a) To promote musical art, its performance, and original composition opposing oppression, discrimination, and the denial of freedom, as well as to commemorate the legacy of the so-called Terezín composers and other persecuted artists from the 20th century to the present day.
b) To organize the Everlasting Hope music festival and to promote European classical music and European cultural values.
c) To support young artists and emerging musicians.
d) To promote other forms of artistic activity, particularly through competitions, educational programs, and publications.
The statutory body of the Endowment Fund is the Board of Trustees, whose members are
Dr. Martina Jankovská
The co-founder of the Everlasting Hope Festival has been a member of the board of the Everlasting Hope Endowment Fund since 2020. She is a lawyer and has been running her own law firm ExIure since 2014. She previously worked with international law firms in Brno and Prague. She is the author of professional publications and has helped popularize the law.
Ing. Michal Stachník
Since 2015, he has been the CEO of Cisco Systems for the Czech Republic and since 2016 also for Slovakia. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the IT business. In 2019, he was elected a member of the board of the American Chamber of Commerce. He studied Computer Science at the Brno University of Technology.
Arnošt Polák
He has been working with the festival since the very beginning and became a member of the board of directors in 2022. He is currently studying at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University and the Faculty of Science of Charles University, where he has been a student senator since 2023.
