Southbank Sinfonia is an orchestra of young professionals, recently described by the British media as ‘a dashing ensemble who play with exhilarating fizz, exactness and stamina’. Southbank Sinfonia is firmly established as Britain’s leading orchestral academy, providing the most talented musicians with a much-needed springboard into the profession.
 

The Young Writers Programme at the Royal Court Theatre in London discovers and develops young writers and provides them with the tools to write plays good enough to be staged at the Royal Court, one of Britain’s  most renowned theatres.   The scheme was launched in 1991 as part of the theatre’s mission of encouraging new voices from diverse backgrounds.

The Asian Youth Orchestra was founded in 1987 by Richard Pontzious, an American working as conductor and teacher in Asia (primarily Japan and China), together with the late Sir Yehudi Menuhin with financial aid from Hong Kong's business world.
The orchestra aims to provide a showcase for Asia's brightest young musicians and to nurture their musical talents by exposing them to rich and varied artistic experiences while offering the chance to work with first−class international musicians.

http://www.asianyouthorchestra.com/

World-renowned violinist Gidon Kremer was born in the city of Riga on the Baltic Sea in Latvia, one of the three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and in 1997 celebrated his 50th birthday by founding the chamber orchestra, Kremerata Baltica. The orchestra brings together the top young musical talent of the Baltic States. Acting as both soloist and artistic director, Kremer is at the helm of what has grown into one of Europe’s paramount chamber orchestras.

The Italian Youth Orchestra, affiliated to the Music School of Fiesole, is a training center for professional orchestra musicians. It was officially inaugurated in a performance in 1984 under the baton of Riccardo Muti. Every year, auditions are held to find promising young people aged between 18 and 27 who will receive training for two years. Tuition is free, as are board and lodging. The orchestra’s training is provided by world-famous conductors. During the training period, the orchestra goes on concert tours across Europe and teams up with leading professional orchestras in joint performances. More than a thousand former students have already found work as professional orchestra musicians in Italy and all over Europe. The grant was used for improvement of school facilities.

In 1999, Daniel Barenboim and Palestinian-American scholar and friend Edward Said began a workshop for young musicians from Israel and Arab countries. The purpose was to build mutual understanding despite differences. In 2005, the resulting orchestra performed a historic concert in Ramallah, a Palestinian city that symbolizes ethnic strife. The orchestra is managed by the Barenboim-Said Foundation based in Seville, Spain. Participants range in age from 14 to 28. The grant was used for scholarships for orchestra members form Egypt, Syria, Iran and Israel.

http://www.west-eastern-divan.org/

The FESNOJIV was originally founded in 1975 by Venezuela’s former Minister of Culture, José Antonio Abreu. Its main aim is to recruit children from lower-income Venezuelan families and educate them through the playing and performance of classical music. Today, 250,000 children from as young as 2 and a half upwards participate in the program and as many as 210 orchestras have been established throughout the country as a result. With the conviction that music can turn adversity into hope and save children from crime, the FESNOJIV provides free musical instruments to children and teaches them. Those children with outstanding talent are provided with housing and a salary in Caracas. The grant was used for purchasing musical instruments. The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela had a concert tour in Japan in December 2008,

http://www.fesnojiv.gob.ve/en/home.html

Kusatsu Academy started in 1980 as the first regular summer music academy in Japan. The purpose is the acquisition of superior playing techniques, and moreover a pursuit for musical experience and knowledge through direct personal contact with internationally renowned artists from around the world. With an emphasis on training that elicits the young musician’s deepest sensibilities the academy has created a wonderful environment of the next generation of musicians. More than 6000 students have studied at the Academy. The Academy held a concert in Tokyo in 2006 inviting young musicians from neighboring countries in commemoration of the grant.

http://kusa2.jp/

The Young Sound Forum of Central Europe was created in 2000 when a group of talented young musicians came together in Germany to form an orchestra aiming to play outstanding pieces of contemporary music.

In 2003 the orchestra undertook a "Concert for Terezin" in the Czech town of Theresienstadt at the National Socialist concentration camp with a collaboration of Czech musicians. Polish young musicians joined them later and the Forum became an orchestra connecting more than 50 members of those three countries. They meet for work phases and intensive rehearsals before concerts. In 2005 a concert took place in the International Meeting Place in castle Kreisau in Poland. This was the main meeting place of the so-called Kreisauer Circle, the most important resistance group against Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist regime. In September 2005, they performed in Tokyo and Osaka.

http://www.ysce.eu/index.html

The De Sono Associazione per la Musica was founded in 1988 in Turin by a group of private citizens under the patronage of Italy's Piedmontese industries to financially support young musicians and composers by awarding scholarships. In 20 years of activity the De Sono has been helping 150 young artists to perfect their skills. By now many of them have achieved success as soloists, conductors or composers and as main parts of important Italian and international orchestras. The De Sono has also published 41 volumes(essays and doctoral dissertations on musicological subjects) and organized 100 free admission concerts. In the last 5 years, thanks to the grant, 10 musicians have been able to study in Italy, 40 in Europe and 3 in the United States.

http://www.desono.it/

The European Union Youth Orchestra was inaugurated in 1978 to demonstrate cooperation through music of the EU member nations, and to train dedicated young musicians and give them an opportunity to work with some of the world’s finest conductors. Claudio Abbado was the Orchestra’s first music director. The 140 players who make up the orchestra are selected each year from the candidates aged between 14 and 23 throughout the EU countries. The musicians are brought together during school and college holidays at Easter and in the summer to rehearse before giving public performances. Most EUYO players go on to be professional musicians. The grant was used for a series of concerts including a Good Will Tour to Eastern Europe in 2003.

http://www.euyo.org.uk/

The Résidence du Festival was inaugurated in 2000 by the Cannes Film Festival Cinéfondation to offer young filmmakers from around the world accommodation in Paris for 4 months and a half and a program of seminars and professional contacts to help them realize a feature film project. They are selected by 7 French filmmakers including Olivier Assayas. They devote their time at the Résidence to writing a script for their own film project. They receive advice from established directors and scriptwriters to further their work, and meet people in the industry in order to advance their project. The grant helped towards ensuring the international distribution of the first two feature films to have been made by filmmakers who stayed at the Résidence in 2000 and 2001.

http://www.nfvf.co.za/article/residence-du-festival

The Ulster Youth Orchestra was initiated by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in 1993. It's aim is to enable young people from the whole of Northern Ireland to achieve their musical potential through the provision of the highest quality of tuition. The UYO brings together young musicians, aged 14 to 21 from all sections of the community, once a year for a 10-day summer course, and concerts. Members of the orchestra are selected by audition every year from the youth orchestras in the region. The UYO had not had the opportunity to perform in England since its inception. The grant enabled the UYO to make a concert/study tour to the mainland in 2001. They also performed as a part of the Festival of British Youth Orchestras in Glasgow.

http://www.uyo.org.uk/

Instituto Superior de Arte, founded in Cuba in 1976, is the National University of Arts, providing instruction in music, theater, dance, fine art, photography, and film. Approximately 1,000 students are enrolled. The Building of ISA, designed by Cuban architect Ricardo Porro and constructed in the 1960s, is considered one of the most important cultural assets in Latin America. The ISA has concentrated on developing each student’s individual creativity and, at the same time, on preserving Cuban culture. The Grant was mainly used to purchase lighting and sound equipment for the Theater and Dance Faculties.

http://www.isa.cult.cu/

The Polish National Film, Television and Theater School was founded in 1948. Since then it has been a cradle for creative talents such as Andrzej Wajda, 1996 Praemium Imperiale laureate, and Roman Polanski. There are approximately 250 students studying film, television, theater, as well as being trained as specialists in production management. The school has worked over many decades under conditions dictated by a communist regime. The grant was used for a film produced by students. The school held a competition, and a scenario of a Bosnian student was selected for realization. The film entitled "The Scent of Rain" was finished in the summer of 1999 and screened at many film festivals.

http://www.filmschool.lodz.pl/

The Hanoi National Conservatory of Music is a national music education institute training 1000 students from the primary to postgraduate level. It was established in 1956, and continued to nurture world-class musicians even during the war years. To support the plan by the conservatory to assemble a full 100 piece orchestra, the Japan Art Association invited Hikotaro Yazaki, a conductor resident in Paris, to Hanoi in 1998, to give the orchestra specialist instruction. The result was a series of commemorative concerts in Hanoi, Hue and Ho Chi Min City. All the expenses for this preparation and tour were funded by the grant. In 1999 the conservatory orchestra visited Tokyo at the invitation of Ministry of Culture and Information of Japan, and gave their first concert overseas.

http://www.angelfire.com/co/hongnam/hcom.html