Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot”. Set design by Roberto Oswald
Photo Máximo Parpagnoli/Teatro Colón/2019
What we do:
We connect donors with classical music projects in need of funding
We are lucky to be able to listen to some of the great artists of the past and present, who recorded numerous albums, just by tapping on our phones. But what about those who did not or could not leave enough recordings during their prime? The answer is as sad as it is obvious: their art is lost forever.
By connecting classical music artistic projects directly with donors from around the world, we help discover new artists, develop the more established ones, and preserve our artistic traditions. We also make sure that the artists we help can secure a global digital distribution deal for their music, making it available on every streaming platform around the world.
Make your donation with your debit or credit card from anywhere in the world. All donations are 100% tax-deductible in the United States.
CURRENTLY FUNDING:
Recording and Releases for Armenian Musicians
The record label Prima Classic (USA) and the Primavera Foundation Armenia have joined efforts to ensure the global and easily accessible presentation of Armenian music and music performed by Armenian artists.
The project aims to provide Armenian musicians with an additional and consistent opportunity to record and release digitally on all major global streaming platforms. We wish to empower emerging and well-established Armenian artists by offering financial and non-financial resources to record, post-produce, release, and market their recordings globally.
This initiative provides musicians with access to:
- Recording & Production Services
- Global Digital Distribution on Major Streaming Platforms
- Digital Marketing & Promotional Support
- Educational Opportunities (workshops, online courses, and video lectures)
About Prima Classic:
Prima Classic is an independent record label focused on opera, lyrical singing, and instrumental music, fueled by a passion to produce and nurture beautiful music performed by outstanding artists.
Born in the USA and based also in Europe the label takes the utmost care in all the phases of our projects: repertoire selection, performance level, sound quality, artwork design, and worldwide distribution.
About Primavera Foundation Armenia:
We build cultural bridges between Armenians and other nations by celebrating Armenian cultural heritage internationally, supporting young Armenian musicians, and developing educational activities through:
- Empowering next generations of artists across Armenia
- Projects for sustainable artistic education
- Cultural diplomacy & cross-cultural events
Who we are:
The Vox Vault Project
Vox Vault is a group of professionals working in prominent places in the classical music industry. Our board is made of international agents and managers, record industry veterans, orchestra members and staff, conductors, professional singers, and librarians. We all work with Vox Vault out of our passion to help advance our beloved art form. Because we all have our jobs, we don’t get paid by Vox Vault —Vox Vault has no employees and all the funds that we collect are used to finance recordings.
Through our board’s collaborative discussions, we select and connect with projects that are in need of partial or full financing for their recordings. We discuss the project with them and we help them materialize it.
We handle the whole production process from beginning to end, including the hiring of recording studios, orchestras, conductors, sound engineers, musicologists, producers, and graphic designers. We also help them get their music distributed worldwide digitally and on CD.
To have full transparency and the highest security standards with our transactions, we’ve partnered with Fractured Atlas, a renowned arts service organization in New York. Fractured Atlas is Vox Vault’s Fiscal Sponsor and the safe keeper of the funds that we receive until they get assigned and released to a specific recording project. Because we are not a record label, we do not “sign” artists, instead, the artists remain free to record future projects with whomever they choose.
Then we share those recordings with new audiences around the world
Do you remember the first time you heard an opera singer or a symphonic work? What a discovery it sure was for so many of us back then! Would you like to help create those memories? For every project partly or fully funded by Vox Vault, we will donate up to 1000 CDs to institutions that work with children. We are building relationships with schools worldwide, which will receive free CDs to distribute among their young students, and although they may not have a CD player at home, the physical CD — a real object — will prompt them to look up and stream the music and associate it with the gift.
In this way, a simple gift can expose classical music to children who may otherwise never have heard of it, and through the power of giving, thousands of children will discover this amazing art form, they will learn the names and see the faces of our artists, and maybe some of them will engage with the art form, and embrace it, love it, and carry it within themselves throughout their lives, just as we do.
Are you a school administrator interested in participating in our program? Contact us at info@voxvault.org
These are some projects we’ve helped funding:
A New NORMA - Out in October 2024
An unmissable studio recording starringMarina Rebeka, Karine Deshayes, Luciano Ganci, and Marko Mimica.
Orquesta y Coro del Teatro Real, Madrid, under the baton of John Fiore.
New critical edition by Roger Parker for Casa Ricordi, includes a musicological essay and the full libretto in Italian and English.
Vincenzo Bellini's ``IL PIRATA``
ICMA – International Classical Music Awards“Il Pirata” received the 2022 “Opera Recording of the Year” Award
—Opera News, USA – Critic’s Choice Recording
—Opéra Magazine, France – 5 Stars Recording
—BBC Music Magazine, United Kingdom – 4 Stars Recording
—Oper! Magazine, Germany – Recording of the Month
Giuseppe Verdi's most famous opera: LA TRAVIATA
“One might wonder what is the reason for yet another recording of La Traviata, but the answer is almost evident: to keep the Violetta of one of the greatest living singers in the best possible conditions.”—Rivista Musica, Italy
Marina Rebeka - ELLE - French Opera Arias
“No need to be in love with French opera to fall swoon before the impressive recital of Marina Rebeka, a soprano from Riga, whose talent never ceases to amaze us.”—Le Monde, France
South African Tenor Levy Sekgapane: GIOVIN FIAMMA
“His lean, shiny tenor offers the impressive flexibility, fearless high notes and combustible, open-hearted ardor that best serves the composer’s work.”—Opera News, USA. “Critic’s Choice” Distinction
Students from the Fundación Filarmónica de San Pedro Sula, Escuela de Música ``Victoriano López``, Honduras.
Hundreds of children from this music school in Honduras received CDs of opera, many of them discovering the musical genre by this small gift.
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ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE IN THE UNITED STATES*
If you want to sponsor a specific artist via your
tax-deductible donation
contact Edgardo Vertanessian at
+1 (612) 670 5233 / info@voxvault.org
* Contributions for the charitable purposes of “Vox Vault” must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only, and are tax-deductible
to the extent permitted by law of the United States of America. You will receive a receipt from “Fractured Atlas”, a 501(c)3 organization, upon your donation.