The Margareta of Romania Royal Foundation is launching a nationwide selection of scholarship recipients who will be part of the Young Talents project, 2024 edition
Pupils or students studying classical music or visual arts at vocational education institutions in Romania, aged between 14 and 24, who come from low-income families, can apply until 30 November for the Young Talents Scholarship, in the 15th edition of the project.
Thus, over the course of a calendar year, selected young artists in the area of classical music or visual arts will be supported through scholarships for artistic development, intergenerational mentoring programmes and promotional activities.
According to the source, the individual scholarships, worth up to 2,000 euros, allow young people to purchase the necessary materials for their studies, musical accessories and instruments, utensils and materials for making art works, to participate in competitions or specialisation courses, to perform in artistic events.
Intergenerational mentoring sessions give scholarship recipients the chance to interact with personalities from the artistic and cultural world who are close to them and guide them both professionally and personally.
Also, masterclass sessions and creative workshops, held under the careful guidance and advice of established personalities of cultural life, support them in perfecting their skills.
“The Young Talent Programme offers much more than material support. Selected young artists have the opportunity to further educate themselves, to work with each other, to relate to the artistic environment, to pay attention to context. Mentoring points them towards bright, supportive areas and towards performance,” said Verona Maier, pro-rector of the National University of Music in Bucharest, mentor and member of the selection jury of the Young Talents project. according AGERPRES(RO.
About Her Majesty Margareta
Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 26, 1949. She is the first daughter of His Majesty King Mihai I and Queen Ana of Romania. Her Majesty was born in exile after King Michael was forced to abdicate in 1947. She spent the first years of her life in UK and Switzerland, a simple, happy childhood, not very different from that of other children. Her Majesty was surrounded by the affection of her parents, her grandmother, Queen Mother Elena and her four sisters: Elena, Irina, Sofia, Maria. As a child, Her Majesty spent a long time in Italy, with Queen Mother Elena and many holidays in Denmark, at her mother`s parents. Florence and Denmark will remain the childhood places from which She will have the most beautiful memories.
HER MAJESTY MARGARETA EMBRACES THE CAUSE OF ROMANIA
In August 1989, when it became obvious that something was finally going to change in Eastern Europe, HM Margareta left the United Nations and dedicated herself to the cause of Romania, working with her father, King Michael I. The day of January 18 1990 was the first day on Romanian land, once a “forbidden place”. She visited with her sister, Sofia, orphanages and elderly homes in Romania, where the children and the elderly lived in miserable conditions. Her response to these cruel realities was the creation of Princess Margareta of Romania Foundation, a charitable organization she founded with her father, King Michael.
Through the Foundation, with idealism and courage, Her Majesty contributed to an improvement of the well-being of the most vulnerable Romanians – elderly, abandoned children, families in need and young people. In 2018, the Foundation celebrates 28 years of experience and successful projects. The Foundation invested more than 12 million Euros in Romania since 1990.
Her Majesty Margareta started raising funds abroad, through the Foundation`s offices. In 1997 and 2002, HM Margareta joined King Michael in tours all around Europe, United States and Canada to support Romania’s integration into NATO.
Since 2001, HM Margareta lives at Elisabeth Palace and carries out public engagements, along with her husband, His Royal Highness Prince Radu.
Source: https://www.frmr.ro/en/hm-margareta/