European Concerts and Tours
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“It was very pleasing to know my music and I were both accepted in other countries, which also means other cultures. Through this concert, I have learned and developed myself further; how to present myself better in front of a big audience, how to work better with orchestras and other people, and so on. This event gave me a chance to grasp again that music is alive in the hearts of the world and this fact enlightened me with joy and also the gave me strength to go on.” |
EMCY works together with its member competitions and partners to give as many young prize winners as possible the opportunity to perform around Europe. Many EMCY Member Competitions incorporate a European Concert with prize winners from other competitions in their programme, and many bi- and multilateral exchange projects have been set up between member competitions. EMCY establishes contact between member competitions, concert organisers and prize winners and helps and advises on the setting up of projects and partnerships.
Upcoming events in 2012 include:
Russian oboist Sergey Finoedov (winner of the EMCY Prize at the Mravinsky International Competition for Youth) and Slovakian pianist Balint Lovasz (prize winner at EMCY Slovakia competitions) will perform together with the German-Turkish harpist Puke Günes in two concerts on 18th March in Iserlohn and Cologne (Germany)
Several prize winning clarinettists of national member competitions will take part in the 2012 course of the European Academy Bonn (Germany) with Prof Eduard Brunner from 30th March to 6th April.
Ensembles from Belgium (Dexia Classics), Germany (Jugend musizert) and Norway (Ungdommens Musikkmesterskap) have been invited to perform at the European Music Festival Allegro Mosso and General Assembly of the European Music School Union in the region of Emilia Romagna (Italy) in May.
The Spiral Trio, made up of Beatriz Blanco, Pablo Barragan Hernandez (both prize winners of the Concurso Permanante de Jovenes Interpretes) and Federico Bosco will perform two concerts as part of the Victoria International Arts Festival in Gozo (Malta) on 22nd and 23rd June.
Recent concerts organised by EMCY for its prize winners include:
| On 8th and 9th May 2011 the Nightingale Quartet (Denmark - prize winner of the Charles Hennen Concours, International Chamber Music Competition for Strings) and Sergey Belyavsky (Russia - winner of the EMCY Prize at the International Russian Rotary Children Music Competition) performed in Iserlohn and Münster (Germany). On 23rd April 2011 the Aramis Trio (Germany - prize winner of the Charles Hennen Concours, International Chamber Music Competition for Strings) gave a concert in the Trinkhalle in Bad Ischl (Austria). |
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| On 14th April 2011 Albrecht Menzel (Germany - winner of the EMCY Prize at the Moscow International David Oistrakh Violin Competition) brought the sold-out Muziekgebouw Frits Philips Eindhoven (Netherlands) to its feet after his solo recital as part of the Lunchpauzeconcerten series. On 24th November 2011 Mariam Batsashvili (Georgia - winner of the first prize and EMCY Prize at the International FRANZ LISZT Competition for Young Pianists) followed up on his success in her own Lunchpauzeconcerten recital. |
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Current annual projects organised by EMCY include the EuroRadio Youth Concert, the Young Hearts for Music Tour, and concerts in the framework of Jugend musiziert:
- In June 2011 Sandra Lied Haga, Chloé Kiffer and Christian Spitzenstätter (prize winners of national competitions in Austria, Luxembourg and Norway) performed together with prize winners of the German national competition Jugend musiziert and from the Japanese Irino Foundation.
- In May 2010 prize winners from the national competitions in the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Spain were invited to perfom in the prize winner concerts of the national German competition Jugend musiziert in Lübeck and Salzau (Germany). EMCY also organised an extra concert for these prize winners in the beautiful Baroque hall in Hasselburg, also featuring a prize winner from the International Competition for Violin Kloster Schöntal.
- Laureates of the national competitions in Norway and Slovenia were invited to perform together with prize winners from the Japanese Irino Foundation in concerts in Münster and Essen (Germany) in May 2009. These concerts were part of the WDR Music Festival and the national German competition Jugend musiziert.
 International Concerts at Jugend musiziert 2011 |
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Other recent special projects include:
EMCY's 40th Birthday Celebration
Prize winners from national and international EMCY member competitions were invited to perform in two concerts in Maastricht and Heerlen (Netherlands) as part of EMCY's 2010 General Assembly and as a proposal for Maastricht and other possible future Cultural Capital of Europe to include “Young Talent Stars” in their programmes.
International Festival "European Concerts in St Petersburg"
From 10th - 12th December 2009 prize winners from Belarus, Germany, Poland and Russia performed in 3 concerts in different venues in St Petersburg. The main concert was in the Saint-Petersburg State Philharmonic Hall named after D.D. Shostakovich with the Academic Symphonic Orchestra and was broadcast on the internet. The festival was organised by the Mravinsky International Competition for Youth and the International Competition for Young Pianists 'A Step Towards Mastery'.
Hommage à Heifetz Project
One of the first events of Vilnius’ year as European Capital of Culture 2009 was the Hommage à Heifetz project, which involved the International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists and a European Concert featuring EMCY prize winners. The Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra under Neil Thomson accompanied prize winners from Germany, Lithuania, Moldova and South Korea in a concert in January 2009 in the Lithuanian National Philharmonic.
KlangKultTour
The KlangKultTour took up from where EMCY’s former EuroDebut Tour left off and was organised in 2008 and 2009 by a young team based in North Rhine Westphalia with the support of EMCY. The tour started with a workshop in which the young musicians were given expert guidance by professional tutors from local conservatoires. This was followed by a series of concerts throughout North Rhine Westphalia (Germany). The young musicians performed works from their own countries and played in various chamber music constellations: intercultural dialogue in its purest form! A highlight of the tour in 2009 was a concert in the Arithmeum in Bonn, recorded by Deutsche Welle and podcast on its website.
“For me, the KlangKultTour was a great experience, since it made possible to play concerts in Germany and make music with other young musicians from different European countries. We also had a remarkable possibility to play music by composers of our own homelands and by that way make Portuguese, Czech, and Finnish music more well-known to the German audiences."
Roope Gröndahl (piano, Finland), KlangKultTour 2009
“The KlangKultTour was very helpful for me, because I have got valuable experiences in concerts and chamber music. We worked very hard, we practised a lot and we played the piano quintet of Brahms in each concert better. It was good to talk about the concerts and the interpretations of the quintet with the other musicians. I had also made new friends in London and Germany and I know that I can visit them every time.”
Ksenia Rodionova (piano, Russia), KlangKultTour 2008
