Around Lucia's name formed and are forming many institutions thet demostrate how much she was respected and loved.

Just after she passed away, in Padova, a group of her friends gave life to the FONDAZIONE LUCIA VALENTINI TERRANI ONLUS, that is extremely active in organizing concerts and specials for charity purposes. The main objectives of the foundation are mostly two:

• Helping the formation and qualification of young musicians(Classes, masters, seminars, awards, scolarships, spectacles).
• Charity work particularly aimed to helping people afflicted by severe illness, with particular attention to children.

In the name of Lucia Valentini Terrani there are already two awards: one sponsored by "L'Opera" magazine and a second one within the "Premio Internazionale Sant'Antonio", sponsored by the monthly publication "Messaggero di Sant'Antonio".

Lucia was a "Different" artist, a "Special" woman, "Unique" in her own way of being, of thinking, of managing her art and her person.

In the full respect of the unicity of Lucia, this new meaning has been found for the foundation, taking in two essential aspects of Lucia's life: the music and the severely ill..

So are oriented the first steps of our activity:

• The stay of a group of children severely hit by AIDS in occasion of the opening of the Hospice OIC in Padova.
• Promotion and help campaigns for the new artistic talents, with scolarships with scolarships, awards and stages.
• The concerts performed by world known artists, in the Basilica del Santo in Padova, at the Olimpico in Vicenza, in the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and at the Teatro Verdi inPadova.
• By the Foundation interest, the "Work tools" and the scores where Lucia annotated every musical intention, found a prestigious collocation in the Pollini conservatory of music directed by Claudio Scimone, where a new reading room has been realized in support of the preparation of hte new artists.
• The city of Padova remembers and celebrated Lucia Valentini Terrani giving her name to a city square, in front of the Teatro Verdi, entrusting this way to the fellow citizens of all times the memory of this extraordinary singer.