A veritable hotbed of talent, the Angelika Prokopp Summer Academy features three works from the orchestral repertoire conducted by Sebastian Weigle: Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1 ‘Classical’, Schumann's Cello Concerto and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 ‘Italian’.
For a quarter of a century, the Young Euro Classic Festival has provided a springboard for young instrumentalists from the 27 member states of the European Union to play in the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO). This year's eclectic programme is sure to delight audiences at Berlin's Konzerthaus.
Conducted by Eliel Ferreira, the Goiás Youth Symphony Orchestra, assisted by violinist Guido Sant'Anna, makes a foray into Argentina while celebrating Brazilian classical music.
For this concert, the Almaty University of the Arts orchestra combine Kazakh melodies played on the dombra, a two-stringed lute, with works from the European Romantic and Classical repertoire performed by pianist Karina Izmailova under the baton of Yerbolat Akhmedyarov.
To close the 25th season of Young Euro Classic, the South African orchestra MIAGI (Music Is A Great Investment) explores the influence of African music around the world and thrills the audience at Berlin's Konzerthaus.
For its opening concert, the Young Euro Classic features Austrian conductor Katharina Wincor and Romanian violinist Ioana Cristina Goicea. The two women will be joined on stage by the Romanian Youth Orchestra, who have already played a starring role at the Berlin festival.
An invitation to a musical voyage. Armenia, with a virtuoso trumpet concerto, Norway, with character studies, and the call of America - or nostalgia for Bohemia - with Dvořák's Ninth. The Yerevan Youth Symphony Orchestra is galvanised by Sergueï Smbatyan's direction and accompanies trumpeter Sergueï Nakariakov.
A concert featuring Andalusia and Russia, with Isaac Albéniz's Iberia and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. A seminal work from the previous century that is more topical than ever, with a new work by Fabià Santkovsky, under the bow of Francisco Fullana. An opportunity for the musicians of the Spanish National Youth Orchestra to express all their talent under the baton of Nuno Coelho.
For 26 years now, this group of young musicians from all over the European Union has been delighting audiences at the Young Euro Classic festival. It's a project that illustrates the vitality of our continent's musical life. In the first half of the evening, Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández performs Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1.
The Scottish National Youth Orchestra performs Jay Capperauld's accordion concerto. In this new work, the Glasgow composer imposes spectacular and acrobatic figures on the ‘piano with braces’. In the second half, the audience is treated to Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, featuring an ‘episode in the life of an artist’. Accordionist Ryan Corbett plays the solo part alongside the Scottish musicians and their conductor Catherine Larsen-Maguire.
