The Schwarz Foundation is a private non-profit institution aiming to foster the exchange of ideas and practices between cultures and countries. In view of the significant changes taking place in Europe which call for new ways of thinking, the foundation’s initiatives aim to assist in contributing to this process of re-evaluation and re-thinking the continent, particularly southeast Europe and its relation to its surroundings. In this context, it initiates and supports projects which include exhibitions, residencies and curatorial fellowships, music concerts and a festival, as well as community support projects.
It is the strong belief of the foundation that the understanding of history and traditions, as well as the sensitivity towards environmental issues within the Southeast Mediterranean Region, can play a vital role in designing the future of this historically important area.

The Schwarz Foundation encourages and accompanies also other institutions and individuals who are working with ideas and visions for new forms of interactions between society and sustainable development. While based in Munich, Germany, the foundation has a branch in Athens and operates an exhibition venue, Art Space Pythagorion, on the island of Samos. There, it also organises an annual international music festival at the Ancient Theatre of Pythagorion, the Samos Young Artist Festival.

Founders
Dr. Kurt Schwarz and Chiona Xanthopoulou-Schwarz
Executive Director/CEO
Chiona Xanthopoulou-Schwarz
info@schwarzfoundation.com
Foundation Management and Coordination
Theresa Premauer
Adelheid Michel (Maternity Leave)
Senior Advisor (Athens)
Alexandros J. Stanas
Operations Manager (Athens)
Sergio Zalmas
Foundation Management (Samos)
Penny Petrakou
Executive Director/CEO
Chiona Xanthopoulou-Schwarz
Foundation Management and Coordination
Theresa Premauer
Adelheid Michel (Maternity Leave)
Office Munich
Schwarz Foundation gGmbH
Metzstr. 36
81667 Munich
GERMANY
info@schwarzfoundation.com
+49 (0) 89 442 499 05
Mo – Thu: 9am – 2pm
Senior Advisor (Athens)
Alexandros J. Stanas
Operations Manager (Athens)
Sergio Zalmas
Foundation Management (Samos)
Penny Petrakou
Office Athens
Schwarz Foundation gGmbH
Solonos 102, Athens 10680
athens@schwarzfoundation.com
+30 210 36 00 786
Artistic Director Music (Samos Young Artist Festival)
Masha Ilyashov and Alexis Kariskakis-Nastos
info@samosfestival.com
Curator (Art Space Phytagorion)
Katerina Gregos

Greek media relations, Press Office
Zuma Communications, Athens
Chara Zuma
info@zumacom.gr
Concerts agency (Samos, Athens)
Phormigx, Yiannis Valiantzas
Editors
Adelheid Michel (Maternity Leave)
Sergio Zalmas
Design Direction
Digital Design
Ollie George, Enno Pötschke
Web Development
Frontend
GatsbyJS
Backend
Sanity Studio
Search
Algolia
Production server and CDN
Netlify
Live preview server
Gatsby Cloud
Code source control
GitHub
Typeface
ABC Favorit (Dinamo)