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John Studzinski speaks about the genesis of Genesis.

Genesis has several completed projects that can be read about on this web site. We will continue to report on the progress of these projects and also of any new projects that are undertaken. Information about past projects will be stored in our archive.

Through its work, several emerging composers have been brought to the attention of the Genesis Foundation. Several are now supported through direct commission.

Genesis seeks out and actively supports creativity across a variety of art forms and is committed to expanding its portfolio in the arts.  Its policy is to develop major long-term projects in association with leading arts organisations. Its ethos is one of permitting experimentation and exploration in the arts, which also implies the right to hit a dead end. The Foundation is about learning that will ultimately lead to success; but there are no artificial deadlines or measurements of success versus failure.

The working brief of the Genesis Foundation is to become involved in projects that support artists in the earliest stage of their careers. We also work with more established artists when it is relevant to some new and important development in their career that they would otherwise not have the support to explore.

The Genesis Foundation is a UK-based charity set up by American banker John Studzinski in 2001 to find creative talents of the future.  It aims to nurture emerging artists in the early stages of their professional careers.  Genesis does this by providing supportive environments in which they can develop and grow to their full potential. Mentoring by established professionals is an important part of the process.

The Genesis Foundation is a UK-based charity created in January 2001 to support young artists in a variety of art forms. The young people and the institutions it has helped have largely come to its notice through personal recommendation and through contact with others in the world of cultural development.

The work of the Genesis Foundation in 2007
Directed by Julian Brooks
Produced by Mel Cooper

John Studzinski is the founder of Genesis Foundation, the arts arm of the Studs Trust, and the founder and chairman of The Genesis Prizes for Opera, which was developed by Jonathan Reekie, Chief Executive of Aldeburgh Productions, with London's Almeida Opera as producers. Another major project of the Genesis Foundation is its involvement with the International Playwrights Season and its research and development phase at the Royal Court Theatre in London.

John Studzinski is the founder of Genesis Foundation, the arts arm of the Studs Trust, and the founder and chairman of The Genesis Prizes for Opera, which was developed by Jonathan Reekie, Chief Executive of Aldeburgh Productions, with London's Almeida Opera as producers. Another major project of the Genesis Foundation is its involvement with the International Playwrights Season and its research and development phase at the Royal Court Theatre in London.