The National Youth Orchestra of Germany celebrates its 50th anniversary with a festive line-up. Together with more than 400 alumni, friends and sponsors, the orchestra presented an extensive birthday program to more than 4,500 guests and a high media presence at the start of its anniversary year.
"The foundation of the National Youth Orchestra in the years around 1968 was a sign of the timeless importance of music as a cultural heritage, as an artistic expression of the respective present and as a bridge between cultures and generations. Still today, the orchestra fulfils this mission in an exemplary manner; in every single concert, great art is created in an inspiring, electrifying quality," emphasises the president of the German Music Council Prof. Martin Maria Krüger in his laudation.
Winter-phase
06. Jan Philharmonie Luxemburg
07. Jan Philharmonie Essen
08. Jan Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
09. Jan Berliner Philharmonie
11. Jan Theater Schweinfurt
12. Jan Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
13. Jan Konzert Theater Coesfeld
14. Jan Paderhalle Paderborn
Easter-phase together with alumni
18. Apr Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
26. Apr Philharmonie Köln
27. Apr Gewandhaus Leipzig
29. Apr Philharmonie Berlin
Summer-phase
03. Aug Konzerthaus Berlin
06. Aug Serenadenhof Nürnberg
09. Aug Durban (SA)
12. Aug Soweto (SA)
13. Aug Pretoria (SA)
14. Aug Stellenbosch (SA)
15. Aug Kapstadt (SA)
18. Aug Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
11. Sep Bonn World Conference Center (Beethovenfest children concerts)
12. Sep Bonn World Conference Center (Beethovenfest)
13. Sep Berlin Konzertsaal der UdK (Beethovenfest)
14. Sep TauberPhilharmonie Weikersheim
Program
Leonard Bernstein – Symphonische Tänze aus der "West Side Story"
William Kraft – Konzert für Pauken und Orchester Nr. 1 (1983)
Igor Stravinsky – Le Sacre du Printemps
Conducters
Kirill Petrenko
Hermann Bäumer
Soloist
Wieland Welzel (Timpani)
Concerts in Luxembourg, Essen, Hamburg, Berlin, Schweinfurt, Bonn, Coesfeld and Paderborn
Program
Richard Strauss - Alpensinfonie
Edgar Varèse - Amériques (1918-22) für Orchester
Conducter
Ingo Metzmacher
Concerts in Köln (Philharmonie), Leipzig (Gewandhaus) and Berlin (Philharmonie)
Gala Alumni Event
25.04.2019 at Gürzenich Köln
Program
William Walton - Johannesburg Festival Ouvertüre (1956)
Hendrik Hofmeyr - "Three African Songs" (for Miriam Makeba) UA
George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess, Symphonic Picture for Orchestra (1935) arr. Robert Russell Bennett (1943)
Brahms, Johannes - Sinfonie Nr. 2, op.73 (1877)
at Beethovenfest in september:
Tshepo Tsotetsi - "Birth of change“ (comissioned piece by Deutsche Welle)
Michael Mosoeu Moerane - "Fatse la heso" (Mein Land) for orchestra (1941)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Klärchen-Arien from "Egmont" op. 84
Conducters
Alexander Shelley
Brandon Phillips (in september)
Soloists
Msaki
Abongile Fumba (in september)
Nicola Heinecker (in september)
Ensembles (im september)
Just 6
Sjaella
Concerts in Berlin, Nürnberg, Durban (SA), Soweto (SA), Pretoria (SA), Stellenboch (SA), Kapstadt (SA), Hamburg, Bonn, Berlin, Weikersheim
Congratulations part 3 & 4 and other videos of the National Youth Orchestra of Germany you can find HERE.
On April 25 in 2019 we celebrated the big Alumni Gala Event at Gürzenich in Cologne together with about 400 alumni of the orchestra. It was a wonderful event!
Program of the event: Big orchestra, lunch, chamber music, Career-Slam, BJO Meet&Greet, dinner, party and Gala Band
