Organized by the Ibáñez Atkinson Foundation, El Placer de Oír Leer is the largest read-aloud contest in the country. Since 2014, this initiative has been highlighting the important role reading aloud plays in integral child development, helping enhance key skills such as self-esteem, critical and creative thinking, concentration, listening skills and a love of reading, among other essential attributes.
The contest is organized by the Ibáñez Atkinson Foundation in association with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile—through its schools of Education and Letters and its Biblioteca Escolar Futuro initiative—and NTV, and is sponsored by Editorial SM, IBBY Chile and the Palabra Foundation. It has impacted more than 250 thousand children throughout the country since its creation in 2014.
Learn more at www.elplacerdeoirleer.cl
This reading promotion contest was created in 2023 as an extension of El Placer de Oír Leer, the largest read-aloud contest in Chile. It invites students from all over the country to share their love for reading through a video recommendation of a book they find particularly interesting.
Established in 2021, Planeta Ahora aims to preserve the planet for future generations through conservation and environmental regeneration initiatives that optimize the country’s sustainable growth and development. The initiative is currently searching for environmental solutions for central Chile, considered one of the planet’s 36 biodiversity hotspots, using the innovative methodology of Nature-based Solutions, focused on restoring and conserving ecosystems and addressing major climate threats.
The Naturaleza Educa program seeks to generate environmental awareness from an early age through contact with nature. It is based on the methodology of the award-winning U.S.-based Project Learning Tree initiative, providing professional development opportunities that give teachers access to knowledge and resources for teaching environmental issues.
The Lectura Educa program promotes reading from early childhood through eighth grade in the community of Huiscapi in the La Araucanía Region. It includes a reading promotion plan to help students acquire and develop the habit of reading, and the Primero Lee program, carried out together with the Crecer con Todos Foundation, which aims to develop comprehensive reading and writing skills.
Lectura Educa includes various activities such as training teachers, librarians and parents; conducting reading mediation sessions; organizing creative writing contests and workshops; outfitting libraries and reading spaces; organizing reading-related talks from writers and agents, among other initiatives.
This pioneering talent development program in opera singing in Latin America seeks to support and develop the skills of exceptionally talented young singers through technical instruction of the highest standard. This program takes place at the Santiago Municipal Theater and is mentored by professionals like John Norris (Munich and Berlin operas), Evamaria Wieser (Salzburg Festival), David Gowland (Royal Opera House), Michael Heaston (Metropolitan Opera House), Bruno Nicola (Teatro alla Scala), David Lomelí (Santa Fe Opera), among others.
Students receive rigorous instruction and training in the multidimensional techniques of the art of operatic singing, as both actors and singers, through intensive study with voice coaches and in areas like acting, musical language, foreign languages, career guidance and professional coaching. They are also eligible for performance opportunities at the Santiago Municipal Theater during its official season.
We support young Chilean talents as they study and develop professionally in Chile or abroad. We do this by organizing auditions and providing scholarships and master classes with some of the world’s most renowned musicians, among other initiatives.
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Convinced that learning and practicing music from an early age has cognitive and socioemotional benefits that foster integral development, we promote quality music education throughout the country.
Música Educa is a professional development program in music education that offers advising services to schools and their communities on content, planning and monitoring of classes. It also provides specialized training for music teachers and area professionals.
The Kodály Institute at the Ibáñez Atkinson Foundation seeks to develop and expand the vision of Hungarian composer and educator Zoltán Kodály in Chile and Latin America. This vision aims to promote exceptional music education for all while also preserving the traditional music and cultural heritage of Latin America.
At the very core of the Kodály experience is the concept of “learning by playing,” for teacher and student alike. Through play, learners are introduced to not only musical elements, but also values intrinsic to humans. Understanding their voice and their auditory ability while engaging with their folklore and roots will give students a musical identity from their own environment.
Learn more at www.musicaeduca.cl/instituto-kodaly
This program focuses on promoting and publicizing choral singing through concerts and training for choir directors and vocalists, as well as cultivating the choral movement in Chile. As part of this initiative, the Ibáñez Atkinson Foundation broadcasts the program “La belleza de cantar” on Radio Beethoven, produced and hosted by the foundation’s Director of Music, Andrés Rodríguez Spoerer.