On the occation of the formation of the 1000th foundation the Government of Upper Bavaria invited round to a commemorative event. The Hermann Hauser Guitar Foundation designed the musical supporting program. Augustin Wiedemann and the guitar duo Gruber & Maklar played the guitar.
Some 100 foundation founders, high-ranking Government representatives and pressmen were present at the event. The welcoming speech was delivered by district president Werner-Hans Böhm and the feast speech was delivered by secretary of education Siegfried Schneider. Furthermore, the director of the Bundesverbandes Deutscher Stiftungen e.V. (German federal association of foundations) Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Freiherr Axel von Camphausen congratulated the founders on their initiatives.
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According to the Government of Upper Bavaria, the “Hermann Hauser Guitar Foundation”, the “Stiftung Ute Michels”, the “Tutsek-Stiftung” for studio glass objects as well as the “Perschten-Stiftung” are among the most extraordinary foundations. They are exemplary foundations for culture, and the government estimate that important cultural impulses will emanate from them.
We are very proud of having accomplished in an impressing way that the classical guitar has found its way into a government building. Guests and government representatives were thoroughly impressed by the artists´ virtuosity and by the sound of the guitars and quint basses. Remarkably, most of the guests had never before neither listened to nor experienced the guitar in such an artistic top form. We may be certain that the guitar has found many new friends by our artistic contribution.
For the future we wish for “good governance” to go along with guitar sounds.
http://www.regierung.oberbayern.bayern.de/pr1/pr1presse/pm2005/pm0605/pm05233.htm
June 23, 2005