Music &Theatre

Music & Theatre

The Pure Land Foundation and Bruno Wang supported a unique music and dance performance, led and choreographed by Royal Ballet soloist Fernando Montaño, in aid of the Playing for Change Foundation and Children of the Andes. Fernando Montaño and friends was hosted at the Royal College of Music and also featured the star of the Paris Opera Ballet, Isabelle Ciaravola, and English National Ballet Senior Principal Ballerina, Elena Glurjidze. Children of the Andes, of which Mr Montaño is Patron, works with children and their families in Colombia to challenge poverty, inequality, discrimination and violence. The Playing for Change Foundation aims to bring about positive change for young people through music and arts education. It works in countries including Bangladesh, Brazil, Ghana, Mali, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, and Thailand.

Bruno Wang is a Trustee of the Oxford Philomusica, the resident orchestra of Oxford University, one of the leading orchestras in the UK. The Pure Land Foundation is one of main sponsors of the Oxford Philomusica's Piano Festival and its scholarship programmes. The Piano Festival is an annual musical event held in Oxford that has been hailed by the New York Times as “an international forum to turn piano lessons into performance art”. The Festival gives around 20 talented young pianists the opportunity to be taught by some of the world's most celebrated artists.

The Oxford Philomusica Trust

National Youth Orchestra

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain is an orchestra for teenage musicians from all walks of life, united by their shared love of classical music. For almost 70 years it has recruited the very best young orchestral musicians in Great Britain and formed them into an orchestra that performs some of the most challenging and complex repertoires in classical music. The experience gives them the opportunity to achieve their potential at the highest level, while also developing leadership, teamwork and communication skills for life. The Pure Land Foundation supports the Orchestra’s NYO Inspireprogramme. Inspire targets talented young musicians who have not had the opportunity to experience and participate in orchestral music-making, and helps them develop their skills by working with the National Youth Orchestra’s teenage musicians.

Hofesh Schechter Company

Bruno Wang is a founding patron of the Hofesh Schechter Company, one of the world’s leading dance companies. HofeshSchechter strives to create works that have the potential to make real, powerful connections with audiences, individuals and communities. The Company also sets out to challenge preconceptions of the possibilities of live performance and, through this, to inspire young people to invest time and energy in the arts. Bruno Wang commissioned the dance Sun, which Hofesh Schechter premiered at Sadler's Wells in London.

The Young Vic Theatre

A Streetcar Named DesireBruno Wang was the production partner of the Young Vic production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

Gillian Anderson gave an award winning performance as Blanche du Bois, in this critically acclaimed version of Tennessee Williams classic masterpiece.

The Scottsboro BoysBruno Wang was a production partner of the Scottsboro Boys.

Nominated for 12 Tony Awards, 6 Olivier Awards, Winner of the Best Musical at the Critics Circle Awards and Winner of the Best Musical at The Evening Standard Awards 2014, The Scottsboro Boys is a collaboration between the legendary composing duo John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago) well known for taking difficult subject matters and turning them into exhilarating entertainment.