Genesis Press Releases

Here you will find links to a selection of the press releases that the Genesis Foundation has issued in recent years.

Please use the search function in the Archive section of the website to find archive press releases.

Genesis Sixteen Announces Third Year of Recruits Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Genesis Sixteen, the unique partnership between the Genesis Foundation and The Sixteen, announces its third annual programme for vocal training specific to future professionals working in consorts and choirs.

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Call for young singers as applications open for Genesis Sixteen Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Harry Christophers and The Sixteen are conducting a nationwide search for young singers with a passion for ensemble singing as applications open for Genesis Sixteen 2013-14 – a free choral training programme for 18 to 23 year olds.

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Welsh National Opera reveals new Genesis Assistant Director Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Welsh National Opera and the Genesis Foundation have selected Polly Graham as WNO’s first Genesis Assistant Director.  Polly will begin her two-year contract with the Company in January 2013 and will start her apprenticeship working with David Pountney on WNO’s new production of Berg’s Lulu.

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Café Oto – London’s experimental music venue – launches Associated Artists Programme following Genesis Prize win Thursday, 10 October 2012

Hamish Dunbar, founder of leading experimental music and sound art venue Café Oto, announces a new Associated Artists Programme – the initiative for which he was awarded the inaugural Genesis Prize, a new £25,000 award from the Genesis Foundation that recognises outstanding mentors of young artistic talent.

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Greta Alfaro: A Very Crafty and Tricky Contrivance Monday, 1 October 2012

The Genesis Foundation is delighted to present the first solo exhibition in the UK by London-based Spanish artist Greta Alfaro.  A Very Crafty and Tricky Contrivance, curated by Flora Fairbairn, presents two video works and a series of photographs in the Fish and Coal Building, a semi-derelict Grade II listed Victorian site.

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Search begins for first Genesis Assistant Director to be mentored by David Pountney at Welsh National Opera Welsh National OperaMonday, 23 July 2012

Welsh National Opera and the Genesis Foundation are looking to nurture and inspire the next generation of opera talent by offering an up and coming director a two-year contract and the chance to work on some of the Company’s newest work, mentored by WNO Chief Executive and Artistic Director David Pountney.

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Genesis Sixteen singers celebrate graduation with Oxford residency and first professional performance with The Sixteen Monday, 9 July 2012

The first group of young singers to make up Genesis Sixteen mark the culmination of their year-long training with a residency in Oxford’s Magdalen College from 29 July to 4 August, followed by their first professional concert with The Sixteen in Handel’s Messiah at the Barbican on 16 December.

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Hamish Dunbar of Café Oto awarded inaugural £25,000 arts prize from Genesis Foundation Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Hamish Dunbar of Hackney’s Café Oto, which presents experimental music and sound art, is today announced the winner of the inaugural Genesis Prize. The new £25,000 award - one of the most generous in the arts sector - is the only prize of its kind to recognise outstanding mentors of young artistic talent.

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New £25,000 arts prize from Genesis Foundation to recognise mentors of artistic talent Monday, 26 March 2012

The new £25,000 Genesis Prize ─ one of the most generous in the arts sector ─ will be the first and only such award to recognise individuals who give others the confidence and inspiration to achieve artistic excellence in their chosen arts field.

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Carrie Cracknell appointed new Genesis Fellow at the Young Vic Wednesday, 21 March 2012

The Genesis Foundation is delighted to announce that theatre director Carrie Cracknell has been appointed as the latest Genesis Fellow at the Young Vic, starting in April 2012.

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A Doll’s House returns to the Young Vic
Thursday, 28 March 2013

Carrie Cracknell’s critically acclaimed production of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House will be returning to the Young Vic by popular demand this week, running from 28 March until 20 April 2013.

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Carrie Cracknell’s ‘A Doll’s House’ moves to the West End Friday, 24 May 2013

Following its two sell-out runs, the Young Vic’s award-winning production of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House will transfer to the West End. The production, directed by Carrie Cracknell will run from 8 August to 26 October at the Duke of York’s Theatre.

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