Young people, culture and a strong dose of creativity were on offer this weekend from the Banco Sabadell Foundation
The Círculo de Bellas Artes was the venue – from Friday 17 March in the afternoon and throughout the day on Saturday 18 March – …
Talent
‘Crescendo. We create Opera’ begins its third edition and brings together twenty talented young people who will form part of the programme.
This March sees the launch of the third edition of the programme, an initiative run by the Fundación Amigos del Teatro Real and promoted with…
Cultural management with a social impact. At PUBLICA23 we promoted two discussions that highlight the role of culture and its impact on society
“How do young people manage?” and “Culture, a driver of change” were the topics of the two discussions that we promoted in the thirteenth edition…
Recognition of best young research talent. We are opening our call for applications for this year’s edition of the Banco Sabadell Foundation Awards
To recognise the best young research talent in our country and to highlight the impact of their lines of research on the progress and wellbeing…
We are Banco Sabadell Foundation
Back in 1994, when Banco Sabadell decided to set up its Foundation, it did so with a single goal in mind: to promote culture and…
“The Lied interpretation course is an indispensable tool for the enrichment of the Spanish musical panorama” We speak with Victor Medem, director of the Asociación Franz Schubert
More than 25 years ago, doctor and musical manager Jordi Roch observed that higher training in classical singing focused only on the study of opera,…
Co-CreArte: we bring together 12 cultural institutions that use the arts as tools for change and social progress
Here at the Banco Sabadell Foundation, we see culture as a tool that can be used to make progress in building a society that is…
Banco Sabadell Foundation recognises the work of researcher Oihane C. Basurko with its Marine Sustainability Award
The Banco Sabadell Foundation has awarded its Marine Sustainability Award, which aims to encourage and recognise the work of Spanish scientists in the field of…
“To be part of this community is a great gift”. We talk to Sofía and Santi, talent from the 4th Generation of Celera.
The application process for the Eighth Generation of Celera, the first talent accelerator in Spain, is already underway. Each year, Celera selects 10 young individuals…
Fostering young talent: discover some of the institutions and programmes that we work with
Fostering talent, based on effort and equal opportunities in order to add value to society and generate social impact, is one of our goals, alongside…
Transformational projects: support for sustainable development in rural areas through the Ralbar Scholarships of the University of León
Our commitment to promoting talent is evidenced by initiatives such as the Ralbar Scholarships of the University of León, a programme that consists of extra-curricular…
Talent accelerator and support for artistic research: don’t miss these calls for applications this October
We believe that supporting young talent is a force for change and, that is why, the Banco Sabadell Foundation works with projects that promote training…
“We want to awaken emotion in attendees, just like a good theatre play”. We talk to Sheila Cremaschi about the Hay Festival Segovia
In 1988, in the small town of Hay-on-Wye, better known as the “The city of books” in Wales, the Hay Festival was born. It is…
The joint proposal by Pablo Fernández and Alberto Guerrero wins the 4th ANFACO & Banco Sabadell Foundation Design Award
“We are very grateful for this initiative that rewards the work of professionals and students who are passionate about their craft, regardless of their track-record,…
Geopolitics in the Arctic and Sahelian perceptions of the EU, protagonists in the second edition of the ‘Global Talent’ programme promoted by CIDOB and the Banco Sabadell Foundation
In November 2021, the Banco Sabadell Foundation and CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) renewed their support for talented young researchers with the second edition…
Young people that bet on a future without fake news
Throughout the first four months of the year, young people between 16 and 21 years of age from various educational centres in the country have…
Celera consolidates its position as young talent accelerator in Spain with its 8th Generation
We strengthen our commitment to promote young talent by supporting the Celera initiative, in conjunction with the Rafael del Pino Foundation and the Francisco Soria…
We open the call for the second edition of the Global Talent Program organized by Banco Sabadell Foundation together with CIDOB
The Banco Sabadell Foundation and CIDOB (Barcelona Center for International Affairs) launch the Global Talent Program with the aim of promoting quality research by young…
Fundación Banco Sabadell 2020: commitment to culture & talent
Since we’ve finished 2020, from Fundación Banco Sabadell we wanted to capture the activities and projects that we have carried out and to those which…
AEF ‘Collaborate and Share’ Meeting
This Thursday, October 15th we participate in the day ‘Collaborate & Share’ organized by the Asociación Española de Fundaciones (AEF) in which they have selected…
4th edition of A Tempo – Arts & Formation
Inaugurates the 4th season of the project A Tempo – Arts and Training of the La Ciutat Invisible Foundation and High Season, with the commitment…
The XVIII edition of the Joan Guinjoan International Prize has a winner: Camilo Roca with Insectarium
The Joan Guinjoan International Prize for Young Composers, awarded by the Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC) awards in its 18th edition the Chilean…
Celera’s 7th Generation Selection Process Opens
Celera, the first talent accelerator in Spain, is preparing to select the next 10 young people who will make up the 7th generation of exceptional…
The 7th edition of the Fringe Festival of Torroella arrives
The 7th Festival Fringe de Torroella de Montgrí will be held between 30 July and 1 August in several venues of the Mediterranean Museum. A…
Zoomba, Cruzar para Mejorar and HagarApp, the three winning projects from the grand finale of ‘Reto Futuro’, a social entrepreneurship programme aimed at vulnerable young people.
9 July was the grand finale of Reto Futuro, the social entrepreneurship programme that we are supporting together with Imagine Creativity Center, the Exit Foundation…
Interview of the week – “We are making Barcelona an influential global player through science diplomacy”, Alexis Roig, CEO of SciTech DiploHub
In 2018, Barcelona launched SciTech DiploHub, the Barcelona Science and Technology Diplomacy Hub. We recently caught up with Alexis Roig, CEO of SciTech DiploHub, Professor…
#ConLaCultura –talented young pianists in the final of the ‘Maria Canals’ competition; ‘Laia Abril. On Abortion’ at Foto Colectania; ‘RE Jornadas de la Escuela de Arte de Oviedo’
Final 65th edition of the Maria Canals International Competition 88 pianists from up to 33 different nationalities have participated in the 65th edition of the…
Presentation of the Imagine Silicon Valley 2019 scholarship for EDEM Business School students
12 young people participated in the Imagine programme, one of whom is a student at the EDEM Business School, participating thanks to the scholarship granted…
‘Processus’, the winning piece of the seventeenth Joan Guinjoan international award for young composers
Close to seventy pieces of music were submitted from 23 countries as applications for the award, organised by ESMUC and the Banco Sabadell Foundation.
“I have been able to learn from the best in the field, to grow as a person, as an instrumentalist and as a musician, all thanks to the Banco Sabadell Foundation grant”, Rolanda Ginkute, violin professorship student at the Reina Sofía School of Music
Rolanda Gintuke began playing violin at the age of just 5. After completing her training, she began to win a number of national and international…
How can companies reinvent themselves to attract young talent? And what are young people looking for in a company?
A few days ago, together with Íncipy Digital Strategy Partner and Celera, we presented the fourth Study in Spain on Digital Transformation in Human Resources,…
Presentation of ‘Imagine Express 2019’
The official presentation of Imagine Express 2019 will take place on Thursday February 7th. This is the sixth edition of the disruptive innovation programme that…
#YoCreoTalento “Supporting projects such as these helps people to continue dreaming”. Imagine Express 2019 dreamer
This year three 18-year old students from the University of Seville will jump on board the Imagine Express 2019 between 22-25 February, having received scholarships…
#YoCreoTalento ‘Grants for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)’
Since 2014 we have collaborated with the University of Oviedo to grant IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) grants to young graduates from the University. These grants…
‘Diseño y Fabricación Digital’ (Digital Design and Manufacturing), this afternoon at Foro Expertos by Factoría Cultural Madrid
This afternoon, at 19:30, Factoría Cultural Madrid will be holding the first session of Foro Expertos, led by Fabricio Santos, an architect specialising in design…
Last #ForoExpertos of 2018 in Madrid and Murcia
On Wednesday December 12th the Factoría Cultural in Murcia will be holding the final session of 2018 for Foro Experto, entitled ‘La ambición de la…
Last days to apply! 1st ANFACO & Banco Sabadell Foundation Design Award
The deadline for submitting applications for the first ANFACO & Banco Sabadell Foundation Design Award is December 14th. This award aims to recognise and nurture…
3 students from Seville will be jumping on board the Imagine Express 2019 after winning the third Aertec Solutions Challenge
Three students from the Loyola Andalucía University in Seville have won the third Aertec Solutions Challenge, presenting “AviFly” an innovative project which is based on…
#YoCreoTalento ‘Meetings famous artists’ At the Reina Sofia Music School; ‘Verni’ at Espai 13 Joan Miró Foundation; ‘Young cellists’ finalists of the International Pau Casals Award
Andrés Orozco-Estrada kicked off the change to meet famous artists as part of the Programa de Emprendimiento Reina Sofía Music School The students from the…
#ConLaCultura – ‘LOOP Festival’ videoart in Barcelona, ‘Structures of Identity’ at Foto Colectania, and ‘Art<35’ in Madrid
The best of videoart has arrived in Barcelona LOOP Festival, the videoart festival in Barcelona shines the spotlight on the artistic vitality of the city…
#YoCreoTalento – ‘AERTEC challenge, three scholarships for Imagine Express 2019’; ‘Nasa International Spaceapps’ with Celera; ‘Cinema and Technology’ at Tabakalera.
AERTEC challenge, three scholarships for Imagine Express 2019 AERTEC Solutions is a specialist international aeronautics consultancy, and it is launching the third edition of its…
Imagine Silicon Valley 2018 presents four disruptive projects
On Wednesday, 3rd October, the projects which were developed in July in Silicon Valley, California, by the participants in the eight edition of Imagine Silicon…
#YoCreoTalento – ‘Scholarships to train researchers’ with San Jorge University; ‘Ideas+Innovadoras’ Awards with Valencialab; and I ANFACO Design Award – Banco Sabadell Foundation
Researchers training grants Once again, we are collaborating with Universidad de San Jorge by granting four scholarships to train researchers who are graduates, hold degrees…
#YoCreoTalento – Open group to experiment with cinema and technology with Tabakalera, ‘Celera’ talent accelerator, and Musical Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme with the Reina Sofía School of Music.
Experiments with cinema and technology (‘Experimentación en torno al cine y tecnología’) in Tabakalera A new open group will be experimenting with cinema and technology…
#YoCreoTalento – ‘Art<35’ with Sala Parés; call open for ‘Banco Sabadell Foundation Dummy Award’; ‘Jóvenes promesas de la danza’ with IBStage Barcelona
Art<35, platform for young artists You can visit the Art<35 exhibition at the Sala Parés in Barcelona until October 2nd. The exhibition displays works by…
#YoCreoTalento – ‘Creadores emergentes’ at the eighth meeting of new artists in the Cidade da Cultura
40 emerging talents take part in an artistic residence in the City of Culture From 26 to 30 August, the Gaiás cultural complex in Santiago…
#YoCreoTalento – ‘IBStage Barcelona’ scholarships for talented young dancers ‘International Workshop of Architecture and Landscape’ with RCR Bunka
IBStage – International Dance Program From 13-30 August, IBStage Barcelona is offering 100 talented young dancers an opportunity to take part in a 15-day intensive…
More than 400 young persons have participated in Transpirenaica Social Solidaria
Formed of 42 stages, from Híguer Cape all the way to Cap de Creus, Transpirenaica Social Solidaria which is a march in favour of human…
Video: 2018 presentation of Banco Sabadell Foundation Awards for Biomedical Research and Science and Engineering
You can now watch the video summary of the Banco Sabadell Foundation 2018 Biomedical Research Award, granted to Dr Daniel López Serrano for his innovative…
#YoCreoTalento – ‘Be Innovation Campus’ at ValenciaLAB and second week of the march for social inclusion with Transpirenaica Social Solidaria
Business and talent through innovation at “Be Innovation Campus” ValenciaLAB is hosting the first ‘Be Innovation Campus’ from 2nd-6th July with the aim of getting…
Laura Díaz Anadón wins the seventeenth Banco Sabadell Award for Economic Research
Dr Díaz Anadón received the award for her work on climate change, a project that combines core research with the development of public policy to…
#YoCreoTalento – First steps towards social integration with ‘Transpirenaica’ and start of Imagine Silicon Valley 2018, with 4 dreamers from the Foundation
First week of Transpirenaica Social Solidaria 500 youths and 200 volunteers will complete an 800km trek in 42 days with the Transpirenaica Social Solidaria, an…
#YoCreoTalento – 5 projects to reinvent Classical Music with the Reina Sofia School of Music
21 students of the Reina Sofía School of Music have taken part in the second edition of the ‘Classical Musical Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programme’ which…
#InvestigaciónCientífica – One month to go before the announcement of the winners of the Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Biomedical Research and Science and Engineering
On July 18th we will be handing out the thirteenth Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Biomedical Research and the second Award for Science and Engineering,…
500 youths will be trekking to support social integration in the Transpirenaica Social Solidaria
The 6th edition of the Transpirenaica Social Solidaria is starting. The Transpirenaica is an educational project which aims to raise awareness of social integration. Over…
#YoCreoTalento – Banco Sabadell Foundation Professional and Student Laus Aporta Awards, and ‘Premio Habitácola’ for architecture
‘The Good Virus’ and ‘SOROR’ are the winners of the Banco Sabadell Foundation Laus Aporta Award for 2018. The Banco Sabadell Foundation Laus Aporta awards value projects…
#YoCreoTalento – ‘Joan Guinjoan Award for young composers’ with ESMUC, ‘Habitácola Award’, ‘Laus Aporta Banco Sabadell Foundation Award’ at FADfest
Young composers The jury of the sixteenth edition of the Joan Guinjoan international award for your composers, organised by the Catalonia College of Music (ESMUC)…
#YoCreoTalento – ‘Projects to reinvent Classical Music’ with the Reina Sofia School of Music and ‘Scholarship Programme’ by the British Spanish Society
#LaMúsicaClásicaInnova, some of the projects of the ‘Musical Innovation’ programme 28 students of the Reina Sofía School of Music have taken part in the second…
#YoCreoTalento – ‘Drone technology grants’ with HEMAV and ‘Young Cellists Award’ with the Pau Casals Foundation
Drone technology grants’ with the HEMAV Foundation This year we will be supporting the HEMAV Foundation and its Hemav Scholarship. The scholarship consists of two…
#InvestigaciónCientífica – Last week of the call for Biomedical, Economics, Science and Engineering awards for young researchers
On Friday, 27 April, the call for the three awards granted by Banco Sabadell Foundation to recognise the trajectory of young researchers in sectors such…
#YoCreoTalento – ‘II Classical Music Innovation Programme and ‘Concurso Art<35’, encouraging artistic talent
#LaMúsicaClásicaInnova, training project with the Reina Sofía Music School. 28 students from the Reina Sofía Music School participate in the second edition of the ‘Innovation…
#YoCreoTalento – ‘Celera’ and ‘WomenCEO’, events that promote talent
#Celera, a scheme that identifies and provides tools to extract the full value of talent As of this year, we will be joining forces with…
#YoCreoTalento – ‘Artistem Sónar Campus’, success story from the B-Value programme and ‘Transpirenaica Social Solidaria’, a solidarity march in favour of inclusion
Success story from #BValueTransforma, social innovation programme ‘#Artistem Sónar Campus’, was one of the finalist projects of the first edition of B-Value, the social innovation…
New call for the emerging art competition for persons aged under 35
Between 24 April and 4 May applications can be submitted to ART<35 Fundación Banco Sabadell, the objective of the competition is to select artists to…
“The Women CEO programme offers us the opportunity to acquire the capacities we need for our development in the world of work, in executive roles”
This year we are joining WomenCEO in the “Women for Business Leadership” programme, which has the objective of offering specific training designed to help university…
93 young talented pianists participate in the 64th edition of the Maria Canals International Music Competition
From 11-23 March Barcelona will be transformed into the world capital for pianists with the 64th edition of the Maria Canals International Music Competition, which…
‘The most valuable aspect of Celera is the community which is created on a personal and professional level, with proactive people whose concerns and profiles are varied and diverse’.
This year we are joining Celera, a programme which identifies talent, selecting 10 exceptional young people. For three years they receive a series of training…
“For all of us who are just starting our working lives, these types of scholarships are an opportunity and a stimulus, an incentive towards effort.” Álvaro Muñiz, BID scholarship 2017.
Three young graduates from the University of Oviedo have received a scholarship to carry out six-month internships at Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) in Washington…
‘These types of programmes motivate, facilitate and make it possible for young people to participate in innovative initiates which are very likely to improve the society in which we live…” Imagine Express 2018 dreamer
This year, five young people are climbing on board the Imagine Express Train 2019. These five dreamers from the Foundation will participate in this fifth…
Schedule for the weekend of 9 February: dance, art and photojournalism
For this weekend we proposal several cultural plans relating to art, dance and photojournalism. -‘Festival Salmon’ a dance festival organised by Mercat de les Flors…
11 young people join ‘Celera’ a programme which identifies and offers tools to make the most out of talent
From this year onwards, we have joined Celera, a programme which has been created to identify young talented persons in Spain and offer them the…
“This programme is teaching me how to find my own path instead of following everyone else”, students of the 2nd Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programme at the Reina Sofía School of Music
28 students of the Reina Sofía School of Music are taking part in the second edition of the ‘Musical Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programme’ which we…
New schedule for call of Banco Sabadell Foundation Awards
This year the call for our awards will open on March 5th, one month later than usual. Between March 5th and April 27th 2018 you…
This year we are going hiking in support of social inclusion with Transpirenaica Social Solidaria
More than 300 young people and 200 volunteers will take part in this year’s edition of Transpirenaica Social Solidaria (TSS). It is an 800km hike…
‘Creativity in design: first years as a graphic designer for television’ in #ForoExpertos
On Thursday 1 February, Factoría Cultural Madrid will be holding a new session of Foro Expertos with Gonzalo Borman, a TV graphic designer who works…
Will you join us? #PorLaInclusiónTSS18
800 km journey, 42 days, more than 300 young people and 200 volunteers are the protagonists of Transpirenaica Social Solidaria (TSS), a social transformation challenge…
25 students participate in the second edition of Women for Business Leadership (Mujeres para el liderazgo empresarial) with WomenCEO
For the second consecutive year, WomenCEO is implementing its second edition of the “Women for Business Leadership” programme, supported by Banco Sabadell Foundation, with the…
Last few days to visit “Shipwrecked Species” (Especies Naúfragas) at Espai 13
Until Sunday 7 January you can visit this exhibition by artist Irene de Andrés as part of the cycle “The Possibility of an Island” which…
‘A Minute of Silence in Google’, Emerging Art Award Sabadell ‘17
‘A minute of silence in Google’ by the young artist Juan Antonio Cerezuela Zaplana is the winning project of the Emerging Art Award Sabadell’ 17,…
Two students from ‘AERTEC Solutions Challenge’ will be jumping on board the Imagine Express Train 2018
The AERTEC Solutions Challenge programme will be jumping on board the Imagine Express 2018 thanks to three scholarships awarded by Banco Sabadell Foundation to enable…
Schedule for the weekend of 15 December: music, theatre, art history and photography
For this weekend we proposal different cultural plans relating to photography, art, history, music and theatre. -The Sampler Series, festival, a new music festival which…
87 corporate volunteers have mentored 79 young people as part of Coach Exit Madrid
More than 15 companies have participated in the 21st edition of Coach Exit in Madrid, hosted by the Exit Foundation with the objective of improving…
‘Shipwrecked Species’ kicks off the new cycle of exhibitions at Espai 13, Fundación Joan Miró
Until 7 January 2018 you can visit this this exhibition by artist Irene de Andrés, as part of the cycle of exhibitions The Possibility of…
‘Inspirational 17’, a festival dedicated to innovation in digital communication
This Wednesday, 29 November, and Thursday 30 November, for another year IAB Spain, the association for publicity and digital communication in Spain has organised a…
‘Thumblock’, an intelligent padlock is awarded the UPF Emprèn Idea 2017 prize
‘Thumblock’, the first biometric padlock for motorcycles which is operated through fingerprint sensors, has won the UPF Emprèn Idea 2017 award which recognises and encourages…
‘Pisando con coherencia, trabajo y esfuerzo’, new #ForoExperto in Murcia
This Wednesday, 22nd November Factoría Cultural Murcia is hosting a new Foro Experto session, “Pisando con coherencia, trabajo y esfuerzo” with Pedro Martínez- Abarca, founder…
Four EDEM students are awarded a Banco Sabadell Foundation scholarship
We have renewed our collaboration with EDEM Escuela de Empresarios to award scholarships to four students from the 2017-2018 academic year. Two students are from…
‘OuiShare Fest Barcelona’ brings together the leaders of collaborative digital transformation
Parc Tecnológic Barcelona Activa is hosting the third edition of Ouishare Fest Barcelona which will take place from November 15-17. During these dates the leaders…
Reinventing classical music: the second Musical Innovation Programme begins at the Reina Sofia School of Music
Together with the Reina Sofia School of Music we are promoting the second edition of the programme “Musical Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, aimed at helping young…
“It is my dream that one day my research will help us have environmental markets that work better”, Mar Reguant, Sixteenth Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research
You can now watch the video of our interview with Dr Mar Reguant, winner of the Sixteenth Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research for…
‘Amphitryon’, the artistic residency programme of Azkuna Zentroa
This year we have joined forces with Azkuna Zentroa in ‘Amphitryon’, an artistic residency programme aimed at fostering the production of artistic works in order…
3 open calls, grants and awards that recognise and promote talent
Here at the Foundation, we always seek to promote talent, by recognising it and helping promising individuals throug their training with awards and grants like…
Art in movement in a digitalised world (Arte en movimiento en un mundo digitalizado), new #ForoExpertos en Madrid
This Thursday, 6 October, Factoría Cultural de Madrid will be hosting a new Foro Experts session with the conference Art in movement in a digitalised…
Josep Oliu awards the XVI Banco Sabadell Award for Economic Research
Josep Oliu, Chairman of Banco Sabadell, has awarded the XVI Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research to Dr Mar Reguant for her work in…
Schedule for the weekend of 29 September: art, photography, photojournalism and theatre
For this last weekend of September, we propose up to 10 cultural plans. -‘Swab Barcelona’, until Sunday you can visit this international art fair which…
‘Low cost prosthesis for children’, winner of the VI ‘Ideas+Innovadoras’ competition by Valencialab
The building of low cost prosthesis for children, a mobile music room and a citizen app are the winning projects of the sixth edition of…
‘Reserve’ kicks off the new cycle of exhibitions at Espai 13, Fundación Joan Miró
Until November 5th you can visit this this exhibition by artist Gerad Ortín, as part of the cycle of exhibitions’ The Possibility of an Island’ (La posibilidad de una isla).
The Foundation awards four scholarships for the Master’s Degree in Translational Biomedical Research at VHIR
Banco Sabadell Foundation has awarded four scholarships to four students in the fourth edition of the Master’s Degree in Translational Biomedical Research at Vall d’Hebron…
Imagine Silicon Valley 2017 presents its projects for 2017
This Wednesday, 20 September, the projects which have been developed during July at Silicon Valley, California by the participants of the seventh edition of Imagine…