Summer Tour 2016

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Summer Tour 2016
Summer Tour 2016
Principal Corporate Partner
Principal Venue Partner
Inspiring
At United Technologies, we believe that ideas and inspiration create
opportunities without limits. UTC applauds the European Union
Youth Orchestra for its important role in transcending cultural, social,
economic, religious, and political boundaries in the pursuit of
musical excellence.
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Co-Chairmen’s Message
For 40 years the European Union Youth Orchestra has represented
and embodied the highest ideals of European cultural unity and
cooperation. As Europe has grown and expanded its membership,
so has the Orchestra. In its ranks, at its desks, young musicians from
28 nations between the ages of 16 and 26 work, play, learn, make
music, make friendships, gain understanding, grow as musicians and
as people. Which nation they come from only partly relevant, for
they are united by a sense of a shared cultural heritage, a common
cultural vision. Each season they start as 120 individuals; by the end
Contents
Co-Chairmen’s Message
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Welcome Message
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Milestones
4
Tributes
6
Thanks
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they are an orchestra, that magical blending of brilliant individual
skills and distinct personalities into a harmonious whole. Just like the
European ideal itself. When the European Union Youth Orchestra
The Future
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and in reality. It is the finest, most vivid ambassador for a vision.
Summer Tour
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But the experience does not stop when the players leave. Over 40 years,
Conductors
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Soloists
18
The Orchestra
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Awards
30
Tutors
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Honorary Patrons / Committees
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performs, it is the expression of the European dream in practice
several thousand musicians have colonised Europe’s music making.
Many people the ranks of the greatest orchestras of the continent.
Others teach, innovate, explore, inspire. They never forget what they
learned with their fellow colleagues from the EU’s 28 countries.
All of this nearly came to an end earlier this year when we announced
that in the absence of continued core funding from the EU we
would have to cease operations. The resulting outburst of support
for the EUYO internationally was astounding and the EU has now
undertaken to sustain the orchestra both in the short and the long
term. We hope that in practice this will enable the continuation of
the Orchestra. The scale of respect, affection and trust shown to
Partners, Supporters and Friends 38
Governance
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the Orchestra at this time by the world of the arts was more than
could have been anticipated and places on us a responsibility to
Sir John Tusa
Ian Stoutzker CBE
Trustee, Co-Chair
Orchestra Board Chair, Trustee, Co-Chair
EUYO > CO - CH A I RM E N’ S M E SSAG E
Photo © Geoff Wilson
continue to justify the confidence of the EUYO’s many supporters.
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Congratulations!
Askonas Holt warmly congratulates the
players and management of the European
Union Youth Orchestra on the occasion
of its 40th anniversary!
At Askonas Holt, we guide the careers of world-class conductors,
instrumentalists and singers, and arrange tours for a prestigious list
of international orchestras, dance and opera companies. We are
thrilled to be working closely with the EUYO on its remarkable
Capital Sounds project.
www.askonasholt.co.uk
PHOTO © JACQUI J. SZE
Making TOURS Happen
Welcome Message
Monday 8 March and Thursday 22 April 1976 were seemingly unremarkable
days. Yet when the cultural history of the EU comes to be written they
could enter the history books, for these were, respectively, the dates
when the European Parliament passed a unanimous resolution to found
the European Community (now Union) Youth Orchestra and when the
European Commission confirmed its official Patronage of the Orchestra.
The scale of achievement of the EUYO in the ensuing years is articulated in
the following pages by tributes from a number of the world’s great artists,
politicians and – surely most profoundly – the players themselves. By any
measure, the EUYO has combined performance excellence with a unique
cultural ambassadorship for the EU, acting as an emblem for the European spirit
of freedom, co-operation and creativity, in Europe and around the globe.
To celebrate this tradition, the Orchestra is launching ‘Capital Sounds’, an
ambitious project to visit all the EU Capital Cities in the coming years with
performances that reflect not only the pan-European nature of the Orchestra,
but also focus on the cultural identities of each country. The Project launches
in Bratislava on 7 August in celebration of Slovakia’s EU Presidency, and
continues this summer to Amsterdam, Berlin, Ljubljana and Warsaw.
Amidst celebration however, it is impossible not to mention the crisis in EU
funding for the EUYO earlier this year that nearly caused its closure, a reminder
that even the most impressive achievements are eternally at risk if they are not
properly safeguarded. We hope very much that a solution to the Orchestra’s
funding from the EU can be found, for as I write discussions are ongoing but
not yet resolved. Should they be resolved, then a question is worth posing:
as the world changes, increasingly complex, progressively more connected,
how can the EUYO best be of service, developing its role as a tangible beacon
of the EU’s finest ideals during such an undeniably testing time for Europe?
For now, though, we welcome you to our summer 2016 anniversary tour.
Marshall Marcus
EUYO > WE LCOM E
Chief Executive,
European Union Youth Orchestra
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Milestones
From Amsterdam to Abu Dhabi, New York to Nicosia, Moscow to Mumbai, Seoul to São Paolo
and beyond, the EUYO has performed so far in 4 Continents, 43 countries, 177 cities and 224
venues, including cities in all 28 EU Member States. A regular visitor to many of the world’s
greatest concert halls including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the BBC Proms, and the
Edinburgh, Lucerne and Salzburg festivals, the Orchestra’s Principal Venue Partner and most
important home has, since 2014, been at Grafenegg as part of the Grafenegg Festival.
Below are a few of the landmark projects of the first 40 years of the Orchestra.
Herbert von Karajan conducting
EUYO in Salzburg 1980
1978
Inaugural tour conducted
by Founding Music Director
Claudio Abbado, to
Amsterdam, Bonn, Paris,
Luxembourg, Brussels,
Milan and Rome
1980
Herbert von Karajan conducts
the Orchestra in Salzburg with
soloist Anne-Sophie Mütter
2000
Vladimir Ashkenazy
succeeds Bernard
Haitink as the EUYO’s
Music Director
EUYO > M ILE STON E S
2004
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The Orchestra returns
to Brazil to celebrate
the city of São Paulo’s
450th anniversary
Daniel Barenboim in
rehearsal with EUYO 1981
1981
EUYO performs under the
baton of Daniel Barenboim
1982
Tour to Mexico
1984
Tour to China and Hong Kong
2007
Concerts in Berlin (TV
broadcast concert celebrating
50th Anniversary of the
signing of the Treaty
of Rome), GarmischPartenkirchen, Bolzano,
Zurich, Genova, Bologna,
Astana & Almaty (Kasakhstan)
with Conductor Vladimir
Ashkenazy and soloists
Sir James Galway, Janine
Jansen, Lady Jeanne Galway,
Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay,
Aiman Musakhodzhaeva
and Amir TebenIkhin
Leonard Bernstein © Jack Mitchell
and Jessye Norman, Soprano
1985
Summer Tour including
London, Athens, Hiroshima,
Budapest, Vienna, Berlin,
Copenhagen, Amsterdam,
Lucerne, Paris and Vienna
with conductors Claudio
Abbado, Leonard Bernstein
and Eiji Oue, and soloists
Jessye Norman, Karita Mattila,
Christa Ludwig, Barbara
Hendricks and Mi Dori
2008 Tour to Japan,
China and Korea
2010
EUYO performs at
Shanghai Expo
Mstislav
Rostropovich
1987
Concerts in Bari, Rome,
Ravenna, Brussels, Paris,
Dublin, London, Oxford with
conductor James Judd, and
soloists Sir Yehudi Menuhin
and Dmitris Sgouros
1988
Tour to USA performing
in New York, Washington
D.C. and Boston
2012
Second tour to USA including
performances at Carnegie
Hall and Kennedy Center
in concerts conducted by
Vladimir Ashkenazy with
soloists Reinhold Friedrich,
Khatia Buniatishvili, Vilde
Frang, Pinchas Zukerman,
Itzhak Perlman, Yefim
Bronfman and Mark Kaplan
Claudio Abbado
conducting EUYO 1978
1989
Tour to Rome, Madrid,
London, New Delhi,
Calcutta and Bombay with
conductor Zubin Mehta
and soloist Ravi Shankar
1991
Christmas tour to Berlin,
Moscow, St Petersburg
with conductor Claudio
Abbado and soloists Viktoria
Mullova and Evgeny Kissin
2013
EUYO opens the rebuilt
Pjazza Teatro Rjal in Valetta,
Malta in a concert under the
Patronage of the President
of Malta, and performs in
Skopje, Former Yugoslav
Republic Of Macedonia, as
part of ‘Skopje Remembers’
to mark the 50th anniversary
of the 1963 earthquake
Vladimir Ashkenazy
1992
Concerts in Luxembourg,
Copenhagen, Amsterdam,
Luzern, Munich, London,
Epidaurus, Birmingham,
Nice, Rome with conductors
Carlo Maria Giulini and
Mstislav Rostropovich
1994
Concerts in Maastricht,
Moscow, St Petersburg,
Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius with
conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
and soloist Dimitri Ashkenazy
2014
The Orchestra’s Middle
East debut with tour to
Abu Dhabi, and launch
of the European Music
Campus in partnership with
Grafenegg, the Towards 2020
programme, and the Adopt
an Orchestra Programme in
partnership with the Megaron
Thessaloniki. Beginning
of a Global Exchange
programme with Brazilian,
Chinese and US partners
Bernard Haitink in rehearsal
with EUYO Luxembourg, 1995
1994
Bernard Haitink appointed
as the ECYO’s Music Director
succeeding Claudio Abbado
1995
Concerts in Luxembourg,
Montpellier, Baden Baden,
Lubeck, London, Amsterdam,
Santander, Perelada
and Lucerne conducted
by Bernard Haitink and
Mstislav Rostropovich with
soloists Charlotte Margiono
and Martha Argerich
2015
Vasily Petrenko appointed
as Chief Conductor of the
EUYO. Bernard Haitink CH,
KBE, becomes Conductor
Laureate of the EUYO. Debut
of the Orchestra’s first woman
conductor, Xian Zhang
Vasily Petrenko,
Chief Conductor EUYO
1996
South American tour to
celebrate the Mercosur
Treaty, with conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy
1998
EUYO performs at the
World Economic Forum
with Iván Fischer
2016
40th anniversary of the
founding of the Orchestra
with the launch of the
Capital Sounds Project
to take the Orchestra to
performances in all EU
Member State capitals
EUYO > M ILE STON E S
Ravi Shankar
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Tributes
“I am proud to congratulate the
The European Union Youth Orchestra remains one of our
European Union Youth Orchestra on
most distinguished ambassadors. Its devotion to musical
its 40th anniversary. From the very
excellence is equalled only by its commitment to its young
beginning, a simple but powerful
musicians and their development. In its efforts to promote
vision has shaped your great project: a community working
education, creativity and understanding among our peoples,
together to achieve peace and social understanding. It is a
the Orchestra offers a potent symbol of our European Union.
vision that is shared by the European Union and its institutions,
and a vision that inspires as much today as it ever has.
We sometimes forget that the European Union, at its
heart, always was and always will be a cultural project.
While our political, economic and social achievements
are most visible, our underlying mission is to negotiate
Europe’s great cultural and linguistic diversity so that
An orchestra that symbolises the best of the European ideals.
The very embodiment of the motto of the European Union:
United in Diversity. ”
Jean-Claude Juncker
President of the European Commission
different peoples can live side by side in peace. This is the
work we do every day, and it is something that art and
music instinctively understand. No human organisation
embodies this mission better than an orchestra.
“As Honorary President of the
European Union Youth Orchestra,
one or more of your concerts, you truly represent a cultural
I would like to reiterate my
ambassador of the European Union. With young musicians
wholehearted support to your
from across the 28 countries of the European Union,
orchestra on the occasion of your 40th anniversary. The
performing together, your orchestra perfectly embodies
European Commission, the European Parliament – and
the power of being united in diversity. Your search for
myself personally, we are fully committed to finding the
harmony in a time when people and countries go out of
best solution for your organisation to continue to promote
tune on our very core principles is rewarding and inspiring.
the positive values of music among the European youth.
the opportunity to listen to you and share this
Parliament created the Orchestra to bring together
joy with as many Europeans as possible.”
talented young musicians. It has since then become
values of the EU and building bridges not just between
musicians, but also between cultures and peoples.
EUYO > TR IB UTE S
I would be more than happy to once again have
On 8th March 1976, a resolution of the European
a renowned European Orchestra, representing the
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For the audiences which will have the privilege to attend
To celebrate this anniversary, your Orchestra plans to visit
many European capitals over the summer. This wonderful
initiative will be an unforgettable experience for the
young talented musicians fortunate enough to join.
Martin Schulz
President of the European Parliament
Federica Mogherini
High Representative of the European Union
“For over a decade, you have remained
committed to enhancing the considerable
talents of young musicians, while serving
as an important symbol of European
unity and cooperation. I commend you as
ambassadors of goodwill who bring delight
to audiences the world over. Through
your inspiring performances, you enhance
our love and appreciation of music”.
for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Ronald Reagan (1988)
Honorary Patron of the EUYO, 2016
Former President of the United States of America
“The European Union Youth Orchestra is
Europe at its best. The young musicians of
the EUYO symbolize the values and ideals
that lie at the heart of Europe – solidarity,
culture diversity, cross-border mobility,
intercultural dialogue and collaboration”.
“[The ECYO] proves that our cultural
differences – far from presenting an obstacle –
brings common riches, creativity and success”.
Androulla Vassiliou
“The Youth Orchestra perfectly fulfils its task.
It carries with it, from one frontier to another,
the hope of unity and a promise of friendship”.
Former EU Commissioner for Education,
Culture, Multilingualism and Youth
“The youth orchestra has been a symbol of
cultural diversity in Europe for 40 years… If
this European Union Youth Orchestra did not
already exist, you’d have to start one now”.
Monika Grütters
Federal Government Commissioner
for Culture and the Media
“Pre-eminent cultural ambassadors for the EU”
Herman van Rompuy
Former President of the European Council
“This is Europe at its best: openness and
readiness to listen and embrace others’
ideas to better chart the future.”
“…undoubtedly one of the most successful
and loved European co-operation projects”.
Jacques Delors (1985)
Former President of the European Commission
Jacques Chirac (1986)
Former President of France, former
Prime Minister of France
“The ECYO sets an example to us all
by demonstrating what harmony
amongst nations can achieve”.
Margaret Thatcher (1985)
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“The EUYO is of huge importance to the
European Union, bringing together talented
young people from all 28 member states in
order to create an orchestra of the highest
artistic level. The EUYO promotes political and
cultural collaboration, and is a powerful symbol
of everything that the EU strives to attain”.
Vasily Petrenko
José Manuel Durão Barroso
Chief Conductor, EUYO
Former President of the European Commission
For 40 years the European Union Youth
Orchestra has been the very definition of
excellence and commitment, consistently
proving the value of bringing together young
people from diverse European cultures”.
“As the EU prepares for its historic
enlargement eastwards, the Youth Orchestra
can proudly say it has blazed the way”.
Hans-Gert Pöttering (2003)
Former President of the European
Parliament and current Chairman of
the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
“…the remarkable European Union Youth
Orchestra enlisting musicians from 15
European nations. By their art these orchestras
greatly contribute to strengthening mutual
understanding among peoples and to the
construction of the common European home”.
Boris Yeltsin (1997)
Former first President of the Russian Federation
“I am delighted to learn that the ECYO is
touring Europe and India as part of the
birth centenary celebrations of Jawaharlal
Nehru. This is a befitting tribute to one who
had tremendous faith in the capabilities
of youth. I extend a warm welcome
to the ECYO on its tour of India”.
Rajiv Gandhi (1989)
Former Prime Minister of India
Bernard Haitink
Conductor Laureate, EUYO
“Since its inception in 1976, the EUYO has
been one of the world’s most prestigious
orchestras and brings together the most
talented young musicians from all 28 EU
member states to create a unique orchestra.
The impressive music educational aspect is
nevertheless secondary to the symbolism
of this unique EU cultural institution, where
the idea of a peaceful and united Europe is
lived out and made tangible to the public”.
Sir Simon Rattle, Martin
Hoffman, Ulrich Knorzer,
Knut Weber Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
“For 40 years, thousands of the best musicians
In Europe played in this wonderful orchestra
conducted by all the greatest conductors and
soloists. We learned, we shared and enjoyed
music all together. This orchestra is a symbol
of what the European Union should be”.
Renaud Capuçon
Violinist, Artistic Director Aix-en-Provence
and Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad Festivals
“The EUYO is one of the most proactive
bodies in shaping and defining orchestral
and musical life in the 21st century… For 40
years the EUYO has encapsulated European
values in a unique and powerful structure,
across all member states, demonstrating
and developing excellence in a holistic and
progressive way, looking at the artistic and
social power of music to transform lives”.
Directors and Secretariat of the
European Concert Hall Organisation
“The EUYO inspires beyond the boundaries
of Europe. The very existence of the
New World Symphony is a product
of one of those inspirations”.
Michael Tilson Thomas, Artistic Director,
Howard Herring, President and CEO
New World Symphony, Miami, USA
“… Among those superb projects that
inspired us over the years to develop
our own musical institutions, the EUYO
is the best example in the world of
commitment to the future generations and
excellence in training young musicians”.
Marcelo Lope
Executive Director, Osesp Foundation,
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
“Of all the institutions of the European
Union this is surely the most profoundly
successful. My experiences both playing in and
listening to the EUYO were transformative:
there is no way one can be involved in
the orchestra without developing a deep
love not only for the music and culture
of Europe but for its people as well”.
Alec Frank-Gemmill
Principal Horn Scottish Chamber Orchestra
“Where else is there such a strong voice
for the EU – a large community of people
travelling the continent as 28 nations, working
in absolute harmony together? Isn’t this
everything that the EU should stand for?”
Emily Davis
Concertmaster EUYO, Principal First Violin,
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
“The Orchestra is a symbol of coming
together that is important for everyone”.
Gianandrea Noseda, Music Director, Teatro
Regio Torino, Music Director Designate National
Symphony Orchestra Washington DC, Chief Guest
Conductor Designate London Symphony Orchestra
EUYO > TR IB UTE S
“For forty years the European Union Youth
Orchestra has united the young generations
of our continent through music. This is
Europe at its best. In hard times like the
ones we are living, the EUYO sends a
powerful message to all the young people
of our continent: your time is now”.
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Thanks
To Joy Bryer for selflessly
promoting an ideal
human right, and lobbies governments and institutions to
create the social and economic conditions for this right to be
the EUYO) was founded in 1976 by Joy Bryer and Lionel
enjoyed by all. If the EUYO has achieved anything in its first
Bryer, together with Sir Edward Heath and Founding Music
40 years, it is through her inspiration, her drive and her vision.
Director Claudio Abbado. The aim was to create an Orchestra
At this critical moment the entire organisation salutes her.
which would represent the European ideal of a community
To our Artistic Leaders
whilst providing an invaluable professional development
experience for young orchestral musicians at the highest
levels of excellence.
Joy Bryer has been recognised all over Europe for her work,
which has impacted on the lives of thousands of Europe’s
musicians. Amongst her accolades, she has received the
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (from the French Government)
1996, the Officer de l’Ordre Grand-Ducal de la Couronne de
Chêne (from the Luxembourgish Government) 1997, a medal
of honour from President Gil Robles (European Parliament)
1998 and the Comandante della Repubblica Italiana in 2004.
EUYO > TH A NKS
in and advocates for access to culture as a fundamental
The European Community Youth Orchestra (later to become
working together to achieve peace and social understanding,
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in the importance of investing in Europe’s youth. She believes
The Orchestra's reputation for artistic excellence derives
in major part from the work of its Music Directors and
Chief Conductor. The legendary work of Founding Music
Director Claudio Abbado established a benchmark in not
only performance excellence but also orchestral spirit which
endures to the present. Between the 1990s and 2015 this
tradition was continued by Music Directors Bernard Haitink
and Vladimir Ashkenazy with extraordinary musicianship,
skill and generosity. Today, Vasily Petrenko as Chief
Conductor, and Bernard Haitink as Conductor Laureate,
lead the Orchestra and are developing its artistic tradition
as it looks towards 2020 and to the next decades of its
Joy’s commitment to the education of Europe’s finest
existence. Together with the Orchestra's other conductors
young musicians, to their scholarship, and to their continued
and soloists – in recent years including notable names
professional development has set her apart from others.
such as Gianandrea Noseda and Itzhak Perlman – and the
Wherever she goes she takes with her an impassioned belief
Orchestra's Tutors, they are the artistic engine of the EUYO.
To our Residency Partners, and in
particular Grafenegg, our Principal
Venue Partner and Summer Home
To all the Orchestra’s Supporters
down the years, particularly UTC,
our Principal Corporate Partner
Every Orchestra needs a home, and the EUYO, particularly
We would like to thank all of our supporters, a number of
because of the huge hinterland of its players, is no
whom wish to remain anonymous, who have donated to
exception. Over the years the Orchestra has gathered
our organisation since its foundation. These donations, of
to rehearse in many places – Bolzano, Interlaken,
varying dimension, are incredibly important to the success
Luxembourg, Thessaloniki, to name but a handful of such
of the Orchestra. UTC have sponsored the EUYO for two
locations. But one location and one festival has emerged
years, a staunch supporter of developing young people
in the last few years to play the most significant role of
and an active contributor to our programme of activities.
any venue in supporting us, and that is Grafenegg.
We thank each and every one of our supporters for
We give particular thanks to Ian Stoutzker, Rudolf
Buchbinder and Tassilo Metternich for help in developing
the European Music Campus. Without their vision,
investing in Europe’s next generation of musical leaders.
To our players
commitment and determination the Orchestra would
An orchestra is its players. We have been fortunate to work
be in a far less fortunate position than it currently is.
for many years with Europe’s brilliant emerging talent.
To the 28 EU Member States and
The European Union’s institutions
Each year, our musicians never fail to perform to exacting
standards of excellence whilst retaining their dynamism,
commitment and energy. We learn so much from them, and
are proud to work alongside these 28 different nationalities.
We thank the Heads of State, Prime Ministers, and Ministers
of Culture of all 28 EU Member States, as well as their
To our staff
grant giving bodies and National Associate Partners,
without whom our performances would not be possible.
Finally, we would like to thank our hard-working and
We would also like to thank the Presidents of the European
committed staff. This has been a testing year, and the
Commission, the Presidents of the European Parliament
future still remains uncertain for many. Yet, each day
and all the other EU leaders who have shown support
these individuals give so much of themselves to support
during the 40 years of the Orchestra’s existence.
the future of European classical music through the work
of the Orchestra. The EUYO is fortunate to have such
an exceptional group of people, and regardless of the
future, the EUYO’s team will have been a most significant
EUYO > TH A NKS
contributor to its endurance through challenging times.
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Summer Tour
European Music Campus, Grafenegg
EUYO’s Principal Venue Partner
Friday 22 July, 19:00 – 21:00
Thursday 4 August, 16:15 – 17:30
Reitschule
Music Lab 1
Knowing Conducting,
Knowing Orchestras
Side by Side Session
Conducting Workshop
with Peter Stark, Conductor
Monday 25 July, 14:30 – 16:30
European Union Youth Orchestra
and the European Music Campus
Orchestra (EMCO) join forces in
a large - scale Mahler Workshop
Reitschule
Music Lab 2
Supreme Symphonists:
exploring Bruckner and Mahler
Saturday 30 July, 11:00 – 12:30
Open Rehearsal
Schlosshof
Prelude Concert:
European Music Campus Orchestra
Peter Stark
conductor
Mahler Blumine
Saturday 30 July, 14:30 – 16:30
Schloss Grafenegg
Saturday 6 August, 19:00
Music Gallery
Reitschule
Programme your own concert
from 3 trails of chamber music
performed throughout the
rooms of Schloss Grafenegg
Monday 1 August, 14:30 – 17:30
Reitschule
Music Lab 3
EUYO > SU M ME R TOUR
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Glass Company for
String Orchestra
Schubert Symphony
No. 3 in D major
The EUYO in rehearsal, featuring music from the summer concerts
The Digital Musician
Mahler Symphony
No.1 in D major Titan,
4th movement
Saturday 6 August, 17:30
Talk with Tom Service
Auditorium
Mahler’s Contemporaries
Virtuosity Continued
From the Manuscripts
Mahler Blumine
Workshop with Charlotte
Hamilton (EUYO) and
John Kieser (New World
Symphony, Miami)
Pre – Concert Talk
With Alexander Moore
Saturday 6 August, 20:00
Wolkenturm
EUYO Concert: Mahler Meets Glass
Vasily Petrenko
conductor
Glass Double Piano
Concerto
Katia and Marielle Labèque
piano
Mahler Symphony No.1
in D major Titan
Saturday 6 August, 22:30
Wednesday 3 August, 19:00 – 21:00
Reitschule
Reitschule
Late Night Session
Music Lab 4
Auditioning: How To
Workshop with members from
Europe’s leading orchestras
Informal music and conversation with the players of the EUYO,
EMCO and their guests
Bratislava
Vienna
Capital Sounds
Sunday 7 August, 19:00
Monday 8 August, 19:00
Slovak Radio Concert Hall
MuseumsQuartier
Cultural Summer and
Castle Festival Bratislava 2016
EUYO Close – up
Opening address
Mrs Alžbeta Rajterová
Vasily Petrenko
conductor
Katia and Marielle Labèque
piano
Rajter Suite Miniature*
Mozart Concerto
No.10 in E – flat major
for Two Pianos
Mahler Symphony No.1
in D major Titan
*National Guest Performers
Slovenský Mládežnícky
Orchester
Ljubljana
Peter Stark
conductor
Mahler Symphony No.1
in D major Titan, 2nd
and 4th movements
Experience the players of the EUYO close up in a free
informal performance in the open spaces of Vienna’s
MuseumsQuartierIncluding a number of first come first serve
special orchestral ‘listening chairs’ allowing audiences a unique
opportunity to listen up close to the players of the Orchestra
Wrocław
Thursday 11 August, 20:00
Saturday 13 August, 19:00
Slovenska filharmonija
NMF Wrocław Philharmonic
Ljubljana Festival
European City of Culture Concert
Opening address Mitja
Bervar, President of the
National Council of the
Republic of Slovenia
Vasily Petrenko
conductor
Julian Rachlin
violin
Mozart Concerto
No. 10 in E – flat major
for Two Pianos
Mozart Violin Concerto
No. 3 in G major
Mahler Symphony No.1
in D major Titan
*National Guest Performers
Vasily Petrenko
conductor
Lortzing Der Pole und
sein Kind – Overture
Introduced from the stage
by Polish EUYO musicians
Mahler Symphony No.1
in D major Titan
EUYO > SU MM E R TOUR
Capital Sounds
Duo Scaramouche piano
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Warsaw
Berlin
Capital Sounds
Capital Sounds
Monday 15 August, 20:00
Wednesday 17 August, 20:00
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Konzerthaus
Chopin and His Europe 12th
International Music Festival
Young Euro Classic
Bartók String Quartet No.
5, 4th movement Finale*
Lortzing Der Pole und
sein Kind – Overture
Opening address
Monika Grütters, Federal
Government Commissioner
for Culture and the Media
Vasily Petrenko
conductor
Mozart Concerto No. 10 in
E – flat major for Two Pianos
Vasily Petrenko
conductor
Mahler Symphony No.1
in D major Titan
Katia and Marielle Labèque
piano
Mahler Symphony No.1
in D major Titan
Katia and Marielle Labèque
piano
Opening address
Dr Artur Szklener,
Director of Fryderyk
Chopin Institute
Panufnik A Procession
for Peace*
Mozart Concerto No. 10 in
E – flat major for Two Pianos
*National Guest Performers
Vision String Quartet
Photo © Klaus Vyhnalek
*National Guest Performers
I,Culture Orchestra with EUYO
Grafenegg
Bolzano
Friday 19 August, 20:00
Friday 19 August, 20:30
Wolkenturm
Teatro Comunale – Stadttheater
EUYO Alumni at Grafenegg Festival
Bolzano Festival Bozen
Jost Fanfare
world premiere
Tonkünstler – Orchester
Beethoven Overture
Niederösterreich and
to Coriolan
EUYO Alumni orchestra
Jost An die Hoffnung
Camilla Nylund soprano
after Beethoven op.
Elena Zhidkova mezzosoprano 94 world premiere
Vasily Petrenko
conductor
EUYO > SU M ME R TOUR
Yutaka Sado conductor
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Klaus Florian Vogt tenor
René Pape bass
Wiener Singverein choir
Beethoven Symphony
No. 9 in D minor
24 EUYO Alumni perform with
the Tonkünstler – Orchester
Niederösterreich to
celebrate Grafenegg
Festival’s 10th Anniversary
Katia and Marielle Labèque
piano
Mozart Concerto
No. 10 in E – flat major
for Two Pianos
Mahler Symphony
No.1 in D major Titan
Alpbach
Bolzano
Sunday 21 August, 12:30
Thursday 25 August, 20:30
Piazza Walther
Congress Centre
Teatro Comunale – Stadttheater
European Forum Alpbach
Bolzano Festival Bozen
Details to be advertised via the
Orchestra’s social media channels
Spazio Klassik
European
Anthem
Bernard Haitink
conductor
Mahler
Symphony No.1
in D major Titan
Lorenza Borrani
violin
The concert marks
the inauguration of
the new Congress
Centre Alpbach
By invitation only
Paul Watkins
cello
Haydn Sinfonia
Concertante in
B-flat major
A performance space to encourage
audiences new to classical music
Bruckner
Symphony No.
7 in E major
Free event
Kai Frömbgen
oboe
Stefan Schweigert
bassoon
Grafenegg
Amsterdam
EUYO’s Principal Venue Partner
Capital Sounds
Saturday 27 August, 16:30
Saturday 27 August, 19:30
Monday 29 August, 20:00
Schlosshoff
Wolkenturm
The Royal Concertgebouw
Prelude Concert:
Musicians of the EUYO
Grafenegg Festival
Bruckner
String Quintet
Charlotte MacClure in F major
Emily Davis
violin
violin
Clément Holvoet
viola
Samuel Espinosa
viola
Dana de Vries
cello
Bernard Haitink
conductor
Lorenza Borrani
violin
Paul Watkins
cello
Kai Frömbgen
oboe
Haydn
Sinfonia
Concertante in
B-flat major
Bruckner
Symphony No.
7 in E major
Stefan Schweigert
bassoon
Robeco SummerNights
Bernard Haitink
conductor
Lorenza Borrani
violin
Paul Watkins
cello
Kai Frömbgen
oboe
Stefan Schweigert
bassoon
Saturday 27 August, 22:30
Saturday 27 August, 18:00
Reitschule
Reitschule
Late Night Session
Pre – concert Talk
With Ursula Magnes
Informal music and conversation with
the players of the EUYO and guests
By invitation only
Haydn Sinfonia
Concertante in
B-flat major
Bruckner Symphony
No. 7 in E major
Address by
Geert Mak
National Guest
Performers The
Leerorkest with
EUYO alumni
EUYO > SU M ME R TOUR
David Watkin
conductor
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Vasily
Petrenko
Photo © Tarlova
Conductor
Vasily Petrenko is one of today’s most sought-after
and Vienna Symphony Orchestra in Europe and further
dynamic, young conductors. Petrenko was born in 1976
afield with orchestras in the US and Canada.
and began his music education at the St Petersburg Capella
Boys Music School. He then studied at the St Petersburg
Conservatoire and participated in masterclasses with
such major figures as Ilya Musin, Mariss Jansons, and Yuri
Temirkanov. Following considerable success in a number
of international conducting competitions including the
Fourth Prokofiev Conducting Competition in St Petersburg,
and First Prize in the Sixth Cadaques International
Conducting Competition in Spain. Following this, he was
appointed Chief Conductor of the St Petersburg State
Academic Symphony Orchestra from 2004 to 2007. To add to his list of positions, the 2015/16 season marks his
appointment as Chief Conductor of the European Union
Youth Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of the State
Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia (Svetlanov Symphony
Orchestra). He maintains his role as Chief Conductor of the
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (appointed in 2013/14), Chief
Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
and Principal Guest Conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theatre,
where he began his career as Resident Conductor from 1994
EUYO > CON DU C TORS
operatic debuts in 2010 at Glyndebourne Festival Opera
(Macbeth) and the Opera de Paris (Eugene Onegin). In recent
seasons he has also conducted Pique Dame at Hamburg State
Opera, Boris Godunov at the National Reisopera, Eugene
Onegin, La Bohème and Carmen at the Mikhailovsky Theatre
and the Zurich Opera, Tosca and Parsifal with the Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic, and Der Fliegende Holländer with
the Oslo Philharmonic and at the Mikhailovsky Theatre.
Petrenko is an established recording artist, recently
completing a Shostakovich symphony cycle for Naxos
Records with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
(collated as a boxset in the autumn of 2015), which has
garnered worldwide acclaim. He achieved significant success
with his recording of Tchaikovsky’s piano concertos and
Manfred Symphony, which won the 2009 Gramophone
Award for Best Orchestral Recording. Petrenko and the
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra recently embarked upon
recording the full cycle of Scriabin symphonies.
to 1997. Petrenko also served as Principal Conductor of the
In October 2007 Vasily Petrenko was named Young Artist of
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain from 2009-2013.
the Year at the annual Gramophone Awards, and in 2010 he
Petrenko has worked with many of the world’s most
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With over thirty operas in his repertoire, Petrenko made his
prestigious orchestras; recent highlights include Petrenko’s
first summer tour with the EUYO as Chief Conductor,
a UK Tour with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, and
return visits to the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin,
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique
de Radio France, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia,
won the Male Artist of the Year at the Classical Brit Awards.
He is only the second person to have been awarded Honorary
Doctorates by both the University of Liverpool and Liverpool
Hope University (in 2009), and an Honorary Fellowship of
the Liverpool John Moores University (in 2012), awards
which recognise the immense impact he has had on the
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the city’s cultural scene.
Bernard
Haitink
Photo © Todd Rosenburg
Conductor
Bernard Haitink’s conducting career began 62 years
Festival. He marks these anniversaries with performances
ago with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in his native
with the London Symphony Orchestra at The Proms, and with
Holland. He went on to be Chief Conductor of the
the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra for 27 years, as well as Music
of Europe at the Lucerne Festival. He also tours with the
Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, The Royal
European Union Youth Orchestra, of which he is Conductor
Opera, Covent Garden, and Principal Conductor of the
Laureate, celebrating the 40th anniversary of their creation.
London Philharmonic, the Staatskapelle Dresden and the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He is Patron of the Radio
Philharmonic, and Conductor Emeritus of the Boston
Symphony, as well as an honorary member of both the Berlin
Philharmonic and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
The 2015/16 season began with concerts at The Barbican
with the London Symphony Orchestra, followed by a tour
to Japan. Other engagements during the 2015/16 season
included a Schumann cycle with the Chamber Orchestra of
Europe in Amsterdam, Lugano and Vienna, his debut with the
orchestra and chorus of La Scala, Milan, and performances in
the US with the Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic
and Chicago Symphony orchestras. During the summer 2016
Festival season he will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of his
He is committed to the development of young musical talent,
and as well as his annual Conducting Masterclass at the
Lucerne Easter Festival he gave conducting classes this season
at the Hochschule der Kunst, Zurich, and the Juilliard School.
Bernard Haitink has an extensive discography for Phillips,
Decca and EMI, as well as the many new live recording
labels established by orchestras themselves in recent years,
such as the London Symphony, Chicago Symphony and
Bayerischer Rundfunk. He has received many awards and
honours in recognition of his services to music, including
several honorary doctorates, an honorary knighthood and
Companion of Honour in the United Kingdom, and the
House Order of Orange-Nassau in the Netherlands.
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first appearance at both the BBC Proms and the Lucerne
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Soloists
Katia and Marielle Labèque
Piano
Katia and Marielle Labèque are sibling pianists renowned
Andriessen, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Philip Glass,
for their ensemble of synchronicity and energy. Their
Osvaldo Golijov, György Ligeti, and Olivier Messiaen.
musical ambitions started at an early age and they rose
to international fame with their contemporary rendition
of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (one of the first gold
records in classical music) and have since developed
a stunning career with performances worldwide.
Musikhalle, Munich Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, Royal Festival
Hall, La Scala, Berlin Philharmonie, Blossom, Hollywood Bowl,
Lucerne, BBC Proms, Ravinia, Tanglewood and Salzburg. A
record audience of more than 33,000 attended a gala concert
such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Boston
with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Leipzig
at Berlin’s Waldbühne, now available on DVD (EuroArts).
Angeles Philharmonic, Filarmonia della Scala, Philadelphia
Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle and Vienna Philharmonic,
under the direction of Semyon Bychkov, Lionel Bringuier,
For their own label, KML recordings, they have just
released Sisters with a selection of musical pieces
from their personal and professional lives.
Sir Colin Davis, Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Sir John
In May 2015 the show « Love Stories » with the new
Eliot Gardiner, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Kristjan Järvi, Paavo
piece Star-Cross’d Lovers, written by David Chalmin,
Järvi, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, Antonio Pappano, Georges
was premiered at the Paris Philharmonie. This original
Prêtre, Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leonard
composition for two pianos, electric guitar and drums is
Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas and Jaap van Zweden.
based on the Shakespearean drama Romeo and Juliet. The
They have appeared with Baroque music ensembles such as
The English Baroque Soloists with Sir John Eliot Gardiner,
Il Giardino Armonico with Giovanni Antonini, Musica
Antica with Reinhard Goebel and Venice Baroque with
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worldwide including the Vienna Musikverein, Hamburg
They are regular guests with the most prestigious orchestras
Gewandhaus, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Los
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The Labèques play in festivals and renowned venues
choreography for 7 dancers was created by world-renowned
break-dancer Yaman Okur (Madonna, Cirque du Soleil).
They will present this show again in Paris in June 2016 at
Chatelet, and they will tour in July and October 2016.
Andrea Marcon, and recently toured with the Orchestra
On the 26th May 2015, they gave the world premiere
of the Age of Enlightenment & Sir Simon Rattle.
of Philip Glass’s new Concerto written for them, in Los
Katia and Marielle have had the privilege of working
with many composers including Thomas Adès, Louis
Angeles at Walt Disney Hall with Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel.
Photo © Wesely Julia
Julian Rachlin
Violin
Julian Rachlin is one of the most exciting and respected
As conductor, Mr. Rachlin performs his first season as
violinists of our time. Over the last 27 years, he has
Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia
been captivating audiences around the world with his
and conducts, among others, the Dusseldorf Symphony,
distinctively rich sound, superb musicianship and outstanding
Israel Philharmonic and Prague Philharmonia. Julian Rachlin’s
interpretations. He has established close relationships with
return engagements as conductor include collaborations
many of the most prestigious conductors and orchestras.
with the English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera
Always willing to expand his musical horizons, Julian is
Italiana, Camerata Salzburg, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and
also praised as a viola player and conductor. For 12 years,
Slovenian Philharmonic. In the coming season, he will make
Julian has been leading the internationally renowned
his conducting debut with the State Academic Symphony
“Julian Rachlin & Friends” festival in Dubrovnik, Croatia,
Orchestra of Russia, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Trondheim
a platform for creative and vibrant projects with leading
Symphony, Strasbourg Philharmonic and China Philharmonic.
his musical performances, Julian is also receiving recognition
as a young philanthropist for his charity work as a UNICEF
Goodwill Ambassador and his educational outreach.
In the 2015/16 season, Mr. Rachlin opened the seasons of
the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra with Riccardo Chailly,
and of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana with Vladimir
Ashkenazy. He then toured Europe and North America with
the Orchestre National de France and Daniele Gatti as the
orchestra’s 2015/16 Artist in Residence. Other highlights
include performances at the Lucerne Festival with the
Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra and Mariss Jansons,
and at the Edinburgh Festival with the Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra and Herbert Blomstedt. Forthcoming engagements
In recital and chamber music, he is heard this season
with Itamar Golan, Evgeny Kissin and Mischa Maisky.
Born in Lithuania in 1974, Julian immigrated to Vienna in 1978.
He studied violin with Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna Conservatory,
and with Pinchas Zukerman. After winning the “Young Musician
of the Year” Award at the Eurovision Competition in 1988,
he became the youngest soloist ever to play with the Vienna
Philharmonic, making his debut under Riccardo Muti. At the
recommendation of Mariss Jansons, Julian Rachlin has been
studying conducting with Sophie Rachlin. Since September 1999,
he has been on the violin faculty at the Konservatorium Wien
University. His recordings for Sony Classical, Warner Classics and
Deutsche Grammophon have all been met with great acclaim.
include concerts with the Israel Philharmonic and Gianandrea
Julian Rachlin plays the 1704 “ex Liebig” Stradivari, on
Noseda, the Munich Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta, the St.
loan to him courtesy of the Dkfm. Angelika Prokopp
Petersburg Philharmonic and Yuri Temirkanov as well as North
Privatstiftung, and a 1791 Lorenzo Storioni viola. His
America tour with the China Philharmonic and Long Yu.
strings are kindly sponsored by Thomastik-Infeld.
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musicians and actors. Besides delighting his audiences with
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Lorenza Borrani
Paul Watkins
Violin
Cellist
The Florentine violinist Lorenza Borrani has been a leader
Paul Watkins, an alumnus of the EUYO (1988 – 1989), enjoys a
of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe since 2007. She
distinguished career both as a cellist and as a conductor, and in
has performed as director, concert master, soloist and
the 2009–10 season became the first ever Music Director of the
chamber musician in the most important concert halls and
English Chamber Orchestra. As solo cellist he performs regularly
seasons in Europe and around the world, including, in the
with all the major British orchestras including the London
last two years, The Berlin Philharmonie, The Edinburgh
Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, London’s Philharmonia,
Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, Styriarte Graz, Citè de la
and City of Birmingham Symphony. Outside the UK he has
Musique in Paris, London’s Southbank Centre, The Koln
performed with the Netherlands Philharmonic, Melbourne
Philarmonie, and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
Symphony, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and the RAI National
From 2005 she has played with Orchestra
Mozart, with whom she performed as a soloist
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under the direction of Claudio Abbado.
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Symphony Orchestra of Turin. Recent highlights include his
debut at Carnegie Hall performing Brahms’ Double Concerto
with Daniel Hope, and appearances with the Royal Flemish
Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Philharmonia,
As well as an international career as a soloist under the
and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He also premiered
direction of conductors including Yuri Harohnovich,
(and was the dedicatee of) Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new
Emmanuel Krivine, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Claudio
concerto with the Royal Flemish, Tampere, and Royal Liverpool
Abbado, she has also worked with notable chamber musicians
Philharmonic Orchestras and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
including Isabelle Faust, Janine Jansen, Hélène Grimaud,
A dedicated chamber musician, he was a member of the Nash
Daniel Hope, the Emmerson Quartet, András Schiff, Pierre-
Ensemble from 1997 to 2013, and joined the Emerson String
Laurent Aimard, Irina Schnittke, Tabea Zimmermann, Mario
Quartet in 2013. He has given solo recitals at the Wigmore Hall,
Brunello, Christian Tetzlaff, and Pavel Gililov. Lorenza
Amsterdam Concertgebouw, South Bank Centre, Manchester’s
also teaches at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, where
Bridgewater Hall, and Queens Hall in Edinburgh. In 2009 he
she originally studied under the guidance of Piero Farulli,
signed an exclusive contract with Chandos Records. Recent
Alina Company, Zinaida Gilels and Pavel Vernikov.
releases include the Delius, Elgar, and Lutoslawski concertos,
In 2007 she founded the Spira Mirabilis
and discs of British and American music for cello and piano.
Project (www.spiramirabilis.com)
In 2014 he was appointed artistic director of the Great Lakes
Lorenza plays on a Santo Serafino violin (1745),
courtesy of the Fondazione ProCanale di Milano.
Music Festival of Detroit. Mr. Watkins plays a cello made by
Domenico Montagnana and Matteo Goffriller in Venice, c.1730.
Photo © Susanne Diesner
Kai Frömbgen
Stefan Schweigert
Clarinet
Bassoon
Born in Koblenz in 1977, Kai had his first oboe lesson at
Stefan Schweigert, born in Kaiserslautern in 1962, started
the Luxemburg Conservatoire with Norbert Mattern. He
playing the bassoon in the age of 10 as a pupil of Alfred
received the first prize of the federal competition “Jugend
Rinderspacher. From 1981 he studied at the Musikhochschule
musiziert” three times, in 1991, 1993 and 1995. After
Hannover with Klaus Thunemann. Since 1985 he has
passing his A-levels, he started studying with Professor
been Principal Bassoon of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Christian Wetzel at the School of Music and Drama
He has appeared as a soloist with his orchestra, and
“Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy” in Leipzig. He received
also with other ensembles including Camerata Bern.
scholarships from the Foundation of the German People,
the Villa Musica and the Richard Wagner Society.
He is a member of András Schiff’s ‘Cappella Andrea
Barca’ and has worked on a number of occasions with the
Kai played in the European Union Youth Orchestra for two
Chamber Orchestra of Europe and participated in Gidon
years, in 1998 and 1999. In 1999, he was offered the principal
Kremer’s Chamber Music Festival at Lockenhaus several
oboe position in the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
times. For many years he played in Sabine Meyers wind
and he then became the principal oboe of the Bamberger
ensemble, the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin and with different
Symphonikern – Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie in 2003.
chamber music groups of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Kai is a keen chamber musician and performs with Frank-
Schweigert has taught at the Berliner Philharmoniker’s
Peter Zimmermann, Christian Zacharias, Mirijam Contzen,
Orchestra Academy since 1987 and at the
Christoph Eschenbach and the wind ensemble Sabine
Musikhochschule Freiburg from 2004 to 2006.
Meyer. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, he was the principal
oboe of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, directed by
Claudio Abbado. Kai Frömbgen became a member of
the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in January 2012.
in Saarbrücken and since 2014, he has also been a Professor
at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf.
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In 2012 Kai was appointed Professor at the Musikhochschule
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MA ST ER
David Pablo
Yoana Ducros
Bellido Herrero
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Emily Davis
BRITISH
SPANISH
Koninklijk Conservatorium
Den Haag
Caspar Horsch
DUTCH
Mireille Kovac
FRENCH
Royal Academy of
Music, London
Conservatorium
van Amsterdam
Conservatoire Royal
de Bruxelles
Elisabeth
Gansch
Gema
Jurado Blanca
Anna
Karolina
Kuk
Royal Academy of
Music, London
VIO L I N
Sara Colombi
ITALIAN
Josefina
Alcaide
MUK-Musik und Kunst
Privatuniversität
der Stadt Wien
AUSTRIAN
Kunstuniversität Graz /
Universität für
Musik und darstellende
Kunst Wien
SPANISH
Conservatorio Superior
de Música de Castilla
y León, Salamanca
POLISH
Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola
Szymanowskiego w Katowicach
PORTUGUESE
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Eleonora
Consta
Marina
Arrufat Grau
BRITISH
Royal College of Music, London
Samuel
García García
Tobias Kausel
AUSTRIAN
Kunstuniversität Graz
SPANISH
Elias Lassfolk
FINNISH
Sibelius-Akatemia, Helsinki
Hochschule für Musik und
Theater ‘Félix Mendelssohn
Bartholdy’, Leipzig
SPANISH
Kunstuniversität Graz
Amalie
Kjældgaard
Siobhán Doyle
IRISH
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Kristin Baird
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AMERICAN
New World Symphony, Miami
Global Exchange Guest
Royal Northern College
of Music, Manchester
Rosa Hartley
BRITISH
Royal College of Music, London
DANISH
Universität für Musik und
darstellende Kunst Wien
Alexander
Lesch
GERMAN
Hochschule für Musik und
Theater ‘Félix Mendelssohn
Bartholdy’, Leipzig
VI OL A
David
López Ibañez
SPANISH
Emma Oldfield
BRITISH
Royal College of Music, London
Royal College of Music, London
Magdalena
Sammer
AUSTRIAN
Universität für Musik und
darstellende Kunst Wien
Anastasia Vaina
GREEK
Royal Academy of
Music, London
Theodor
Andreescu
ROMANIAN
Universitatea Națională de
Muzică din București
Colm O’Reilly
Charlotte
MacClure
BRITISH
IRISH
Royal Academy of
Music, London
Paula Sanz
Alasà
SPANISH
Royal Welsh College of
Music and Drama, Cardiff
Royal College of Music, London
Herlinde
Verjans
BELGIAN
Koninklijk Conservatorium
Antwerpen
León van
den Berg
DUTCH
Conservatoire National
Supérieur de Musique
et de Danse de Paris
Özge Özerbek
Jacqueline
Martens
CYPRIOT
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi State
Conservatory, İzmir, Turkey
BRITISH
Emma van
Schoonhoven
DUTCH
Royal College of Music, London
Hannah Visser
DUTCH
Hochschule für Musik Freiburg
Ariadna
Boiso Reinoso
Universität der Künste Berlin
SPANISH
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Jakub
Przybycień
POLISH
Akademia Muzyczna
im. Ignacego Jana
Paderewskiego w Poznaniu
POLISH
Hochschule der Künste Bern
Minadora
Šernaitė
LITHUANIAN
Lietuvos Muzikos ir
Teatro Akademija
ESTONIAN
Sibelius-Akatemia, Helsinki
Aurora Cano
Soto
SPANISH
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
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Kosma Műller
Kaia Voitka
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CEL LO
Samuel
Espinosa
SPANISH
Hochschule für Musik “Carl
Maria von Weber” Dresden /
Royal College of Music, London
Clément
Holvoet
Raphaela
Pachner
AUSTRIAN
SPANISH
Anton Bruckner
Privatuniversität, Linz
Hochschule für Musik
und Tanz Köln
Nina Poskin
Sofia Silva
Sousa
BELGIAN
Royal College of Music, London
BELGIAN
PORTUGUESE
Royal Academy of
Music, London
Arts² École supérieure des
Arts, Brussels / École Normale
de Musique de Paris
Morag
Robertson
Ilina Ilieva
Guillem
Selfa Oliver
BRITISH
Royal College of Music, London
Anna
Tarnowska
POLISH
BULGARIAN
Wiktor Rudzik
Koninklijk Conservatorium
Brussel
Universität Mozarteum
Salzburg
Côme Giraudon
FRENCH
Conservatoire à Rayonnement
Régional de Paris
Hilary E. Glen
AMERICAN
New World Symphony, Miami
Global Exchange Guest
Akademia Muzyczna
im. Ignacego Jana
Paderewskiego w Poznaniu
CROATIAN
Muzička akademija
Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Johannes
König
GERMAN
Hochschule für Musik
und Theater München
Anna Maria
Litvinenko
AMERICAN
The Juilliard School, New York /
Royal College of Music, London
Global Exchange Guest,
Sphinx Organization
Lucy Hoile
POLISH
SWEDISH
AUSTRIAN
Akademia Muzyczna im.
Karola Szymanowskiego w
Katowicach / Universitetet
i Stavanger, Norway
National School of Music
“Lyubomir Pipkov”, Sofia
Alma Möller
Valerie Fritz
Tonka
Javorović
BRITISH
Šimon Truszka
SLOVAKIAN
Konzervatórium Košice
Royal Northern College
of Music, Manchester
Guilherme
Nardelli
Monegatto
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BRAZILIAN
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Indiana University Jacobs
School of Music
Global Exchange Guest,
Sphinx Organization
Sinéad
O’Halloran
Anik
Schwall
IRISH
Robert Schumann Hochschule
für Musik, Düsseldorf
LUXEMBOURGISH
Zürcher Hochschule der
Künste (Zürich, Schweiz)
Domingos
Salvador
Freire de
Morera Ortells
Andrade
SPANISH
Romana Ribeiro Escola Superior de
PORTUGUESE
Victor Savca
ROMANIAN
Universitatea Națională
de Muzică din București
Música de Catalunya
Escuela Superior de Música
Reina Sofía, Madrid
Regina Udod
Evaldas Petkus
LITHUANIAN
Lietuvos Muzikos ir
Teatro Akademija
Lilas Réglat
Dana
de Vries
DUTCH
Conservatoire National
Supérieur de Musique
et de Danse de Paris
Christoph Haaß
GERMAN
FRENCH
Conservatoire National
Supérieur de Musique
et de Danse de Paris
ESTONIAN
Eesti Muusika – ja
Teatriakadeemia
Hochschule für Musik
Franz Liszt Weimar
Luzia Vieira
Vilém Petras
CZECH
Akademie múzických
umění v Praze
Klara
Wincor
Iikka Järvi
FINNISH
Rui Pedro
Rodrigues
PORTUGUESE
Sibelius-Akatemia, Helsinki
Hochschule für Musik
Hanns Eisler Berlin
Lucía Mateo
Calvo
Andreu
Sanjuan Albado
AUSTRIAN
PORTUGUESE
Hochschule für Musik
und Theater Hamburg
Universität für Musik und
darstellende Kunst Wien
D O UB LE
BA SS
DUTCH
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
SPANISH
Sofía Bianchi
Maestre
SPANISH
Escuela Superior de Música
Reina Sofía, Madrid
Conservatorio Superior
de Música de Castilla
y León, Salamanca
SPANISH
Escuela Superior de Música
Reina Sofía, Madrid
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Veerle
Schutjens
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F LU T E
OBOE
CL ARI NET
BA S S OON
Jacob Bagby
Géraldine
Clément
Mercedes
Guzmán
BELGIAN
SPANISH
Koninklijk Conservatorium
Brussel
Escuela Superior de Música
Reina Sofía, Madrid
Marten Altrov
ESTONIAN
Eesti Muusika – ja
Teatriakadeemia
Javier Biosca
Bas
BRITISH
Royal College of Music, London
SPANISH
Escuela Superior de Música
Reina Sofía, Madrid
Flávio Barbosa
PORTUGUESE
Emma Halnan
BRITISH
Royal Academy of
Music, London
Micha
Häußermann
GERMAN
Universität der Künste Berlin
Benjamin
Christ
FRENCH
Conservatoire National
Supérieur de Musique
et Danse de Lyon
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Nikolaj
Vestmar
Henriques
DANISH
Staatliche Hochschule für
Musik und Darstellende
Kunst Mannheim
Anna Drysdale
BRITISH
Royal Academy of
Music, London
Tommaso
Pratola
ITALIAN
Haute École de Musique
de Genève
Alex Hilton
BRITISH
Royal Academy of
Music, London
Daniel Roscia
ITALIAN
Conservatorio di Musica
F.A. Bonporti di Trento
Mihael Mitev
SLOVENIAN
Akademija za glasbo, Ljubljana
HORN
Oliver Johnson
BRITISH
Guildhall School of Music
and Drama, London
Marek
Szymański
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Antwerpen / Akademia
Muzyczna im. Karola
Lipińskiego we Wrocławiu
Antonio
J. Juárez
SPANISH
Staatliche Hochschule für
Musik und Darstellende
Kunst Mannheim
Timo Tromp
DUTCH
Hochschule für Musik, Theater
und Medien Hannover
Joel Ashford
BRITISH
Royal College of Music, London
Sophia Keiler
AUSTRIAN
Musikhochschule Stuttgart
TROMBONE
Jonathan
Maloney
BRITISH
TU BA
Tom Griffiths
BRITISH
Royal College of Music, London
Royal Northern College of
Music, Manchester / Royal
College of Music, London
Gyula Lajhó
Alejandro
García Sánchez
SPANISH
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Jonathan
Borksand
Hanke
HUNGARIAN
Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti
Egyetem, Budapest
DANISH
Det Kongelige Danske
Musikkonservatorium,
København
PERCU S S I ON
Carlos Leite
Nikolai Jakob
Petersen
PORTUGUESE
Carles Pérez
i Esteve
Escola Superior de Música,
Artes e Espectáculo, Porto
SPANISH
José Luna
Agudo
DANISH
Det Kongelige Danske
Musikkonservatorium,
København
SPANISH
Escuela Superior de Música
Reina Sofía, Madrid
Musikene: Centro Superior
de Música del País
Vasco, San Sebastián
Camille Bialas
HARP
FRENCH
Det Kongelige Danske
Musikkonservatorium,
København
Matilda Lloyd
BRITISH
Franci Šuštar
Trinity College, Cambridge
University
Héloïse de
Jenlis
Andrew McCoy
SLOVENIAN
Akademija za glasbo, Ljubljana
BRITISH
Guildhall School of Music
and Drama, London
TRU M P ET
BA S S
TROMBONE
Nejc
Zahrastnik
FRENCH
Ulf Breuer
GERMAN
Conservatoire Royal
de Bruxelles
KE YBOA RD
Hochschule für Musik
und Theater München
SLOVENIAN
Akademija za glasbo, Ljubljana
Carolina Alves
PORTUGUESE
Alexander
Kelly
BRITISH
Royal Academy of
Music, London
Jonathan
Jakshøj
DANISH
Det Kongelige Danske
Musikkonservatorium,
København
Maria Inês
Costa
PORTUGUESE
Royal College of Music, London
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Theater ‘Félix Mendelssohn
Bartholdy’, Leipzig
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Gil García
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GREEK
Music School of Thessaloniki
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Alexios Tassis
Maria Malakouna
GREEK
Davide
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Peter-Cornelius-Konservatorium
der Stadt Mainz
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Cyprus Youth Symphony School
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ITALIAN
Conservatorio Statale di Musica
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Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome
BRITISH
Royal College of Music, London
Andreas
Zinonos
Sofía Bianchi
Maestre
CYPRIOT
SPANISH
Lyceum of Ethnomartyras
Kyprianos, Nicosia
Escuela Superior de Música
Reina Sofía, Madrid
European Music Campus Orchestra (EMCO)
Martina Miedl
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Wiktoria
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MALTESE
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AUSTRIAN
Eva Ferguson
SLOVAK/USA
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Freysmuth
AUSTRIAN
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POLISH
Susanne Isenberg
AUSTRIAN
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POLISH
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CYPRIOT
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POLISH
Kaja Michałowicz
POLISH
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ROMANIAN
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SLOVAK
Antonina
Kucharska
POLISH
Juhee Lee
KOREAN
Valentina
Andreea Pancă
ROMANIAN
Tomasz Rosiński
POLISH
Ada Torge
ROMANIAN
CE LLO
Mateusz
Błaszczak
POLISH
Lucija Pejković
CROATIAN
Elīza Sestule
LATVIAN
Alexios Tassis
GREEK
F LU T E
BA S S O O N
Rebeka Pethő
Maria Frankowska
HUNGARIAN
Marta Sesar
CROATIAN
POLISH
Georg Langer
AUSTRIAN
OBOE
HORN
Deyan Ivanov
Andrei
Aiordăchioei
BULGARIAN
ROMANIAN
CL A R IN E T
Michael Cutajar
T RU M P E T
MALTESE
Isaac Lucas
Karolina
Krajewska
POLISH
MALTESE
Rafal Poremba
POLISH
P E RCU S SION
Boris Boudinov
BULGARIAN
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CONCERT
MA STER
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Awards
Each season the European Union Youth Orchestra gives three or more players one of its
Awards, which reward a variety of skills ranging from musicianship to the creation of an
atmosphere of harmony and understanding.
If you would like to sponsor an Award, create an Award in memory of someone who
shared the Orchestra’s values, or know of a Corporation that would be honoured to put
their organisation’s name to an Award, please do not hesitate to get in touch with our
Development and Communications Manager, Charlotte Hamilton at [email protected]
or by telephone: 0044 79668 88917
The Ian Stoutzker Award
Generously offered by the Orchestra’s Co-Chairman and Orchestra Board Chairman Ian Stoutzker, CBE, this will provide one
or more musicians with an award for performance excellence and embodying the EUYO spirit of cultural understanding,
cooperation and harmony.
As a young man Mr. Stoutzker trained at the Royal College of Music under Albert Sammons, before eventually choosing a new
path at the London School of Economics. It has been said of him, ‘Perhaps no musician has ever done so much for music after
choosing a new career.’ The Orchestra is delighted to benefit from his remarkable commitment and generous guidance.
The award for the 2015–2016 season was given to our Austrian cellist, Klara Wincor and our Portuguese horn player,
Flávio Barbosa.
Klara Wincor
Austrian, Cello
Co-Recipient of The Ian
Stoutzker Award
Flávio Barbosa
Portuguese, Horn
Co-Recipient of The Ian
Stoutzker Award
“Playing with the EUYO is something different. Not just because
“Playing in the EUYO in the last summer tour was
the individual level of playing is almost frighteningly high, but
more than a simple youth orchestra experience.
because of the energy which comes with it. I had the most
emotional concerts of my life with the EUYO and also the most
physically exhausting and at the same time elating concerts.
The high artistic and human level of my colleagues,
tutors and conductors was one of the most important
achievements of my life. Besides the amazing musical
Being the recipient of The Ian Stoutzker Award this year is a
experience, sharing a month with so many wonderful
great honour and I couldn't be happier about it, as it is a sign
cultures gave me a new perspective on the world.
of support and trust in me. I am very lucky to currently have a
good instrument on loan, so I decided to use the Award when I
need to travel with my cello, to cover the cost for an extra seat
when flying. This will enable me to travel to masterclasses and
auditions which I would not consider attending otherwise.”
Feeling all energy and will of playing together was very
important for my musical and human development.
Being awarded The Ian Stoutzker Award was very
important for me, and a recognition of my effort. This
prize gave me the opportunity to continue my studies
EUYO > AWA RDS
in Zürich, a very important goal in my life.
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I would like to thank all tutors, staff and colleagues
for all the teachings, sharing and the help that make
me a better musician and a better human being.”
The Aleksandar
Pavlović Award
The Lionel Bryer
Memorial Fund Award
Set up in 2008 with a generous donation from the
Created in 2011, the Lionel Bryer Memorial Fund Award, is
Orchestra’s Co-founders Lionel and Joy Bryer, the award
designed to support a young musician who has demonstrated
is a tribute to Aleksandar Pavlović, the long-standing
huge musical talent and potential, but whose development
and former Artistic Director of the International Youth
and career would benefit greatly from financial assistance.
Foundation and violin tutor to the European Union Youth
Orchestra. He is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of
Music, University of Arts in Belgrade and Visiting Professor
at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has also
led master classes in the USA, Greece and the UK.
The Aleksandar Pavlović Award was presented
Lionel Bryer was a highly successful London dental surgeon
who, inspired by a love of music and the desire to foster good
relations with other countries by educating young people in
their cultures, co-founded the International Youth Foundation
along with his wife, Joy. Through it they also co-founded
the Aberdeen International Youth Festival and the European
at the end of the 2015 Summer Tour to Nikolaj
Community Youth Orchestra (now the European Union
Vestmar Henriques. Now on his fourth EUYO
Youth Orchestra). Originally from South Africa, Lionel was a
tour, Nikolaj has been a dedicated and exemplary
talented violinist and sportsman, as well as a Rhodes Scholar.
member of the Orchestra since Summer 2014.
The award is presented annually.
The award is presented annually and in the
summer of 2015, was awarded to Danish
trumpeter, Victor Koch Jensen.
Nikolaj Vestmar
Henriques
Recipient of The
Aleksandar Pavlović Award
“One of the most unique things I discovered through playing
with the EUYO is that there are so many ways to play well.
Even though we are from different countries and are taught
differently, we can all learn from each other. It gives you the
opportunity to be the musician that you want to be. No one
expects you to play a certain way, they expect to hear YOU
play, and I find the orchestra very unique in that way. This
enables us all to grow as musicians within the Orchestra.
I feel extremely lucky and very grateful to be chosen to receive
this award. Many people who have been awarded this prize
before, are people that I admire personally and professionally.
It motivates me to continue to pour all my energy and soul
into my work on the bassoon. I'll use the money that I've
received for a complete overhaul of my instrument.”
Victor Koch Jensen
Danish, Trumpet
Recipient of The Lionel Bryer
Memorial Fund Award
“Receiving the Lionel Bryer Memorial Fund Award marks
an absolute highlight of my time with the EUYO.
To be awarded this special prize is a tremendously
generous financial boost, that gives me the possibility
to go for lessons as well as auditions abroad.
Looking back on my time with the Orchestra, I can't believe
how many extraordinary friends I have met, how many epic
and tear-provoking concerts we've played, and how strong
the bonds we have tied in doing so. The EUYO creates a
vital stepping stone for young musicians like myself, and I
simply cannot imagine where I would have been without
it, not just as a musician, but also as a human being.
Mr. & Mrs. Bryer started something truly unique
when they founded this orchestra, and I'm extremely
grateful that I got to be a part of it.”
EUYO > AWA RDS
Danish, Bassoon
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Gregor Horsch
Rehearsal Director
Cello
One of the finest teachers of conducting
Gregor Horsch was appointed
and orchestral trainers in the world.
first Principal cellist of the Royal
His work with young musicians is renowned. He has taught
Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1997. He combines this position
over five hundred individual students and has decades of
with a career as a soloist and chamber musician. He has been
experience working with young orchestras. Whilst Professor
a teacher at the conservatories of The Hague, Amsterdam and
of Conducting at the Royal College of Music, London, his
at the RNCM in Manchester and since 2009 he is Professor
work also takes him all over the world; in the last year
at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf.
masterclasses in the conservatoires of St Petersburg and
Beijing and concerts in China, Norway and the Middle East.
Wies de Boevé
Double Bass
Lorenza Borrani
Violin 1
Sub-Principal Double Bass of the
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
Lorenza has been leader of the Chamber
Rundfunks and regular guest player with the Berlin
Orchestra of Europe since 2007. She
Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
has been director, concert master, soloist and chamber
Amsterdam and the Staatskapelle Berlin, among others.
musician in the most important concert halls and seasons
Wies won many international music competitions and was
in Europe and worldwide. As well as an international career
most recently awarded with the first prize at the Deutscher
as a soloist under the direction of conductors including Yuri
Musikwettbewerb, being the first bass player ever to
Harohnovich, Emmanuel Krivine, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and
win this competition. He studied with Duncan McTier,
Claudio Abbado, she has also worked with notable chamber
Janne Saksala, Božo Paradžik, Esko Laine and Matthew
musicians. Lorenza teaches at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole
McDonald and was an EUYO player from 2007 – 2008.
and in 2007, she founded the Spira Mirabilis Project.
Rien de Reede
Oliver Kipp
Violin 2
An EUYO player from 1987 – 1993,
Principal 2nd violin of the NDR Radio
Woodwind
Rien de Reede was a flautist in the
Concertgebouw Orchestra for thirty-seven
years. Besides this he taught flute at the Royal Conservatory
Philharmonic since 1998 and member of the “Hyperion
for almost the same length of time. As Head of Chamber
Trio”. Founded in 1999, the Trio boasts an outstanding
Music in this school and as an Artistic Programmer for the
reputation in Germany and the international music world,
Chamber Music Series for the members of the Concertgebouw
performing an extraordinarily broad repertoire.
Orchestra he was able to express his love and interest
in this field, searching for programmatic innovation.
Roger Benedict
Roger Benedict is Principal Viola of the
Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Artistic
Director of the orchestra’s highly regarded orchestra academy,
Peter Gane
Lower Brass
One of Britain’s leading brass specialists,
Peter is founder and former president
alongside his work as a Professor at the Sydney Conservatorium.
of the British Trombone Association and has a long-standing
He was formerly Principal Viola of the Philharmonia in London
association with the NYO and the EUYO where he has been
and a Professor at the Royal Northern College of Music.
a Professor of trombone since 1977 and 1984 respectively.
He is also active as a conductor and appears regularly with
He has taken masterclasses and workshops in many
major orchestras in Australasia, and with emerging artists
conservatoires and professional groups across Europe and
of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYO),
the USA. He was presented with the Neill Humfield Award
Southbank Sinfonia and the Australian Youth Orchestra.
for excellence in trombone teaching by the International
EUYO > TU TOR S
Viola
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Trombone Association (1996) and the British Trombone
Society’s outstanding contribution award (2013). A Professor
Adelheid Blovsky-Miller
at the Guildhall School since 1971, he later was elected
Harp
a Fellow of the School and was Head of Wind, Brass and
Former Professor of Harp at
Percussion from 1988 – 2008. He still contributes to the
the University of Music and
specialist brass and wind programmes. Peter is Artistic
Performing Arts in Vienna, former harpist at the
Adviser to the Combret Music Festival, Aveyron, France.
Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Artistic Director of the
International Harp Competition ‘Franz Josef Reinl’.
Jeff Bryant
Horn
Jeff was Principal and Solo Horn with
European Music Campus Orchestra
Conductor and Tutors
the London Symphony and Royal
Philharmonic Orchestras with whom he recorded the Mozart
concerti and the Britten Serenade. He is Professor of Horn
at the Royal College of Music, London. Jeff also tutors the
horn section of ICULTURE Orchestra, based in Poland.
Chloe Vansoeterstede
Rehearsal Conductor
Graduating from the Royal Academy
of Music (RAM), London as a viola
John Miller
player (2014), Chloe then studied conducting at the Royal
Northern College of Music. She studies with Clark Rundell,
Trumpet
Mark Heron, and assists at the BBC Philharmonic, Royal
Head of the School of Wind, Brass and
Liverpool Philharmonic and the Hallé. Chloe is a RAM
Percussion, Royal Northern College
Fellow with the Stella Quartet and created the chamber
of Music, Manchester. Prior to joining the RNCM in 1999,
orchestra, Arch Sinfonia (2012). She has conducted the
John worked extensively in London as a member of the
United Strings of Europe chamber orchestra and recorded
Philharmonia Orchestra from 1977 to 1994, and as a freelance
with the Solingen Orchester in Germany and Rotterdam.
musician working regularly with prestigious ensembles such as
Chloe has performed with the EUYO, the Pacific Music
the London Sinfonietta and the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
Festival and the Aurora Orchestra for their BBC Proms.
John is a founder member of the Wallace Collection brass
ensemble with which he continues to perform and record.
Lara Sullivan
Violin 1
Sam Walton
Percussion
Lara graduated from the Royal
Academy of Music (RAM) in 2014,
Sam Walton performs with many of
completing her master’s degree with Maurice Hasson.
the UK’s finest orchestras. He is Co-
A member of the EUYO 2009-2014, she now plays with
Principal Percussion in the London Symphony Orchestra
Spira Mirabilis, Camerata Ireland as well as ensembles in
and Principal Percussion in the John Wilson Orchestra. He
London. Lara is a chamber fellow at the RAM with the
is a member of the Colin Currie Group, and has recorded
Stella Quartet, which enjoys a busy outreach and recital
extensively for film and television. He is a Professor
season with the Open Academy department and Wigmore
at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall.
Hall. As an EUYO alumni tutor, she has worked closely
with the EMCO and the Malta Youth Orchestra. Lara
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currently teaches at the junior department of the RAM.
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Anne Hopfmüller
Andrei Mihailescu
Violin 2
Double Bass
Anne was a member of the EUYO from
Principal double bass of the EUYO
2010–2013. She studied performance
2009 – 2013, Andrei graduated from
and pedagogy in Vienna and Graz before moving to London,
the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), London, studying with
where she graduated from the Royal Academy of Music
Duncan Mctier, Graham Mitchell, and Chi-chi Nwanoku.
with distinction in 2014. She has since enjoyed playing
Andrei is a master’s student at the HMT Munich, studying
frequently with orchestras in the UK and Austria such as
with Nabil Shehata and collaborates with the Chamber
Welsh National Opera, BBC Concert Orchestra, RSO Wien
Orchestra of Europe, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Deutsches
and European Union Chamber Orchestra, covering opera,
Symphonie Orchestra Berlin, the Orchestra of the Age of
symphonic repertoire and chamber music. Anne is also an
Enlightenment, London Sinfonietta and Spira Mirabilis,
enthusiastic teacher and has recently moved back to Vienna.
amongst others. He has appeared as a soloist at the Grafenegg
Musikfest and the George Enescu Festival. Andrei teaches
Sofie van der Schalie
double bass at the RAM, EMC and Malta Youth Orchestra.
Viola
Amsterdam with Marjolein Dispa and
Magnus Koch Jensen
Woodwind
was co-principal of the EUYO 2011 – 2014. She has been
Magnus won the position as Principal
successful in competitions such as the Princess Christina
bassoonist with Det Kongelige
Conours (1st prize) and the National Viola Competition
Kapel in 2012. Besides his job he has played in most of
(finalist). She currently plays with Dutch orchestras:
the Danish orchestras, but also in NDR Elbphilharmonie
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Chamber
Orchestra and at the Hamburg State Opera. Magnus is
Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, the Radio Philharmonic
co-founder of the award winning wind quintet “Carl Nielsen-
Orchestra, and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra.
Kvintetten” with whom he is making an effort to promote
Sofie teaches violin and viola at the Music and Dance
the wonderful music of the Danish national composer,
school in Amstelveen. In the season 2015/2016 Sofie is
Carl Nielsen. He was a member of the EUYO from 2010-
an Acadamist at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
2012 and remains a big supporter of the Orchestra.
Romain Lapeyre
Katy Woolley
Cello
Brass
Romain graduated with a master’s
Katy was appointed Principal horn in
degree from the Royal Academy of
the Philharmonia Orchestra (where she
Music, studying with David Strange. Principal cellist of the
has also appeared as soloist) and has forged a formidable
EUYO 2010 – 2014, He was recipient of the Zara Nelsova
reputation performing the most demanding horn parts
Award, Harold Craxton Prize, Herbert Walenn Prize and the
for the world’s top conductors. Katy has studied with
Lionel Bryer Memorial Fund Award. Romain has worked
Sue Dent, Simon Rayner and in Berlin with Christian-
closely with the EMCO, the Malta Youth Orchestra and
Friedrich Dallmann. She graduated from the Royal College
the Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra. A member of the
of Music and was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal by
Bastide Piano Trio, he is Principal cello of the Chamber
HRH Prince Charles. Katy was Principal horn in the EUYO
Orchestra of Toulouse and teaches music in Paris.
and is now a Professor at the Royal Academy of Music
and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
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Sofie studied at the Conservatory of
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Honorary Patrons
European Parliament
European Commission
President of the European Parliament,
Honorary President of the EUYO
President of the European Commission,
Head of the Honorary Patrons
Martin Schulz
Jean-Claude Juncker
European Commission
European Committee of the Regions
High Representative of the European
Union for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy and Vice-President of the European
Commision, Honorary Patron
President of the European Committee
of the Regions, Honorary Patron
Markku Markkula
Federica Mogherini
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Belgium
Sven Gatz
Flemish Minister for
Culture, the Media, Youth
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and Minister responsible
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Isabelle Weykmans
Cyprus
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Czech Republic
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Bertel Haarder
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Estonia
Marina Kaljurand
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Minister of Foreign Affairs
Didier Reynders
Indrek Saar
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foregin Affairs
and European Affairs
Bulgaria
Daniel Pavolv Mitov
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vezhdi Letif Rashidov
Minister of Culture
Croatia
Predrag Šustar
Minister of Science,
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Zlatko Hasanbegović
Minister of Culture
Miro Kovač
Minister of Foreign and
European Affairs
France
Ioannis Kasoulides
Minister of Culture
Jürgen Ligi
Minister of Education
and Research
Finland
Sanni Grahn-Laasonen
Minister of Culture and Education
Timo Soini
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Lenita Toivakka
Minister for Foreign Trade
and Development
Foreign Minister
Minister of Culture and
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Germany
Monika Grütters
Italy
Paolo Gentiloni
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
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Dario Franceschini
Minister of Heritage and
Cultural Activities and Tourism
Latvia
Dace Melbārde
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and the Media
Minister of Culture
Manuela Schwesig
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Federal Minister of Family
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Federal Minister for
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Greece
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Minister of Culture and Sports
Athanasia
Anagnostopoulou
Deputy Minister for Education,
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Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hungary
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Minister of Foreign
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Lithuania
Šarūnas Birutis
Minister of Culture
Linas Antanas
Linkevičius
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Prime Minister, Minister
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Guy Arendt
Secretary of State for Culture
Jean Asselborn
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Malta
Owen Bonnici
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Philip Hammond
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Miroslav Lajčák
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An orchestra of the finest young
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years, being formed as Slovakia’s
national youth orchestra by Music
Centre Slovakia, with the assistance
and inspiration of the EUYO.
Ljublijana
Duo Scaramouche
Duo Scaramouche, Neža Koželj
and Nadja Rus, are an acclaimed
Slovenian piano duo taught by
Professor Miha Haas. Neža Koželj
and Nadja Rus are students of
Professor Hinko Haas at the
Academy of music in Ljubljana and
have studied extensively abroad.
They have twice been gold medal
and first prize winners in the
Slovenian state competition.
Warsaw
I, Culture Orchestra
I, CULTURE Orchestra consists
of outstanding young musicians
from Poland and the Eastern
Partnership countries. Formed
in 2011 by the Adam Mickiewicz
Institute – a state founded cultural
institution dedicated to promote
Polish culture worldwide, the
Orchestra exists to use the act
of performing music to bring
together people from these
countries. By rehearsing and
performing together these young
musicians communicate and learn
to trust each other in ways that
resonate beyond the concert hall.
Berlin
Vision String Quartet
Founded in 2012, this is a unique
quartet that plays original
compositions and arrangements of
many different styles, as well as the
conventional, classical literature.
The quartet won the 2016
Mendelssohn Prize and comprises
Jakob Encke (violin), Daniel Stoll
(violin), Leonard Disselhorst
(cello) and Sander Stuart (viola).
Amsterdam
The Leerorkest
The Leerorkest is an innovative
music education programme in
which every child gets the chance
to learn a musical instrument at
school. The Stichting Leerorkest
(Leerorkest Foundation)
provides the organisational
and pedagogical structure for
the Leerorkest orchestras in
Amsterdam and in several other
cities in Holland and Belgium. As
of 2016 there were 36 orchestras
active in Amsterdam, involving
18 primary schools and 3 high
schools from all across the city.
Capital Sounds – National Guest Speakers
Bratislava –
Mrs Alžbeta Rajterová
Widow of composer and conductor
Ľudovít Rajter, whose Suite
Miniaturee shall be the opening
piece of the EUYO concert
and a champion of the Arts.
Ljubljana –
Mitja Bervar,
President of the
National Council of the
Republic of Slovenia
Warsaw –
Dr Artur Szklener,
Director of the Fryderyk
Chopin Institute
Since 1997 Artur Szklener
has taught at the Institute of
Musicology of the Jagiellonian
University and since 2001
has been associated with the
Fryderyk Chopin Institute in
Warsaw as Research Program
Coordinator, Deputy Director
for Research and Publishing,
and since 2012, its Director.
Berlin
Federal Government
Commissioner for
Culture and Media,
Monika Grütters
The Federal Government
Commissioner for Culture
and Media, a member of the
Parliament of the Federal Republic
of Germany, and Chairman of
the Committee for Culture and
Media from 2009 until 2013.
Amsterdam
Geert Mak
Geert Mak is a Dutch journalist
and a non-fiction writer in the field
of history. His ten books about
Amsterdam, Netherlands and
Europe have earned him great
popularity. Geert Mak participates
actively in Dutch public debate, as
a staunch defender of the values
of an open and tolerant society.
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Partners, supporters
and friends
The European Union Youth Orchestra wishes to thank the 28 EU Member States, as well as its
residency hosts, Principal Corporate Partner, other corporate collaborators, trusts, foundations
and individuals, whose support is invaluable in helping the Orchestra achieve its mission.
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REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
MINISTRY OF CULTURE
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Principal Venue Partner
Residency
Partner
Global
Associates
Orchestra Associate Partners
Network Associate Partners
Friends of the EUYO
Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy
Sir Harold and Lady Atcherley
Tania Bryer
Dirk Engelmann
Friends of Clumber Studios
Peter and Cynthia Hardy
Maestro Gianandrea Noseda
Dr Onno Ruding
Claude Wasserstein
Dame Mary Archer
Fred and Marianne Emery
Derek Gleeson
Dr Eckhart von Hahn
David Heald Edna Laird
Franz Mikorey
Argirios Vainas
Nicola Wallis
Rien de Reede
Stefania Cora
David Ramos
Clara de la Torre
Henry Wickens
William Palmer
Lianne Hackett
Marko Kassenaar
Peter Ahrens
Michele Sanzo
Colin Currie (percussion instruments)
Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation
The Lynn Foundation
Bellinger-Donnay Charitable Trust
Modiano Charitable Trust
Kirby Laing Foundation
The Samuel Gardner Memorial Trust
The EUYO would also like to thank those
organisation and individuals who wish to
remain anonymous
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Governance
Trustees, Board
and Management
CO-FOUNDER
& PRESIDENT
Joy Bryer
TRUSTEES
ORCHESTRA BOARD
EXECUTIVE
Co-Chairman
Ian Stoutzker CBE
Chair
Ian Stoutzker CBE
Chief Executive
Marshall Marcus
Librarian & IT Manager
Chris Turner
Tour Manager
Colin Window
CHIEF CONDUCTOR
Vasily Petrenko
Sir John Tusa
Sir John Tusa
Lesley King-Lewis
Anthony Sargent CBE
Development Officer
Marianne Wright
Stage Management
Zoe Fagg
CONDUCTOR
LAUREATE
Bernard Haitink CH,KBE
Anthony Sargent CBE
Martijn Sanders
Executive &
Finance Manager
Riitta Hirvonen
Martijn Sanders
Marshall Marcus
Partnership Coordinator,
Towards 2020
Nicolas Klimis
Transport Manager
Max van Duuren
FOUNDING MUSIC
DIRECTOR
Claudio Abbado
Ilaria Borletti Buitoni
Trustee Emeritus
Robert Albert
ADVISORY BOARD
Chair
Étienne Davignon
Tassilo
Metternich-Sándor
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Development &
Communications Manager
Charlotte Hamilton
Projects &
Orchestra Manager
Christina Hemmer
TOURING STAFF
Executive Assistant
Carol Cristiani
Bookkeeper
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Nurse
Christine Phelps
Communications Assistant
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