Humanitarian

A mission of welcome and solidarity from the very beginning

Since 1924, the Institut Rachmaninoff has carried forward a mission of welcome, solidarity and transmission for students, artists and teachers whose paths have been interrupted by exile. This mission is not an addition to its work: it belongs to its history.

Young musician sharing his violin with two children in front of a piano at the Institute
Archival photograph — Sergei Rachmaninoff surrounded by the founders and figures of the Institute

Founding mission

A historic pillar of the Institute

The humanitarian mission is one of the Institute's fundamental pillars. It contributes to its public-interest mission and carries forward a tradition of welcome begun at the very origin, when the institution became a place of continuity for artists, students and teachers in exile.

Teacher guiding a group of children at a piano in one of the Institute's salons

Welcome and integration

Enabling a path to continue

The Institute enables young students newly arrived in France to join demanding artistic classes, and offers recently welcomed teachers a setting in which to resume their work. A caring place of continuity, where teaching remains possible — for students and for those who guide them alike.

Talents

Supporting promising young artists in their training

Access

Enabling artistic studies to continue despite hardship

Criteria

Talent, motivation and discipline as a common foundation

Teacher at the piano in dialogue with a student during an individual lesson

Solidarity patronage

Supporting welcome and scholarships

Solidarity patronage supports the scholarships, welcome and guidance of the students and teachers who join the Institute. Individual patrons and companies thus contribute to a chain of cultural solidarity that carries forward a century of commitment.

Support a scholarship

To welcome is not simply to open a door: it is to enable an artistic path to continue.

Supporting welcome

Sustaining what is passed on

Supporting a scholarship or booking an appointment with the Institute's team is a concrete way to help sustain this mission for the students and teachers it welcomes.