Yuri Rozum foundation is a foundation that awards scholarships to children who wish to study music.
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2 F … from the ages of 7 to 17 …
3 T … Children are invited to come and perform before a jury of judges …
4 F … they can spend this money to buy instruments, pay school fees or private lessons and for travel and living expenses …
5 T … the main fund-raising events are concerts …
gifted (adj): talented
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financial support (phr): money given to support a person or a cause
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scholarship (n): financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit
foundation (n): an institution; an organisation
fund-raising (adj): collecting money for a cause or project
2 F … from the ages of 7 to 17 …
3 T … Children are invited to come and perform before a jury of judges …
4 F … they can spend this money to buy instruments, pay school fees or private lessons and for travel and living expenses …
5 T … the main fund-raising events are concerts …
gifted (adj): talented
composer (n): a person who writes music
preserve (v): to maintain
follow in sb’s footsteps (phr): to act like; to take after
forefather (n): an ancestor
invest (v): to use, give, or devote (time, talent, money etc.), as for a purpose
award (n): a prize or other reward that is given to someone who has achieved something
fee (n): a fixed charge for professional services
jury (n): a committee appointed to judge a competition
worthy (adj): eligible of being chosen
financial support (phr): money given to support a person or a cause
expenses (pi n): money needed for individual purchases; cost
review (v): to evaluate
scholarship (n): financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit
foundation (n): an institution; an organisation
fund-raising (adj): collecting money for a cause or project
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Russia has produced many great musicians in the past. The Yuri Rozum International Charity Foundation was created in 2005 to make sure that the country will have many great artists in the future too. It gives money to children who have musical ability but whose parents do not have money to help them become musicians. Children perform in contests once a year. If the judges think they are good enough they are given money for one year to spend on lessons or whatever else they need. The charity raises money by holding concerts each year, where the children who were awarded money the previous year perform.
The foundation was born when an art school that Yuri Rozum was already involved with asked him if it could be named after him. The foundation still helps the school, along with its awards of money to those young musicians all over Russia who need its help.
The Rozum Foundation also helps the federal government with a programme that identifies the best music and art schools in different regions. It coordinates activities to raise money from business. This money is used to buy prizes to be given in this competition. It also travels with the competition to make people more aware of the foundation’s work.
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The Rozum Foundation also helps the federal government with a programme that identifies the best music and art schools in different regions. It coordinates activities to raise money from business. This money is used to buy prizes to be given in this competition. It also travels with the competition to make people more aware of the foundation’s work.