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Anniversary "50 Years National Youth Orchestra of Germany"

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.

All concerts of the anniversary year

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

Winter project

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

Easter project (with alumni)

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

Summer project

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

Congratulations part 3 & 4 and other videos of the National Youth Orchestra of Germany you can find HERE.

Alumni Gala Event

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


Anniversary Brochures

50 years of orchestra history in three exclusive pieces!

Das Bundesjugendorchester in Zahlen

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The orchestra in numbers

Das Bundesjugendorchester von A-Z

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The orchestra A-Z

Jahresbroschüre 2019

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The Year 2019

Berlin Philharmoniker Bundesministerium Wdr3 Daimler DOV GVL Freude.