EuroRadio Youth Concert
EMCY’s EuroRadio Youth Concert is held each year in a different European city in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union and national broadcasting organisations. Outstanding EMCY prize winners are invited to perform with a professional orchestra in a concert which is broadcast throughout Europe.
The EuroRadio Youth Concert 2012 will take place in Bucharest on 30th March 2012, to be broadcast through the EBU on 2nd April. The Romanian Radio Orchestra will accompany the following EMCY prize winners:
| Marie-Christine Klettner, violin (Austria) | International LOUIS SPOHR Competition for Young Violinists | N. Paganini, Concerto No. 1 in D Major |
| Eva-Nina Kozmus, flute (Slovenia) | Eurovision Young Musicians | A. Khachaturian, Flute Concerto |
| Ivett Gyöngyösi, piano (Hungary) | International Vladimir Krainev Young Pianists Competition | F. Chopin, Piano Concerto in E minor |
The EuroRadio Youth Concert 2011 was held on Friday 8th April in Saarbrücken, Germany with the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under Michael Sanderling. There was an additional concert, broadcast live on SWR radio, on 7th April in Kaiserslautern. The programme was as follows:
| Luka Šulić (Slovenia) | Witold Lutoslawski International Cello Competition | Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor |
| Dalia Kuznecovaite (Lithuania) | International Competition for Violin, Kloster Schöntal | Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major |
| Roman Lopatynskyy (Ukraine) | International Competition for Young Pianists in memory of Vladimir Horowitz |
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat Major |
In 2013 the concert will be hosted by the Irish Radio Orchestra. Past EuroRadio Youth Concerts have taken place in Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Slovenia, Portugal and Norway with soloists from Armenia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine. The concerts are usually broadcast in 10-15 countries on radio and also on television and online.
Dionysis Grammenos in rehearsals with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra for the EuroRadio Youth Concert 2009 in Oslo
"The experience of that concert was very special to me because I felt like sharing the music not only with the audience but also with the musicians of the orchestra! I was overjoyed that I performed not only for the audience who was there, in front of me, but also for an “invisible” audience through the radio broadcast."
Dionysis Grammenos (clarinet, Greece), EuroRadio Youth Concert 2009, Oslo
"The concert with Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra was a fantastic experience for me! Thanks to EMCY, I had the opportunity to present myself in the part of the world where people have never heard about me, nor my playing. This performance gave me a shot to play with one of the best orchestras and to cooperate with Maestro Ari Rasilainen, and for a young performer as I am, this was very important. The fact that the concert was live broadcasted in countries around Europe makes this performance one of the most significant ones in my career."
Sabrina Vlaskalic (guitar, Serbia), EuroRadio Youth Concert 2009, Oslo
Ville Hiilivirta and the conductor Joana Carneiro rehearsing with the Gulbenkian Orchestra for the EuroRadio Youth Concert 2008 in Lisbon
"Although I did have lots of fun in Lisbon, the absolute highlight of my stay there was no doubt the concert in the acoustically wonderful hall of the Gulbenkian Foundation. As a horn player I rarely get the opportunity to play with an orchestra, let alone with a top level one as the Gulbenkian Orchestra. And when the audience is as warm and welcoming as what we had, what more could a musician want!"
Ville Hiilivirta (French Horn, Finland), EuroRadio Youth Concert 2008, Lisbon
