Young European Classics 2024

The "Young Euro Classic" International Youth Orchestra Festival is one of the world's premier events for youth symphony orchestras, held annually since 2000. The 2024 edition marked the festival's 25th anniversary. Orchestras from Brazil, Kazakhstan, South Africa, India, China, Mongolia, Iran, Turkmenistan, and Scotland—all performing within the European classical music tradition—took part in the event.

This concert brings together the festival's highlights.

PROGRAM:

Joe Zawinul: *Birdland*;

Heitor Villa-Lobos: *Bachianas Brasileiras* No. 7 (Prelude, Gigue, Toccata, Fugue);

Nurgisa Tlendiev: *Makhambet*;

Benjamin Britten: *The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra*, Op. 34.

PERFORMERS:

MIAGI Orchestra (South Africa), conductor David Panzl;

Jovem de Goiás Symphony Orchestra (Brazil);

Eurasian Student Symphony Orchestra (Kazakhstan);

European Youth Orchestra, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.

Konzerthaus, Berlin, 2024.