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Year Book 2018 January —June

THE GREAT MOSAIC Celebrating Europe’s Musical Heritage

European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 #EuropeforCulture Photo: Ulf Breuer THE GREAT MOSAIC Celebrating Europe’s Musical Heritage Photo: Andrew McCoy Photo:

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1 THE GREAT MOSAIC THE GREAT Photo: Andrew McCoy 2 THE GREAT MOSAIC Celebrating Europe’s Musical Heritage

In recent decades, as Europe’s challenges have seemed written for a competition in dedicated to the to pile increasingly one on top of another, one field of Russian ’cellist Rostropovich and which will be played European activity has continuously flourished: itsmusic . for us by a young Irish musician. And audiences at our Building on traditions of immense variety stretching String Ensemble's Europe Day tour to Spain and South back many hundreds of years in dozens of countries, new America will hear a concerto from Vivaldi’s by now generations of Europeans are busy creating all manner almost clichéd Four Seasons that later in the year will of ground-breaking compositions, and that seemingly reappear in a subtle yet radical twenty-first century old fashioned European construct the ‘orchestra’ is now rewriting by the British-German composer Max Richter. flamboyantly spreading and expanding around the globe And so it continues. No one can accuse this particular in places as previously unlikely as China, East Africa, multiculturalist art form of being shy, impoverished South America and the Arabian Gulf; places where one or stale. On the contrary, at a time when we witness might not have imagined – let us be honest – that a people with challenges to even pass our borders, European invention would be such a welcome addition. music and its performance continue to do so with Yet expand it has. And if its tradition is great, impunity and abandon. then so, happily, is its innovation. The 2018 Spring Tour is the major project at the heart of With this perspective, the EU’s 2018 European Year the EUYO's first half of this celebratory year. EUYO Chief of Cultural Heritage is only to be welcomed, enabling Conductor Vasily Petrenko directs three great works on renewed experience of Europe's musical heritage, whilst a tour of Europe and Dubai: Brahms and Rachmaninov's nevertheless admitting our challenges. With such a Second Symphonies, and Rimsky-Korsakov's beguiling and spirit, the Youth Orchestra, as cultural virtuosic Scheherazade; yet again emphasising that both ambassador for the EU, embraces the European Year of established European classicism and a far more luxuriant Cultural Heritage, devoting its entire 2018 season to that side of the continent can be expressed using the same great mosaic of creation, Europe's musical heritage. European orchestra, the same European instruments and the same European players. At the EUYO we see variety as the key to such a celebration. Thus throughout 2018 we are performing An identical story is evident with the Spring Tour more than forty compositions from all corners of performers: young players from 28 EU member states, Europe in live concerts in thirteen countries that a conductor from , and soloists from , will be broadcast around the globe. And these are Romania, the UK, and a Palestinian from Jordan who has compositions that date from ancient times (to include lived in and is now a resident of . the folk music) to tomorrow, with a world premiere Such a Europe – an open culture marrying creativity and for performance later this year that is so new as to be diversity in equal, brilliant and abundant measure – is being written by a young European composer even surely the best definition of our continent at its best. as these words are being printed onto the page. Others have already imagined such a state: consider As ever with Europe, the rich, if also sometimes tense, the words of the Scottish journalist and writer Neil relationship between the local, the national and the Ascherson, “My sense of Europe … is that it is like a sponge international is at the centre of the art, and best … a rich and beautiful collective creature into whose open embraced rather than avoided. During July, for example, pores countless visiting organisms swim or stay to breed”. EUYO audiences will be able to hear Yes, in Europe we have our problems, challenges and composed by a Romanian-born French Greek composer, contradictions, but we also have this astounding legacy who based his twentieth century composition Kotos of cultural creation. So join us in 2018 as we celebrate the on a thousands of years old Greek myth in a piece Great Mosaic, Europe’s Musical Heritage. Marshall Marcus

CEO, European Union Youth Orchestra THE GREAT MOSAIC THE GREAT

3 THE EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA Bringing together the most talented young musicians from all EU member states in an orchestra united by a shared sense of European heritage, innovation, and the constant pursuit of excellence

“Simply magnıficent”

L’Eco di Bergamo, Bergamo

The European Union Youth colleges and the professional and current Conductor Laureate Orchestra (EUYO) is one of the music world for generations of , and Chief world's pre-eminent symphony Europe's finest musicians since its Conductor Vasily Petrenko. orchestras. Described by the foundation in 1976. A truly global brand, the EUYO has UK Guardian as having “gripping, The Orchestra has worked with performed in most of the world’s exhilaratingly good orchestral many of the world’s greatest major concert halls and festivals, playing, surging with energy, musicians including Daniel including the BBC Proms, London's laser-sharp focus and collective Barenboim, , Royal Albert Hall, New York’s daring… [with] a technical prowess , Mstislav Carnegie Hall and the that is downright terrifying”, and Rostropovich and particularly Musikverein. From to by EU commission President its three Music Directors and Abu Dhabi, to Mumbai, Jean-Claude Juncker as “the current Chief Conductor: Founding Seoul to São Paulo, the Orchestra best possible ambassador for the Music Director , has appeared in many hundreds European Union” it has provided an former Music Director Vladimir of venues across four Continents. exceptional bridge between music Ashkenazy, former Music Director

“If more concerts were performed with as much dedication and passion, maybe the audience for THE EUYO

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again. The EUYO is special” “A technical Chicago Tribune prowess that is downright terrifying”

The Guardian, UK THE GREAT MOSAIC THE GREAT Photo: Peter Adamik 4 “The best possible ambassador for the European Union”

Jean-Claude Juncker, EU Commission President

“The EUYO is remarkable – it inspires us”

Tibor Navracsics, EU Commissioner Education, Culture, Youth and Sport

The EUYO’s 3,000 alumni have all partnership and new legal seat European Union for more than come through the Orchestra's with the Italian Ministry of Culture, forty years. The EUYO’s Honorary rigorous, annual audition process the Municipality of Ferrara, and Patrons include the Heads of conducted in all (currently 28) RAI, the Italian national broadcast Government of all of the EU’s EU Member States, and many are organisation. During 2018, in Member States, and the President now notable conductors, soloists, celebration of the European Year of the European Commission and teachers, and instrumentalists of Cultural Heritage, the EUYO the President of the European working with the major orchestras will perform in thirteen countries Parliament. In recent years the of Europe and the world. throughout Europe, South America, EUYO has added to its enviable the Middle East and Asia, with tradition with a series of innovative The EUYO is Orchestra in residencies in Bolzano, Ferrara, learning and performance Residence at its Summer Home Grafenegg, Dubai and Shanghai. programmes in its Towards and Principal Venue Partner 2020 project, helping to train its Grafenegg in Lower Austria and Founded by Joy and Lionel Bryer members with the skills necessary partner of Campus Grafenegg. It in 1976, the EUYO has been a to meet the challenges of 21st also recently established a major Cultural Ambassador for the century society and audiences.

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of its kind” “The crème de la crème The New York Times around Europe, their standard is phenomenal”

Scottish Herald Young Critics MOSAIC THE GREAT 5 CO-CHAIRMEN’S MESSAGE

The year 2018 opens a new chapter in the almost Of course, our secure core funding from the European half century history of the European Union Youth Union itself, along with the support of the EU’s member Orchestra. For the first time, the Orchestra has states, is at the heart of the EUYO’s identity, purpose secure funding from three key sources – Italy, and economic well-being. Without this backing how Austria and the European Union itself. could there be an orchestra that represented and evoked the deepest elements in European cultural Earlier this year, through the support of the Ministry identity? We look forward to playing an increasing of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, the role as cultural ambassador of European values. EUYO became an Italian “Fondazione” in law with our legal base in Rome. This was complemented by a new At this new juncture in the existence of the European broadcast relationship with the Italian broadcaster RAI, Union Youth Orchestra, we acknowledge the immense and a new operational and residency base in Ferrara vision displayed by Joy and Lionel Bryer in founding at the Teatro Claudio Abbado, an arrangement that the Orchestra more than 40 years ago. We believe it is happily reinforces the Orchestra’s very beginnings now poised to deliver the Bryers’ vision still further. under its founding music director Claudio Abbado. The Trustees also put on record our deepest thanks for This relationship blends perfectly with our well the concentrated and skilful work put into achieving this established and recently expanded partnership new position by the Chief Executive, Marshall Marcus with our summer home at Grafenegg in Austria, and his tireless team. Very simply, without them, the supported also by the Provincial Government of Lower EUYO would not stand at the start of a brilliant new era. Austria. We are well aware of the deep contribution this relationship has made to the Orchestra’s Sir John Tusa development and evolution and place this on record. We look forward to now extending it further with & Ian Stoutzker CBE the developments at the new Campus Grafenegg. Co-Chairmen, European Union Youth Orchestra CO-CHAIRMEN

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“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words, For over 40 years, the European Union Youth Orchestra and that which cannot remain silent”, Victor Hugo said. has represented and embodied the highest ideals I am sure that the dedicated young musicians from of European cultural unity and cooperation. The the European Union Youth Orchestra will share his EUYO has combined artistic excellence with cultural views. They work together to enable the Orchestra to ambassadorship for Europe, acting as an emblem for the perform each year in major cities and festivals, both European spirit of freedom, co-operation and creativity. in the European Union and throughout the world. But It is an orchestra united by a sense of shared cultural they do not just play together, they live together, they heritage and common cultural vision, all in pursuit of develop friendship and understanding. They increase excellence. The EUYO embodies perfectly the power our awareness of the musical and cultural aspects of of uniting in diversity – which is of course the motto Europe’s countries and regions, and Europe’s place in of the European Union. And it demonstrates the vital the global culture. They improve and spread access role of education and culture in strengthening our to cultural activity at a national and pan-European European identity – a point highlighted by EU Heads level. They reinforce the cultural sector’s capacity of Government at their Gothenburg Summit last year. to operate transnationally. They represent the I am very proud that the EU sustains the EUYO through Union as cultural ambassadors. They promote the the Creative Europe programme. Our support to the intangible heritage of local, regional and European Orchestra is an investment in a valuable European cultural production, and the highest ideals of the artistic institution, which provides a direct cultural European Union on supra national cooperation. All service to European citizens. I am very pleased that we this is something that cannot be put into words. managed to secure regular funding for this investment. And also something that cannot remain silent. This spring, the European Union Youth Orchestra will I am happy to express my support to all of you, make themselves heard in some of Europe’s greatest members of the European Union Youth Orchestra, concert halls in Ferrara, Vienna and Bucharest. and to address you my encouragement ahead of your 2018 Spring Tour to your new residency and home, the I wish the EUYO every success with the tour – wonderful city of Ferrara, and to Dubai and Romania. together in harmony, let’s raise the roof! Antonio Tajani Michel Magnier

President of the , Director Culture and Creativity, Honorary President of the European European Commission Union Youth Orchestra EU PATRONS

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FERRARA GRAFENEGG

Friday 30 March, 20:30 Sunday 1 April, 18:30 Monday 2 April, 14:00 Ferrara Musica Easter Concert Music Gallery Teatro Comunale di Ferrara Grafenegg Auditorium Grafenegg Castle Vasily Petrenko Conductor Vasily Petrenko Conductor EUYO Chamber Musicians

Till Fellner Piano Johann Strauss II Johann Strauss II String Quartet The Hunt Voices of Spring Waltz, Op.410 Voices of Spring Waltz, Op.410 K458, 1st movement

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart No.27 in Piano Concerto No.27 in Clarinet Quintet in B minor B-flat major KV 595 B-flat major KV 595 Op.115, 2nd movement

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms Johann Strauss II Symphony No.2 in D major Op.73 Symphony No.2 in D major Op.73 Dances arr. brass ensemble SPRING TOUR

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DUBAI OPERA RESIDENCY BUCHAREST

Sunday 8 April Thursday 12 April, 10:00–12:00 Friday 13 April, 20:00 Sunday 15 April, 19:00 & Tuesday 10 April Open Dress Concert Bucharest, Close Up Rehearsal Dubai Opera Romania Dubai Opera Studio Dubai Opera Vasily Petrenko Conductor Capital Sounds Karim Said Piano Romanian Athenaeum 10:00 – 10:15/14:00 – 14:15 Thursday 12 April, 20:00 Opening address Introduction to the Concert Sergei Rachmaninov European Union Piano Concerto No.2 Liliana Turoiu, Youth Orchestra Dubai Opera in C minor, Op.18 President of the Romanian Vasily Petrenko Conductor Cultural Institute 10:15 – 11:00/14:15 – 15:00 Sergei Rachmaninov National Guest performers Close Up Rehearsal Karim Said Piano Symphony No.2 AdMusicam Ensemble Students have the in E minor, Op.27 Ioana Tudor Violin opportunity to sit La Valse Alex Spinu and observe the Victor Sandu orchestra rehearse. George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Victor Savca Double Bass 11:00 – 11:30/15:00 – 15:30 Victor Savca Close Up Rehearsal Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Rustic Quartet Students have the Scheherazade Op.35 opportunity to sit with and around the Orchestra in Vasily Petrenko Conductor pre-set individual seats to experience what it is like Alexandra Dariescu Piano to sit within the orchestra Sergei Rachmaninov facing the conductor. Piano Concerto No.2

11:30–11:45/15:30–15:45 in C minor, Op.18 SPRING TOUR

Close Up Rehearsal Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Q&A session with the EUYO. Scheherazade Op.35 11:45–12:30/15:45–16:00 Venue Tour PROGRAMME \

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ALICANTE SOUTH AMERICA BERLIN

Wednesday 9 May, 20:00 Sunday 13 May Friday 8 June, 20:00 Thursday 21 June Europe Day São Paulo European Culture European Cultural Auditorium, Alicante Auditorium Prize TAURUS 2018 Heritage Summit Sarah Sew Director Ibirapuera São Paulo, Frauenkirche, Dresden Museum Island, Berlin outdoor concert EUYO String Ensemble Vasily Petrenko Conductor Chamber Ensembles Programme and Anja Harteros Soprano of the EUYO George Frideric Handel Director as for Alicante Piotr Beczala Tenor The Arrival of the Details of this event Jan Vogler Cello will be available at Queen of Sheba Monday 14 May Dresdner Kreuzchor europanostra.org/events Henryk Górecki São Paulo George Frideric Handel from 1 May 2018 3 pieces in the old Municipal Theatre of Hallelujah Chorus style, Piece III São Paulo, with the from the Messiah Arvo Pärt collaboration of the In Memorium Instituto Baccarelli Träume from the Programme and Wesendoncklieder Director as for Alicante Nikos Skalkottas Ernest Bloch 2 Greek dances Prayer from Jewish Life Epirotikos and Kleftikos Thursday 17 May, 20:00 Jean-Philippe Rameau Buenos Aires Presto and Finale Chaconne from Dardanus Kirchner Cultural Saltarello from Symphony Centre, Concert Francesco Geminiani No.4 in A Italian Hall (CCK) La Folia Giuseppe Verdi Programme and Béla Bartók Director as for Alicante Celeste Aida from Aida Romanian Dances Antonio Vivaldi Saturday 19 May, 20:00 Summer from the Montevideo The European Hymn Four Seasons Teatro SOLIS Programme subject to change Local Compositions Programme and Spain/Brazil/ Director as for Alicante Argentina/Uruguay

Ludwig van Beethoven EUROPEAN CULTURAL HERITAGE TOURS HERITAGE CULTURAL EUROPEAN

Ode to Joy The European Hymn Performed as part of the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage

#Ode2Joy Challenge PROGRAMME \ 11 LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD GRAFENEGG ACADEMY

The new annually chosen Grafenegg Academy Orchestra is a new initiative of Campus Grafenegg and has been established especially for the two-week programme of the Grafenegg Academy. This year, the international personnel of the orchestra with EUYO alumni at its heart meets for the first time in Grafenegg under the direction of Campus Grafenegg Artistic Director Leon Botstein.

Theme 2018: Europe 1918/2018 – Grafenegg Academy 2018: Further details: The Challenge of Historical Discontinuity 24 June – 8 July 2018 campus.grafenegg.com

GRAFENEGG Alexander Haiden Photo:

Sunday 1 July, 11:00 Sunday 1 July, 20:00 Sunday 8 July, 11:00 Sunday 8 July, 20:00 In the Wake of Chaos and New Mores The Conscience Catastrophe: Uncertainty: and Tastes: of the Artist The Politics of The Music of Faith The Reinvention Wolkenturm Grafenegg Modernism, and Nostalgia of the Opera Neeme Järvi 1918–1945 Wolkenturm Grafenegg Auditorium Grafenegg Conductor Auditorium Grafenegg Leon Botstein Leon Botstein Conductor Leon Botstein Conductor Dennis Russell Davies Conductor Christiane Libor Soprano Michael Nagy Baritone Conductor Ľuba Orgonášová Soprano Iris Vermillion Alto Elisabeth Kulman Alto Peter Lodahl Tenor Eduard Tubin Speaker Symphony No.5 (1946) Bernarda Fink Alto Christopher Maltman Kurt Weill Christopher Maltman Baritone Othmar Schoeck Symphony No.2 (1934) Baritone Dietrich Henschel Lebendig begraben for Baritone and Orchestra Arnold Schönberg Konzertvereinigung Baritone Op.40 (1927) Ode to Linzer Theaterchor and others Buonaparte Op.41 (1942) Max Reger Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Symphony No. 5 in D Béla Bartók Requiem Op.144b (1915) minor Op.47 (1937) Concerto for Ernst Krenek Orchestra (1945) Die Tageszeiten Der Diktator Opera in (1928) Op.76 one act Op.49 (1926) Paul Hindemith

CAMPUS GRAFENEGG Karol Szymanowski Stabat Mater Op.53 (1926) Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen Opera in one act Op.12 (1921)

Paul Hindemith Sancta Susanna Opera in PROGRAMME \ one act Op.21 (1922) 12 CAMPUS GRAFENEGG

\ PROGRAMME Photo: Alexander Haiden 13 CONDUCTOR, DIRECTOR AND SOLOISTS Photo: Svetlana Tarlova Svetlana Photo: Vincent Lee Photo: Vasily Petrenko Sarah Sew Conductor Violin and Director

Vasily Petrenko was born in 1976 and started his music Sarah Sew is recipient of the Maisie Lewis Young education at the St Petersburg Capella Boys Music School Artists’ Fund Award which supported her recital debut – the oldest music school in Russia. He then studied at the at Wigmore Hall, the Emanuel Hurwitz Award, J & A St Petersburg Conservatoire and has also participated in Beare Prize and Pavlovíc Award from the EUYO. She masterclasses with such major figures as Ilya Musin, Mariss appears worldwide as a guest concertmaster, director Jansons, and . Following considerable and soloist. As a recitalist and chamber musician, Sarah success in a number of international has performed at Zermatt Festival, ; Bolzano competitions including the Fourth Prokofiev Conducting Festival, Italy; Grafenegg Festival, Austria; Cheltenham Competition in St Petersburg (2003), First Prize in the Festival, UK; Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, and the Shostakovich Choral Conducting Competition in St International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove. Petersburg (1997) and First Prize in the Sixth Cadaques Sarah has appeared as Guest Leader of the BBC International Conducting Competition in Spain, he was Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Ireland, English appointed Chief Conductor of the St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Balkan Chamber Orchestra, Nevill Academic Symphony Orchestra from 2004 to 2007. Holt Opera Orchestra and the Human Rights Orchestra Petrenko is Chief Conductor of the in . She has performed, toured and recorded Orchestra (appointed in 2013/14), Chief Conductor of extensively with orchestras including the London the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (a position Symphony Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra and he adopted in 2009 as a continuation of his period as London Sinfonietta. Sarah held the position of Principal Principal Conductor which commenced in 2006), Chief First Violin with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, run by Conductor of the European Union Youth Orchestra Ireland’s national broadcaster Raidio Teilifis Éireann (since 2015) and Principal Guest Conductor of the State and was Concertmaster of the EUYO from 2010–2012. Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia (since 2016). Sarah is Artistic Director of the Beckett Chamber Petrenko has also served as Principal Conductor of the Music Series in Dublin and from September 2018 National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain from 2009– takes up the position of Professor of Violin and Head 2013, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Mikhailovsky of Strings at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Sarah Theatre (formerly the Mussorgsky Memorial Theatre of studied with Friedemann Eichhorn at the Hochschule the St Petersburg State Opera and Ballet) where he began für Musik , and Maurice Hasson and his career as Resident Conductor from 1994 to 1997. Howard Davis at the in London In September 2017, Vasily Petrenko was honoured with where she was recently elected as an Associate of the the Artist of the Year award at the prestigious annual RAM. Sarah plays a Gennaro Gagliano violin c.1760. Gramophone Awards, one decade on from receiving their Young Artist of the Year award in October 2007. In 2010 he 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. Highlights of the 2017/18 season and beyond include his debut with the Orchestra, dates in Europe and Asia with the Royal Liverpool and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestras, returns to the CONDUCTOR, DIRECTOR AND SOLOISTS DIRECTOR CONDUCTOR,

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, \ Radio Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio , the London and Israel Philharmonics, and the Vienna and Montreal Symphony Orchestras. ARTISTS

14 Rotterdam PhilharmonicOrchestra. Mozarteumorchester ,and Orchestra, Le Concert Olympique, concerts withthe Chicago Symphony Other highlightswillinclude the baton ofChristoph Eschenbach. York PhilharmonicOrchestraunder Fellner willdebutwiththeNew During the2017–18seasonTill performs withtheBelceaQuartet. and Salzburg).Further heregularly others withLiederrecitalsinVienna continued in2017–18(amongst 2017. Thiscollaboration willbe whom hetoured Japanin February by HansZender in2016andwith whom hepremieredacomposition British tenor MarkPadmore, with Fellner regularlycollaborates with In thefieldofchambermusicTill Hans Zender, amongmany others. Petrenko, ClaudiusTraunfellner, and Kent Kirill Nagano,JonathanNott, Sir CharlesMackerras, Kurt Masur, von Dohnányi, , SemyonBlomstedt, Bychkov, Christoph Abbado, VladimirAshkenazy, Herbert Fellner hascollaborated withClaudio Schuster. Throughouthiscareer, Till ,andClaus-Christian with AlfredBrendel,MeiraFarkas, before goingonto studyprivately studied withHeleneSedo-Stadler In hisnative Vienna,TillFellner as wellnumerousfestivals. centres ofEurope, USAandJapan, orchestras andatthemajormusic of theworld’s mostimportant a sought-after guestwithmany decades, TillFellner hasbecome Over aperiodofmorethantwo Piano Till Fellner

Photo: Ben Ealovega Alpers inBerlin,hiscurrentbase. years, Karimwascoached by Hinrich Tatiana Sarkissova. Inmorerecent At theAcademy histeacher wasProf bothonfullscholarships. of Music, Music andlater attheRoyal Academy at therenowned Purcell Schoolof piano, composition and conducting UK in2000,agedeleven. Hestudied Dzodtsoeva beforemoving to the studies inAmmanwithAgnes Bashir- Karim (29)commenced hispiano ‘Pierre BoulezSaal’,BerlinthisOctober. Classics, UK)andarecitaldebutinthe a newalbuminSeptember (Rubicon native JordanthisMay, thereleaseof of theEtihad StringOrchestra inhis Upcoming events includethelaunch ‘Top Ten recordings ofJanáček’(2016) Arte –2015)was oneofGramphone’s album Echoes from anEmpire (Opus inMoscow.Conservatory’ Karim’s the ‘Great HalloftheTchaikovsky Berlin, ‘Musikverein’ inViennaand such hallsasthe‘Philharmonie’in performingat orchestra assoloist, toured withBarenboim andtheDivan already knows”. Karimhasregularly commented ‘’Whatyoucan’t learn,he at theageoften in 1999, Barenboim Eastern Divan.After hearinghimplay with Daniel BarenboimandtheWest year, heappearedattheBBCProms London’s BarbicanCentre. Thatsame the EnglishChamberOrchestrain with thelate SirColin Davis and attention in2009,playing concertos Karim Saidcameto thepublic’s Piano Karim Said

Photo: Matthew Percival that willshape Europe’s future. continent’s mostpromisingtalents European identityby engaging the programme thataimsto promote a unique, inventive andmulti-stakeholder the European Commission. EYL40isa of Jean-ClaudeJuncker, Presidentof 2018, organisedunderthepatronage Leaders (EYL40)programmeclassof Dariescu joinstheEuropean Young Further to herartisticcareer, Alexandra and multipletours to China. International ChamberMusicFestival by performancesat theStavanger Barbican’s Milton Court, followed animation –whichwilltake placeat for pianosolowithdanceanddigital multimedia performancecreated Alexandra Dariescu–aground-breaking production, TheNutcracker andI,by world premiereofDariescu’s own A highlightofthisseasonwillbethe Philharmonique deQuébec. Waterloo Symphony andOrchestre Canadian debutwiththeKitchener- the UtahSymphony aswellher makes herUSconcerto debutswith .AlexandraDariescu Staatsoper debutinrecitalwith by GabrielBebeseleaandherVienna Transylvania Philharmonicconducted Grieg) performedtogether withthe Lipatti withtwo concertos (Lipatti& ofDinu the 100thanniversary prestigious Musikverein, celebrating including debutsbothatVienna’s marks moreimportantmilestones Hall, Dariescu’s 2017/18season Concertgebouw to theRoyal Albert York’s Carnegie Hall,Amsterdam’s From recentappearancesinNew captivating stagepresence. with hereffortlessmusicalityand dazzles audiencesworldwide (International PianoMagazine), career’ under 30destinedforaspectacular recently namedas‘oneof30pianists Romanian pianistAlexandraDariescu, Piano Alexandra Dariescu

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ARTISTS \ SOLOISTS 2018 EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA MEMBERS

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Emily Davis Paula Joan Andreu Gema Jurado Wiktoria CONCERTMASTER Sanz Alasà Bella Arroyo Blanca Borkowska BRITISH SPANISH SPANISH SPANISH POLISH

Royal Academy of Music, , Escuela Superior de Conservatorio Superior The Fryderyk Chopin University London London Música Reina, Sofía de Música de Castilla y Uniwersytet Muzyczny León, Salamanca Fryderyka Chopina, / Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien

Andrew Stefan Jìngyǎ Caterina Marlene Siobhán Burgan Calleja Chén Coma Casellas Dijkstra Doyle FRENCH MALTESE CHINESE SPANISH DUTCH IRISH

AMERICAN Malta Philharmonic *Global Associate Guest Hochschule für Musik und Conservatorium Graduate of The Royal Northern Orchestra Academy Theater “Felix Mendelssohn van Amsterdam College of Music, Manchester Shanghai Orchestra Academy Conservatoire de Paris Bartholdy” Leipzig

Yoana Sara Molina Hélène Mariana Agata Ana Isabel García Ducros Castellote Dozot Espada Lopes Francuz Fernández FRENCH SPANISH BELGIAN PORTUGUESE POLISH SPANISH

Hochschule für Musik Real Conservatorio Superior Haute Ecole de Musique Hochschule für Musik, Theater Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Conservatoire Royal und Theater München de Música de Madrid de Genève und Medien Hannover Lipińskiego we Wrocławiu de Bruxelles \ ORCHESTRA ARTISTS

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Magdalena Valerie Neus Navarrete Rosa Cathy Caspar Gacek Gahl Gonzàlez Hartley Heidt Horsch

POLISH AUSTRIAN SPANISH BRITISH LUXEMBOURGISH DUTCH

Escola de Altos Estudos Universität für Musik und Conservatori Superior de Royal Academy of Music, Universität der Künste Berlin Conservatorium van Amsterdam Musicais, Santiago darstellende Kunst Wien Música del Liceu, Barcelona London de Compostela

Lyusi Laura David López Martyna Anna Tobias Hovhannesyan Hildebrandt Ibáñez Kaszkowiak Karolina Kuk Kausel CYPRIOT GERMAN SPANISH POLISH POLISH AUSTRIAN

Akropoleos Lyceu Hochschule für Musik Royal College of Music, Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie raduate of Akademia Muzyczna Kunstuniversität Graz/ Franz Liszt Weimar London im.K.Szymanowskiego w Universität für Musik und Katowicach/Guildhall School darstellende Künste Wien of Music and Drama, London

Elias Marta Abbie Kosma Emma Lucía Barrero Lassfolk Lucjan McDonagh Műller Oldfield Oliver FINNISH POLISH IRISH POLISH BRITISH SPANISH

Sibelius Academy, Helsinki Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Musikhochschule Lübeck Akademia Muzyczna Graduate of Royal College Ithaca College School of Music Szymanowskiego w Katowicach im. I. J. Graduate of of Music, London Akademia Muzyczna im. I. J. Paderewskiego w Poznaniu \ ORCHESTRA ARTISTS

17 Joanna Janina Liliana Jakub Hannah Tatjana Ángeles Paluch Popdimitrova Przybycień Renton Reuter Salas Salas POLISH BULGARIAN POLISH BRITISH DUTCH SPANISH

The New Bulgarian University Hochschule der Künste Bern Royal College of Music, Hochschule für Musik Carl Centro Superior de Academy of Music in Poznań London Maria von Weber, Dresden Enseñanza Musical “Katarina Gurska”, Madrid

Minadora Manja David Marju Daniela Catalina Barriga Šernaitė Slak Tobin Tsokkinen Tudor van de Zande LITHUANIAN SLOVENIAN IRISH FINNISH ROMANIAN DUTCH

Lithuanian Academy of Universität für Musik und Hochschule für Musik Sibelius Academy, National University of Conservatoire Royal Music and Theater, Darstellende Kunst Wien und Tanz Köln Helsinki Music Bucharest de Bruxelles

Karolina Aurelia Lia Raphaëlle Walarowska Yeranosyan Zavattero POLISH PORTUGUESE FRENCH

Graduate of Akademia Hochschule für Musik und Hochschule für Musik Muzyczna im. Ignacego Jana Darstellende Kunst Mannheim und Tanz Köln Paderewskiego w Poznaniu \ ORCHESTRA ARTISTS

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Javier Albarracín Theodor Toby Carlos Miguel Abellán Andreescu Cook Domingues Erlich SPANISH ROMANIAN BRITISH PORTUGUESE PORTUGUESE

Graduate of Escola Superior de National University of Royal Academy of Music, Universidade de Aveiro Escola Superior de Artes Musica de Catalunya, Barcelona Music Bucharest London Aplicadas, Castelo Branco

Natalia Nicholas Ilina Irénée Francisco Pedro Gidlewska Hughes Ilieva Krumenacker Lourenço Marques POLISH BRITISH BULGARIAN FRENCH PORTUGUESE PORTUGUESE

Uniwersytet Muzyczny Royal College of Music, National Academy of Music, Haute École de Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Comunicação Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw London “Prof. ” Musique de Genève e Arte da Universidade de Aveiro

Alma Clara Mascaró Karolina Agnieszka Sophia Emma van Möller Nadal Pawul Podłucka Rees Schoonhoven SWEDISH SPANISH POLISH POLISH BRITISH DUTCH

Academy of Music and Drama, Conservatorio Superior de Universität der Künste Berlin Uniwersytet Muzyczny Royal Academy of Music, Universität der Künste Berlin University of Gothenburg Música de Aragón, Zaragoza Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw London

Zane Miguel Šimon Michiel Davy Šturme Sobrinho Truszka Wittink LATVIAN PORTUGUESE SLOVAKIAN DUTCH

The Royal Danish Academy Royal Academy of Music, Universität für Musik und Conservatorium of Music, Copenhagen London darstellende Kunst Wien van Amsterdam \ ORCHESTRA ARTISTS

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Alexandre Olga Dana Côme Tonka Bughin Chwaszczewska de Vries Giraudon Javorović BELGIAN POLISH DUTCH FRENCH CROATIAN

Royal Conservatoire Akademia Muzyczna im. Hochschule für Musik und Haute École de Musique Muzička akademija, of Antwerp Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku Theater »Felix Mendelssohn de Lausanne Sveučilište u Zagrebu Bartholdy« Leipzig

Silvestrs Ella Nina Ciara Sinéad Julia Juris Kalniņš Kiiski Kiva Kushner O’Halloran Oberndorfer LATVIAN FINNISH BRITISH IRISH IRISH AUSTRIAN

Royal College of Music, Sibelius Academy, Royal College of Music, Universität für Musik und Universität für Musik und London Helsinki London darstellende Kunst Graz Hochschule Düsseldorf darstellende Kunst Graz

Fransien Alexios Iedje Barbara Krystyna Paananen Filippos Tassis van Wees Warchalewska Wiśniewska FINNISH GREEK DUTCH POLISH POLISH

DUTCH Hochschule für Musik Conservatoire Royal Hochschule fur Musik Basel Uniwersytet Muzyczny und Darstellende Kunst de Bruxelles Warsaw Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw Sibelius Academy, Frankfurt am Main Helsinki \ ORCHESTRA ARTISTS

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David Tinoco Lucía Mateo Marta Miguel Pedraza Christoph Cacho Calvo Carvalho Foley Gonzalez Haaß SPANISH SPANISH IRISH SPANISH GERMAN

Escuela Superior de Conservatorium van Amsterdam Hochschule für Musik Guildhall School of Music Hochschule für Musik Musica Reina Sofia “Hanns Eisler” Berlin and Drama, London Franz Liszt Weimar

Iikka Vanessa Sofía Bianchi Salvador Nuno Zdeněk Järvi Lima Maestre Morera Ortells Osório Pazourek FINNISH PORTUGUESE SPANISH SPANISH PORTUGUESE CZECH

Muzička akademija, Escola Superior de Escuela Superior de Royal Academy of Music, Staatliche Hoschule für Academy of Performing Sveučilišta u Zagrebu / Música de Lisboa Música Reina Sofía London Musik und Darstellende Arts in Prague Sibelius Academy, Helsinki Kunst Mannheim

Javier Serrano Lisabet José Žiga Daniel Juan Kaixuan Santaella Seibold Trigo Trilar Vassallo Zhang SPANISH GERMAN PORTUGUESE SLOVENIAN BRITISH CHINESE

Escuela Superior de Hochschule für Musik Staatliche Hochschule für Academy of Music, Royal Northern College *Global Associate Guest Música Reina Sofía Franz Liszt Weimar Musik und Darstellende Ljubljana of Music, Manchester Shanghai Orchestra Academy Kunst Mannheim \ ORCHESTRA ARTISTS

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Viola Rui Kata Daniel Brambilla Matos Scheuring Shao ITALIAN PORTUGUESE HUNGARIAN BRITISH

Conservatoire Giuseppe The Royal Conservatoire Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Royal Academy of Music, Verdi, Milan of The Hague London

OBOE

William Francisco José Sofía Zamora Jesús Pinillos Ball Cabrera Cejudo Meseguer Rivera BRITISH SPANISH SPANISH SPANISH

The Royal Academy of Music Staatliche Hochschüle für Real Conservatorio Superior Hochschule für Musik und London Staatliche Hoschule für Musik de Música de Madrid Theater „Felix Mendelssohn und Darstellende Kunst Bartholdy“ in Leipzig Mannheim / Conservatorio Superior de Música ‘Andrés de Vandelvira’ de Jaén

CLARINET

Gerbrich Daniel Lorenzo David Anna Francine Meijer Roscia Russo Šimeček Sysová DUTCH ITALIAN ITALIAN CZECH CZECH

The Royal Danish Academy F. A. Bonporti di Trento Conservatorium van Janáček Academy of Music Janáček Academy of Music of Music, Copenhagen e Riva del Garda Amsterdam and Performing Arts in Brno and Performing Arts in Brno

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Juliette Luka Alexandre Bourette Mitev Molina Solís FRENCH SLOVENIAN SPANISH Universität Mozarteum Salzburg Conservatoire National Staatliche Hoschule für Supérieur de Musique Musik und Darstellende et de Danse de Paris Kunst Mannheim \ ORCHESTRA ARTISTS

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Paula Henrike Hanna Ármin Pedro Ernesaks Graf Guirten Kiss Ribeiro ESTONIAN GERMAN DUTCH HUNGARIAN PORTUGUESE

Sibelius Academy, Helsinki Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe Hochschule für Musik Trossingen University of Music Hochschule für Musik “Franz Liszt” Weimar Hanns Eisler, Berlin

TRUMPET

Finn Aaron Mikkel Victor Koch Kaitlin Vesper Akugbo Berrig Jensen Wild GERMAN BRITISH DANISH DANISH BRITISH

Hochschule für Musik Royal Academy of Music, The Royal Danish Academy The Royal Danish Academy Royal Academy of Music, Hanns Eisler, Berlin London of Music, Copenhagen of Music, Copenhagen London

TROMBONE

José Miguel Andrew Ricardo Ortiz Alejandro García Luna Agudo McCoy Rubio Sánchez SPANISH BRITISH SPANISH SPANISH

Conservatorium van Royal Academy of Music, Real Conservatorio Superior Graduate of Conservatorium Amsterdam London de Música de Madrid van Amsterdam

BASS TUBA TROMBONE

Alexander Jonathan Kelly Borksand Hanke BRITISH DANISH

Royal College of Music, Graduate of Royal Academy London of Music, Copenhagen \ ORCHESTRA ARTISTS

23 SAXOPHONE PERCUSSION

Krzysztof Andrej David Cano Iris van Koszowski Omejc Barranco den Bos POLISH SLOVENIAN SPANISH DUTCH

Uniwersytet Muzyczny Hochschule für Musik Conservatorio Superior de Royal Birmingham Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw und Tanz Köln Música de Aragón, Zaragoza Conservatoire

Boris Ulf Tobias Eppu Gyula Jalmari Boudinov Breuer Hegele Hietalahti Lajhó Lintunen BULGARIAN GERMAN GERMAN FINNISH HUNGARIAN FINNISH

Prins Claus Conservatorium, Hochschule für Musik Hochschule für Musik Tampere University of Applied Franz Liszt Academy of Sibelius Academy, Helsinki Groningen und Theater München “Hanns Eisler” Berlin Sciences, The Music Academy Music, Budapest

HARP

Koen Paul Iván Bragado Rosanna Slootmans Vallant Poveda Rolton BELGIAN AUSTRIAN SPANISH BRITISH

Conservatorium van Amsterdam Tiroler Landeskonservatorium Sibelius Academy, DUTCH Helsinki Royal College of Music, London \ ORCHESTRA ARTISTS

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Dr Peter Oliver Richard Stark Kipp Lester Rehearsal Violin II Cello Director

An EUYO player from 1987–1993, Chamber-musician, solo-cellist, Peter Stark has conducted many of the Principal 2nd violin of the NDR Radio orchestral principal and renowned world’s leading orchestras including Philharmonic since 1998 and member teacher. Former member of award- the London Symphony Orchestra and of the “Hyperion Trio”. Founded in winning Florestan Trio; Domus, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, 1999, the Trio boasts an outstanding Hausmusik and London Haydn Quartet. and has assisted iconic conductors reputation in Germany and the Former principal with Orchestra of the including , Sir , international music world, performing Age of Enlightenment. Principal cello Bernard Haitink and Klaus Tennstedt. an extraordinarily broad repertoire. with Chamber Orchestra of Europe As Professor of Conducting at the since 1989. Performed concertos under Royal College of Music and Rehearsal Vegh, Abbado, Harnoncourt, Berglund, Director of the European Union Iris Chung and Norrington; appeared as Youth Orchestra, Peter’s reputation Juda director and soloist with COE, OAE, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Irish as a consultant and trainer is Viola renowned. He gives masterclasses Chamber Orchestra, and Les Violons worldwide, most recently in Beijing, du Roy. Co-director with violinist Shanghai and St Petersburg, Anthony Marwood of Peasmarsh Iris was born in Holland and studied Chamber Music Festival in East Sussex. Peter’s involvement in the two the violin with her father, Jo Juda Over forty discs of solo and chamber BBC 2 series ‘Maestro’ further (concertmaster at the Concertgebouw music, winning a host of accolades. intensified a strong media profile. Orkest Amsterdam), Herman Krebbers, Teaches at the Guildhall School and He states that music and its benefit and Sandor Vegh in Salzburg. the Royal College of Music in London. to humanity is his driving force. Iris and her father performed as Photo: Chris Christodoulou a violin duo for many years. As a violinist and viola player, Iris Chi-chi has been performing regularly Nwanoku Clare with different European orchestras Double Bass Duckworth and ensembles such as the Royal Violin I Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam (violin), the Mozarteum Chi-chi enjoys an international Orchester in Salzburg (principal 2nd life as double bass principal, violin) and the Hagen Quartet (viola). Clare played with EUYO from chamber and solo musician. She Iris lived in London for 9 years and 2000–2003 and led the orchestra is Professor of double bass HIP during that time, she was a member for two years. She is Sub-Principal at Royal Academy of Music. of the Hanson string quartet, the First Violin in the London Symphony Nash ensemble (violin), the Johannes Born in London of Nigerian/Irish Orchestra, having previously held ensemble (viola) and the Endymion heritage, Chi-chi founded Chineke! positions with the Orchestra of the ensemble (viola). Iris is a founding who’s mission is “championing Royal Opera House Covent Garden, member of the Chamber Orchestra of change and celebrating the London Philharmonic (Co- Europe and from time to time plays diversity in ”. Principal Second Violin) and the Royal principal viola, both in COE and the Philharmonic (Principal First Violin). Chi-chi broadcasts regularly for Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Clare coaches orchestral playing BBC radio and television. at London’s Guildhall School, RCM Alongside her work with the COE There is a documentary about her and RAM and is currently Vice-Chair since 1981 (violin), Iris has also been career, ‘Tales from the Bass Line’. of the LSO Board of Directors. a member of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra since its beginning in 2003 She was awarded the OBE (violin) and the Gaudier ensemble for services to Music in 2017 (viola), performing with other members Queen’s Birthday Honours. of the COE. She holds the position Chi-chi won Black British of principal viola in the Camerata Business Awards Person of TUTORS

Salzburg. She also plays Austrian

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recommendation in “Gramophone”. “Chant d’Automne” with works by Rien de Frøydis Ree Hindemith, Hartmann, Grunelius Reede Wekre and Iván Fischer, with soprano Woodwind Horn Nora Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer. And finally Pitch“ Black, the first CD of “Brass United”. Rien de Reede was a flautist in the Frøydis Ree Wekre is a celebrated Concertgebouw Orchestra for thirty- Norwegian horn player and teacher, seven years. Besides this he taught formerly co-principal in the Oslo flute at the Royal Conservatory for Philharmonic Orchestra. She has been Sam almost the same length of time. As a Professor at the Norwegian Academy Walton Head of Chamber Music in this school of Music and is currently holding a Percussion and as an Artistic Programmer for teaching position at the Royal Northern the Chamber Music Series for the College of Music in Manchester, as well members of the Concertgebouw as giving master classes and lectures Orchestra he was able to express his worldwide. Her book, “Thoughts Sam Walton performs with many of love and interest in this field, searching on Playing the Horn well” has been the UK’s finest orchestras. He is Co- for programmatic innovation. translated into several languages. Principal Percussion in the London Symphony Orchestra and Principal Percussion in the John Wilson Orchestra. He is a member of the Peter Wim Van Colin Currie Group, and has recorded Gane Hasselt extensively for film and television. Lower Brass Trumpet He is a professor at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall.

Peter is founder and former president Wim Van Hasselt was born in Turnhout, of the British Trombone Association Belgium, studied at the University of Luisa and has a long-standing association Music Karlsruhe with Prof. Reinhold Prandina with the National Youth Orchestra Friedrich and Prof. Dr. Edward H. Tarr Harp of Great Britain and the European (baroque trumpet) and attended Union Community Youth Orchestra. masterclasses given by Pierre A former member of the London Thibaud, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Philip Symphony Orchestra and professor Smith and Markus Stockhausen. From 1986 onwards Luisa Prandina was at the Guildhall School since 1971, the first harp player of the European From 2009 – 2014 he was a member of Peter was later elected a Fellow Community Youth Orchestra, the the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of the School and was appointed Frankfurt Radio Orchestra and the Amsterdam under conductors such Head of Wind Brass and Percussion Chamber Orchestra of Europe. At 23 as , Bernard Haitink, from 1988–2008. He was presented years of age she became the first harp Valery Gergiev, , with the Neill Humfield’ award for player of Milan’s “La Scala” Opera Ivan Fischer, , Andris excellence in trombone teaching by the House winning the international Nelsons and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. International Trombone Association competition for this engagement. During this time he taught at the (1996) and the British Trombone She is frequently involved in Chamber Conservatorium of Amsterdam. Society’s outstanding contribution Music groups, with other prestigious award (2013) Peter continues to be a From 2005 – 2009 he was a member musicians such as Yuri Bashmet and member of the Guildhall brass faculty of the RSO Berlin and has regularly Dora Schwarzberg and she has also and is Artistic Adviser to the Combret played with the Berlin Philharmonic been a soloist with famous Orchestras Music Festival, Aveyron, France. and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. such as the La Scala Philarmonic, The “Solisti Veneti”, the Moscow Virtuosi Wim Van Hasselt has released 4 and the Mahler Chamber Orchesta. well-received CDs on the Channel Her solo performances have taken Classics label: On the Road, including her to many important venues, such a couple of new works composed for as La Scala Theatre, Milan, The Sala this CD. “Tintomara”, a duo-recording Verdi, Milan, the Berlin Philarmonic with trombonist Jörgen van Rijen, and the Kurhaus at . that received an “Editor’s Choice” TUTORS

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HOTEL AM WAGRAM VILLA KATHARINA SCHLOSS GRAFENEGG 19 Zimmer & Suiten 10 Rebenzimmer 9 Zimmer im herrlichen sowie Private Spa Bereich mit Sauna Schlossambiente

BUCHEN SIE GLEICH UNSER KENNENLERNPAKET: Abendmenü im Restaurant „Zur Traube“ oder „Taverne Schloss Grafenegg“ in 3 Gängen mit Mörwald Weinbegleitung und Nächtigung inkl. Gourmetfrühstück Preis pro Person Preis pro Person Preis pro Person 139.00 im DZ 99.00 im DZ 119.00 im DZ 162.00 im EZ 132.00 im EZ 152.00 im EZ

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www.hoteleuropaferrara.com FERRARA - ITALY - Corso Giovecca 49 - 44121 - Tel. +39 0532.205456 Hotel Europa joins the allure of its celebrated past to modernity and comfort.

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“Among the Elite Institutions of its kind” The New York Times

“The European Union Youth Orchestra remains one of our most distinguished ambassadors … a potent symbol of our European Union” Jean-Claude Juncker, EU Commission President

The EUYO wishes to acknowledge the invaluable support of its funders, supporters, sponsors and partners, including in particular the European Commission’s Creative Europe programme, the Italian Ministry of Culture, Grafenegg Kultur, The Provincial Government of Lower Austria, Department of Art and Culture, St. Pölten, Austria, the Comune of Ferrara, the Comune of Bolzano, and the European Union’s 28 Member States.