Albéniz Foundation

The Albeniz Foundation (Fundación Albeniz in Spanish), is a private non-profit organisation promoting classical music in Spain through the Queen Sofía College of Music, the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, the Isaac Albéniz Library and Research Centre, and the International Institute of Chamber Music in Madrid. The foundation is named after the Spanish composer and pianist Isaac Albéniz because he represents the renaissance of Spanish music at the beginning of the 20th century in Europe. The foundation is based in Madrid and has a permanent office in Santander.

The Albeniz Foundation was founded in 1972 by Paloma O'Shea, who is the current president of the Foundation. The Honorary President is the Infanta Margarita and the Honorary Vice President was Alicia de Larrocha.Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Zubin Mehta, Joaquín Soriano and several members of the Botín family are members of the board of trustees.

The Queen Sofía College of Music is a private music conservatory in Madrid.

The centre houses the Isaac Albéniz and Federico Mompou archives and the Artur Rubinstein archive (donated in 1982 by Nela Rubinstein).

The Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition, formerly known as Concurso de Piano de Santander, is a major music competition happening in Santander, Spain, every three years.

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