, performance and revival of the Florentine choral tradition, across three strands: research, performance and education. The programme transcribes forgotten manuscripts of sacred polyphony from the archives of Florence and brings them back to live performance. Its education work includes the Florence Choral Course and the Coro di Santo Spirito.

About Vox

Support

Support the Foundation

Every donation supports the performing arts in Florence: young artists, the creation of new productions and the restoration of Renaissance masterpieces. Friends of the Foundation receive tickets to the concert season, invitations to receptions and behind-the-scenes visits.

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Jennifer Cormack, Director of Development — jc@newgenerationfoundation.com

Vox Medicea and instrumentalists performing before the altar of Santa Felicita, Florence, with the audience in front

With thanks to our supporters

‘Gonfalonieri’

Charles Klein

Alexandra Munroe

Katherine D Schimmel

Katherine Zock

‘The Signoria’

Sir Richard Aikens

Kim D. Leeper and
Elaine Giedrys-Leeper

And all those who wish to remain anonymous

Musicians and a large audience at a concert in Piazza della Signoria, Florence, beside the Loggia dei Lanzi© Marco Borrelli

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