Ilumina

Ilumina was founded in São Paulo in 2015 by American violist Jennifer Stumm. What began as a small musical talent development project on a farm has grown in almost ten years to include hundreds of young musicians from South America and leading international artists from around the world, a renowned festival giving access to live music to thousands each year, social impact initiatives of quality and depth and a model of opportunity development of remarkable power. Almost 70% of Ilumina Young Artists have gone on to study at top-level universities and conservatories around the world and of those, 98% were accepted to their first-choice institution. Ilumina and its collective of artists from diverse social realities now performs on major stages around the world, leads educational residencies and continues to fight for equity and representation in leadership, on and off stage. Jennifer is regularly invited to speak about the Ilumina model of talent development, at NASA’s Cross-Industry Innovation Summit, at the Ecosystems 2030 Summit and for Innovation, Technology and Education sector institutions around the world.