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Ms Piret Hartman Minister of Culture Ministry of Culture Suur-Karja Street 23 15076 Tallinn Grafenegg, 10 May 2023 Dear Ms Hartman, On behalf of the European Union Youth Orchestra, warm greetings to you and everybody at the Ministry of Culture. Despite all of the many challenges at the moment, we have had an excellent year full of splendid events since I last reported. As we continue to look forward, I wanted to say how immensely grateful we are for your support for the work of the Orchestra, including our very highly valued Estonian members. In order to update and report to you in detail, we have the pleasure of attaching our 2022 Activity Report. Below please also find a short summary of the report. 2022 Headlines Peace in Europe - as cultural ambassador for the EU, the Orchestra plays a key role in promoting peace in Europe. Our young musicians from all 27 EU Member States working together embody the EU principle of Unity in Diversity and offer tangible evidence that the best hope for harmony in Europe is through promoting youth, culture and cooperation. As part of this role, the Orchestra launched the Peace in Europe project in 2022 with concerts throughout dedicated to the cause of peace in Europe and to highlight the plight of victims of violence. Spring 2022 Residencies & Tour - the EUYO mounted, unusually, two spring residencies, juxtaposing the traditional Ferrara residency in the Teatro Claudio Abbado with the EUYO’s first orchestral residency in Finland – Young Europe comes to Finland - where the Orchestra engaged diverse audiences in a great range of formal and informal concerts, including side by side projects with local young musicians from Helsinki and Tampere. The project is intended as a pilot for future EU and also ex-EU residencies. Summer 2022 Residencies & Tour - young musicians from all 27 EU Member States worked and lived together for an intense period of 40 days, during which they were coached by expert instrumental professors, and performed with renowned conductors and soloists in great concert halls as well as in free events in informal settings. Summer 2022 performances included the world première of Nexus by Hannah Kendall, commissioned by the European Broadcasting Union. New Projects - the Orchestra launched a new online learning programme, EUYO Frontrunners, and also Café Bauhaus, an initiative that supports innovative projects that address pressing issues of our times. The EUYO also became the first orchestra ever to perform on the sacred Greek island of Delos in a World Human Forum concert that won the Golden Prague International Festival Crystal Award for best-televised concert of 2022, live- streamed and broadcast across Europe, raising awareness about the urgent need to regenerate the planet. A new Home - thanks to generous support from the Federal and Lower Austrian governments and from our existing partner Grafenegg Kulturbetriebsges.m.b.H, the EUYO established a new legal seat in Grafenegg in December with a new European Union Youth Orchestra Association starting in January 2023. Projects including particularly a new Music Hub Austria programme will develop a shared young European musicians’ model. 2023 Plans and Activity We are currently on our Spring tour, with a 2-week rehearsal residency in Luslawice, Poland, preparing a world premiere of a new version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Carmen Fizzarotti, which will be performed in Poland, Romania, Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Greece. The tour includes a highly innovative programme focusing on democracy and climate change, and will include collaborations with more than 100 local young musicians, underlining the Orchestra’s important commitment to reach as many EU audiences as possible. The Summer tour will start in residence in our summer home, Grafenegg and will continue with another residency in Bolzano and 8 major concerts in Grafenegg, Amsterdam, Rheingau, Bolzano, Berlin and Hamburg conducted by Antonio Pappano and Manfred Honeck with world class soloists. Later in the autumn the EUYO will organise a Model Sharing Symposium to support the exchange and development of successful models for youth orchestras and youth ensembles, as part of the Orchestra's Model Sharing programme. The event is open, particualrly but not exclusively, to youth orchestras from all Creative Europe participating countries. Annual auditions in all 27 EU Member States will take place from October until December. EUYO’s online learning programme, EUYO Frontrunners, launched last year, continues, as does the Orchestra’s ground- breaking Café Bauhaus Awards programme, and the Stauffer Chamber Music Academy, all aiming to help equip young musicians for the new pressures of life, such as navigating the online world, issues around diversity, equity and inclusion, sustainability and climate change, and all the problems arising from Covid and the Ukraine invasion. Further Ambassadorial projects have and/or will take place in 2023, in Italy, Austria and Mexico. Funding The war in Ukraine is affecting everyone in Europe with increased costs of living, which subsequently impacts strongly on all types of art production and creativity. As a youth orchestra, we are finding it increasingly difficult to raise funds through performance fees and individual patronage. Consequently, it is even more crucial than before that we are able rely on the support of each of the EU Member States. We therefore propose that your annual grant remain at least at the same level as last year at €6.500,00, going towards the travel, accommodation, subsistence, teaching, performance, education and online expenses of your young orchestral musicians’ representation in the EUYO, which through our online learning platform will now also include alumni. We kindly request that the payment of your grant would reach us by 1 June, 2023 at the latest in order to help us cover our costs, many of which, such as the major touring costs, are payable in advance of the performances. On behalf of our Board of Directors and our young musicians, I would like to thank you profusely for your continued support of the EUYO. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Your contribution to the Orchestra, as well as the invaluable support of the EU’s Creative Europe programme, makes all of this work possible as well as symbolising Europe at its best. We hope that you will agree that in challenging times for Europe, it is all the more important for the Orchestra to continue its work as Cultural Ambassador for the European Union. With best wishes, sincerely, Marshall Marcus, Chief Executive EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA Honorary President Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament | Co-Founders Lionel & Joy Bryer Founding Music Director Claudio Abbado | Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko | Conductor Laureate Bernard Haitink Co-Chair Ewa Bogusz-Moore | Co-Chair Martijn Sanders | Advisory Council Chair Sir Ian Stoutzker | Secretary General Marshall Marcus Head of Honorary Patrons Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission | Charles Michel President of the European Council Honorary Patrons Josep Borrell Fontelles High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission Postal address: Grafenegg 10, 3485 Grafenegg, Austria - [email protected] - Tel +44 20 7237 7671 EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASS OCIATIO EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION Legal Seat - Grafenegg 10, 3485 Grafenegg, Austria, ZVR-Zahl 1112083318 - www.euyo.eu EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA 2022 Activity Report Co-Founders Lionel & Joy Bryer | Founding Music Director Claudio Abbado | Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko | Conductor Laureate Bernard Haitink Co-Chair Ewa Bogusz-Moore | Co-Chair Martijn Sanders | Advisory Council Chair Sir Ian Stoutzker | Secretary General Marshall Marcus Head of Honorary Patrons Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission | Charles Michel President of the European Council Honorary Patrons Josep Borrell Fontelles High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission The heads of state and government, the ministers of foreign affairs and culture of the EU member states EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION Postal address: Teatro Comunale Claudio Abbado, Corso della Giovecca, 38 - 44121 Ferrara (FE), Italy Legal seat: Via Asiago, 10 – 00195 Roma (RM), Italy ǀ Registered Foundation Reg.1560724 [email protected] - Tel +44 20 7237 7671 P. IVA/VAT number 14993441006 – Codice Fiscale 97967700580 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................................ 3 PEACE IN EUROPE ......................................................................................................................................... 3 AUDITIONS.................................................................................................................................................... 3 Auditions for the 2023 Orchestra ............................................................................................................ 3 Auditions for the new 2023 Orchestra Leader ........................................................................................ 5 OTHER PROJECTS .......................................................................................................................................... 6 EUYO Frontrunners .................................................................................................................................. 6 Spring Residencies and Tour 2022 ........................................................................................................... 8 Café Bauhaus .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Alpha Mission – ΔELOS........................................................................................................................... 15 Italy Sounds Classic ................................................................................................................................ 16 Europa Forum Wachau........................................................................................................................... 17 Summer Residencies and Tour 2022...................................................................................................... 17 100 years of Lower Austrian Statehood ................................................................................................ 22 European Cultural Heritage Summit ...................................................................................................... 22 Cremona Stauffer Academy 2022 .......................................................................................................... 24 2 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION This report will include all the details of EUYOF activities in the year 2022. Specifically, it will describe: the development, progress and achievement of the general and specific objectives of the work programme; where the work programme (on the basis of the main activities) has been implemented; the methodology followed to meet the general and specific objectives; the arrangements for monitoring/supervision of the operation and how the risks involved in its implementation have been mitigated. PEACE IN EUROPE Even more than in 2021, 2022 has been a year of challenges. On one hand, the pandemic is affecting fewer Orchestra activities, although precautions are still necessary, with audiences now finally returning to venues and concerts. On the other hand, the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine is posing unexpected new challenges, focusing once again on the need for resilience and adaptability. As cultural ambassador for the EU, the Orchestra plays a key role in promoting peace in Europe. Our young musicians from all 27 EU Member States working together embody the EU principle of Unity in Diversity and offer tangible evidence that the best hope for harmony in Europe is through promoting youth, culture and cooperation. As part of this role, and at one of the most challenging moments for Europe in many decades, the Orchestra launched the Peace in Europe project with a series of concerts throughout 2022 in countries across Europe from the Baltic to the Mediterranean and the East of Europe to the North Sea, all dedicated to the cause of peace in Europe and to highlight the plight of victims of violence. As part of this project, the EUYO is currently assisting the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (YsOU) in a project to enable these players to continue their work by helping raise funds, by opening projects such as the EUYO's new online learning programme for them, by assisting the YsOU management, and by offering side by side performance possibilities between YsOU and the EUYO into the future. AUDITIONS Auditions for the 2023 Orchestra Live auditions were held in October, November and December as usual, with planning for this starting early in 2022 and carrying on throughout the year. In several countries where candidate numbers are exceptionally high, or for other administrative reasons, there were two rounds of auditions. The panel of the first round of auditions was provided by either the local organiser or EUYO. If the local organiser provided the panel, this consisted of one, two or several jurors. If this was provided by EUYO, it was the EUYO’s instrumental faculty. For both live and online final-round auditions, candidates were heard by one experienced EUYO panel member. To ensure a fair judgement, all auditions were recorded on video so that they can be judged by a panel specific to the instrument and compared with all other audition candidates across Europe. From December on the final audition panel began to moderate the auditions using written audition reports as well as the video of the auditions. Then instrumental experts for each set of instruments examined the potential candidate for that instrument. The announcement of 2023 Orchestra will be made in late January 2023 after moderation process has been completed. 3 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ The 2022 auditions process was aided by the centralisation of all EUYO applications into one relational database called Airtable. Previously, each of the 27-member states had a separate application form based on their own application deadline and audition requirements, and each of these fed into a separate offline spreadsheet. None of the National Partners could track their citizens’ progress in other countries, and the data collected varied considerably from one country to another. Now, there is a single application form serving all countries, which intelligently adjusts the data it requires based on the preferred audition location of the applicant. All applications then feed into a centralised database, which can then filter and group records by attributes such as Application Status, Preferred Audition Location, Instrument, and dozens more. EUYO now has the ability to generate links to this filtered data that we send to our National Partners, allowing them to track – in real-time – the progress of not only applicants in their own country, but also applicants of their own nationality applying in other countries. For example, the Italian National Partner can view all applications in Italy, but also the progress of Italian nationals applying in any other EU member state. Airtable also allows automatic generation of Audition Feedback Forms for each applicant, which the audition panellist can then fill in directly. It provides them all the necessary repertoire information (both the repertoire required for each instrument and the self-choice repertoire selected by the applicant), and also automatically generates a filename for each video file recorded for each audition. This massively reduces the risk of incorrect inputs, and saves considerable amounts of time when labelling upwards of 1,500 videos. While the vast majority of National Partners are now happily using the EUYO Airtable, some countries have retained their own application system (Austria, Netherlands, Hungary, Portugal). This unfortunately means that our data cannot currently be 100% complete as these countries do not collect exactly the same data we do, however work is already underway to align these systems for the coming year and hopefully move these countries’ applications into the EUYO Airtable. Auditionees per country (final round): Country Auditionees Austria 59 Belgium 58 Bulgaria 22 Croatia 15 Czech Republic 9 Cyprus 2 Denmark 37 Estonia 21 Finland 22 France 56 Germany 166 Greece 22 Hungary 24 Ireland 27 Italy 224 Latvia 17 Lithuania 4 4 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ Luxembourg 9 Malta 3 Netherlands 109 Poland 106 Portugal 51 Romania 30 Slovakia 22 Slovenia 40 Spain 412 Sweden 44 Total 1611 Auditions for the new 2023 Orchestra Leader For 2022 there was an additional audition duty, which was to find and appoint a new orchestra leader for the Orchestra’s 2023 season, since the leader of the previous years - up until the end of 2022 – left at the end of 2022 in order to further her professional career. Becoming an EUYO leader is a life changing opportunity for a rare violinist who can inspire the Orchestra through the highest levels of instrumental playing, musicianship, and leadership. The desired profile needed to show a real balance between technical ability, heart, head and gut, and a natural capacity to inspire and command with ease through combining strengths in all these differing characteristics. The process was conducted in the following stages: role articulation, role advertising, open transparent application call, candidate shortlisting, and a final stage series of workshops and auditions conducted at the Stauffer Academy in December (See the Stauffer Academy project p 24). 5 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ OTHER PROJECTS EUYO Frontrunners In Spring 2022 EUYO launched a new online learning programme, EUYO Frontrunners. Once it was enough, as a young musician, to have a good teacher, practice hard and perform a good audition. Now there are new pressures – navigating the online world, issues around diversity, equity and inclusion, sustainability and climate change, and all the problems arising from Covid and the Ukraine invasion. To help with these challenges, the EUYO has created Frontrunners as a programme of sustainable orchestral musicianship, drawing inspiration from the UN’s 2030 Sustainability Development Goals and the EU’s 2021–27Creative Europe Agenda, as well as the Orchestra’s own priorities and goals. A new faculty of specialist teachers under the guidance of global teaching expert and EUYO Frontrunners Advisor Eric Booth presented sessions throughout the year across four areas: Perform, Include, Share and Sustain. PERFORM is about stage and performing skills in the broadest sense, such as how to best engage and communicate with diverse audiences, and how to tackle issues like stage fright. INCLUDE is about understanding the complex area of diversity, equity and inclusion, looking at how to work with people from all kinds of backgrounds, understanding differences between cultures, and finding ways to help advance social justice through your work. SHARE is about marketing yourself and your work, including bringing your identity and values to the fore to programmers and the media. Topics include how to present yourself, use different online platforms, and hone your entrepreneurial skills to develop your own funded projects. SUSTAIN is about both the sustainability of the performing musician, including caring for your body and mind, and being able to sustain a long-term career, as well as looking at how musicians can make a contribution to major global issues such as climate change. 6 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ The 2022 EUYO Frontrunners programme included 11 online sessions throughout the year with dedicated experts, an introductory video and the following sessions: 7 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ Sessions took place via a dedicated new EUYO digital learning platform euyodigital.eu. All sessions were free for the young musicians. Initially provided for EUYO members and alumni of the past 5 years, from September 2022 sessions were also opened by invitation to selected guests from the EUYO’s partner organisations who work with young European musicians and teachers. These include EUYO’s National Partners in the 27 EU Member States, the Youth Symphony of Ukraine, the Western Balkans Youth Orchestra, the Lower Austria Music Schools management and the music education network Sistema Europe. Spring Residencies and Tour 2022 In Spring 2022, the EUYO mounted, unusually, two spring residencies, juxtaposing the traditional Ferrara residency in the Teatro Claudio Abbado with the first orchestral residency in Finland – Young Europe comes to Finland - where the orchestra engaged the audience in formal and informal concerts, side-by-side events with the Sibelius Academy and the Tempo Oulu Orchestra, a community day, a conductor’s workshop, a debate with young musicians and dancers, and a late-night music club session. The EUYO musicians performed with conductors Elim Chan and Iván Fischer, and soloists Nicolas Altstaedt and Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä. Young Europe comes to Finland is intended as a pilot for future EU and also ex- EU residencies. Performances in Ferrara included a new Music Minus the Rules! concert, an informal setting with a presenter, and started with a special concert on 25 March in memory of David Sassoli, President of the EU Parliament and EUYO Honorary President, preceded by a tribute by Hon. Silvia Costa, which was attended by Sassoli’s family and the Italian Minister of Education, Patrizio Bianchi. FERRARA MUSICA CONCERT PEACE IN EUROPE SERIES 25 MAR | 20.30 CET | Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Italy Elim Chan Conductor Nicolas Altstaedt Cello Programme Anna Clyne This Midnight Hour* Mieczysław Weinberg Cello Concerto, Op. 43 Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 *Italian première 8 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ MUSIC MINUS THE RULES PIÙ CHE CLASSICA 27 MAR | 16.00 CET | Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Italy Peter Stark Conductor Fabio Sartorelli Presenter Excerpts from Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 FERRARA MUSICA CONCERT 30 MAR | 20.30 CET | Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Italy Iván Fischer Conductor Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä Violin Programme Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra, Op. 61 Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 UDINE CONCERT 31 MAR | 20.45 CET | Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, Italy Iván Fischer Conductor Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä Violin Programme Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra, Op. 61 Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 FINLAND EU MEET-UP 1 APR | 18.00 CET | Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland EUYO and Finnish young musicians from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki met up to eat, drink and chat together in advance of working together in the following days. HELSINKI MUSIC GALLERY 1 2 APR | 12.00 CET | Stoa Cultural Center, Helsinki, Finland Programme Václav Nelhýbel Trio for Brass: I. Leggiero marcato Francis Poulenc Sonata for Horn, Trumpet & Trombone Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Sonata No. 4 (arr. W. Schmidt) Frigyes Hidas Triga 9 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ HELSINKI MUSIC GALLERY 2 2 APR | 12.00 & 13.00 CET | Encanto Art Café, Helsinki, Finland Programme Alessandro Rolla 6 Duets for Two Violas: No. 4 in G major: I. Allegro maestoso Béla Bartók 44 Duos for Two Violins: Nos. 8. Tót nóta (Slovakian Song) & 36. Szól a duda (Bagpipes) Jean-Marie Leclair 6 Sonatas for Two Violas, Op. 12. No. 5: I. Allegro Béla Bartók 44 Duos for Two Violins: No. 42. Arab dal (Arabian Dance) Frank Bridge Lament Béla Bartók 44 Duos for Two Violins: Nos. 35. Rutén kolomejka (Ruthenian Kolomejka) & 43. Pizzicato HELSINKI MUSIC GALLERY 3 2 APR | 13.30 CET | Vuotalo Cultural Center, Helsinki, Finland Programme Václav Nelhýbel Trio for Brass: I. Leggiero marcato Francis Poulenc Sonata for Horn, Trumpet & Trombone Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Sonata No. 4 (arr. W. Schmidt) Frigyes Hidas Triga HELSINKI MUSIC GALLERY 4 2 APR | 14.00 CET | Malmi Library, Helsinki, Finland Programme Georg Philipp Telemann 6 Duets for Two Violas: No. 4 in G major: I. Allegro maestoso Béla Bartók 44 Duos for Two Violins: Nos. 44. “Erdélyi” tánc (Transylvanian Dance), 42. Arab dal (Arabian Dance), 14. Párnás tánc (Pillow Dance), 28. Bánkódás (Sorrow), 22. Szunyogtánc (Mosquito Dance) & 36. Szól a duda (Bagpipes) Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto for Four Violins No. 2 in D major, TWV 40:202 HELSINKI MUSIC GALLERY 5 2 APR | 14.00 & 15.00 CET | Korjaamo Culture Factory, Helsinki, Finland Programme Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13: II. Adagio non lento Jessie Montgomery Strum Nikos Skalkottas 5 Greek Dances: I. Epirotikos & II. Kretikos HELSINKI MUSIC GALLERY 6 2 APR | 14.00 & 15.00 CET | Oodi Library, Helsinki, Finland Programme Claudio Monteverdi 6 Duets for Two Violas Manning Sherwin & Eric Maschwitz A Nightingale in Berkeley Square (arr. J. Gale) Gerardo Matos Rodríguez La Cumparsita (arr. S. Kompanek) Tylman Susato Renaissance Dances (arr. J. Iveson) 10 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ Trad. Londonderry Air ‘Danny Boy’ (arr. C. Hudson) Einojuhani Rautavaara String Quartet No. 1 Roxanna Panufnik Memories of my Father: I. O Tu Andrzej Edward Elgar Salut d’Amour (arr. B. Thorp) Steve Reich Clapping Music Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood Andrew Worden Escape Samuel Barber Summer Music, Op. 31 Valerie Coleman Umoja György Ligeti 6 Bagatelles HELSINKI MUSIC GALLERY 7 2 APR | 14.30 CET | Temppeliaukio Church, Helsinki, Finland Programme Felix Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20: I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco & IV. Presto Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13: II. Adagio non lento Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E-flat major: I. Allegretto & II. Romanza HELSINKI MUSIC GALLERY 8 2 APR | 15.00 CET | Helsinki City Museum, Helsinki, Finland Programme Einojuhani Rautavaara Pöytä-Musiikki Herttua Juhanalle (Table Music for Duke Juhana) Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. S. García) Unto Mononen, Veikko Ahvenainen & Usko Kemppi Memories from the City of Turku (arr. P. Grans) Gioacchino Rossini String Sonata No. 1 Gioacchino Rossini String Sonata No. 4: II. Andante HELSINKI MUSIC GALLERY 9 2 APR | 15.00 CET | Helsinki City Museum, Helsinki, Finland Programme György Ligeti 6 Bagatelles Valerie Coleman Umoja Samuel Barber Summer Music, Op. 31 Astor Piazzolla Libertango (arr. J. Scott) HELSINKI MUSIC GALLERY 10 2 APR | 15.00 CET | Helsinki City Museum, Helsinki, Finland Programme Dame Ethyl Smyth Quartet in E minor: I. Allegretto lirico & II. Allegro molto leggiero Giacomo Puccini Crisantemi 11 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ EUROPE SIDE BY SIDE 2 APR | 16.30 CET | Musiikkitalo Sonore Hall, Helsinki, Finland Taavi Oramo Conductor European Union Youth Orchestra Sibelius Academy Junior Academy Tempo Oulu Orchestra Programme Ludwig van Beethoven Hymn to Joy from Symphony No. 9 (arr. A. W. Benoy) Toivo Kuula South Ostrobothnian Suite No. 1, Op. 9: Pirun polska Andrea Tarrodi Camelopardalis Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra, Op. 61 YOUNG EUROPE SPEAKS! 2 APR | 18.00 CET | Musiikkitalo Paavo Hall, Helsinki, Finland As part of the European Year of Youth and the Conference on the Future of Europe, on 2 April 2022, the EUYO gathered together more than 100 young musicians and dancers from across Helsinki to meet the EUYO’s own young musicians in a joint Young Europe Speaks! meeting to discuss a radical look at the importance of culture, and how it should be used to develop their careers, aid the cause of oeace, and help Europe’s recovery from the pandemic. HELSINKI CONCERT PEACE IN EUROPE SERIES 3 APR | 19.00 CET | Musiikkitalo Main Hall, Helsinki, Finland Iván Fischer Conductor Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä Violin Programme Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra, Op. 61 Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 12 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ LATE NIGHT SESSION 3 APR | 22.00 CET | Musiikkitalo Black Box Hall, Helsinki, Finland Claudio Monteverdi L’Orfeo: Toccata Einojuhani Rautavaara String Quartet No. 1: II. Andante & III. Vivace assai Unto Mononen, Veikko Ahvenainen & Usko Kemppi Memories from the City of Turku (arr. P. Grans) Astor Piazzolla Libertango (arr. J. Scott) Andrew Worden Escape Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood Gerardo Matos Rodríguez La Cumparsita (arr. S. Kompanek) SHARING MUSIC IN TAMPERE 4 APR | 18.30 CET | Tampere Conservatory, Tampere, Finland Sharing Beethoven Hymn to Joy from Symphony No. 9 (arr. A. W. Benoy) in Tampere Tampere Conservatory Percussion Ensemble led by Harri Lehtinen Marc Mellits Gravity Rafa Mas Obertura Sampsa Konttinen welcome address Verna Kaunisto-Feodorow presenter EUYO Ensemble Tylman Susato Renaissance Dances (arr. J. Iveson) : Nos. I. La Mourisque, II. Bransle Quatre Bransles & V. Basse Danse Bergeret Einojuhani Rautavaara String Quartet No. 1 Edward Elgar Salut d’Amour (arr. B. Thorp) Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood Astor Piazzolla Libertango (arr. J. Scott) Pirkanmaa Symphonic Wind Orchestra Anna-Leena Lumme conductor Tanja Karjalainen conductor Ilari Hylkilä Waltz Jukka Linkola Wedding Music Jukka Viitasaari Crimson Horizon 13 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ Café Bauhaus Inspired by European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen’s New European Bauhaus launched in 2020 to help shape more beautiful, sustainable and inclusive forms of European living, EUYO launched Café Bauhaus on Europe Day 2022. An annual open call to EUYO members and recent alumni awards seed funding and free training to projects connecting music to modern day issues such as sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion. The 2022 Award winning projects were: Trobairitz - Histoires Naturelles Trobairitz: Histoires Naturelles is a project that consists of four cross-art chamber music concerts in Paris where the public has an important participation role. Performances are created in the form of story- telling, based on music from different epochs and styles combined together with poetry and elements of acting. Each concert takes place in a different part of the city and represents themes connected with our modern, sustainable life: ecology awareness, cultural diversity, art and humanity. The artists are not only performers but also cross-art creators, embodying the modern version of the wandering female early Medieval troubadours called Trobairitz. Trio Borea - Interilles Trio Bórea will perform a concert series based on their show "Alte Liebe". Interilles is their first attempt at creating an immersive multi-media performance, where chamber music, video projections, video- mapping, live electronics and field recordings come together. The concept of these sessions is to bring this new way of understanding classical music concerts to all corners of the Balearic Islands. Trio Bórea believe that culture and tourism should go hand in hand to create more sustainable and attractive cultural spaces. Therefore, they would like to inspire new generations to get involved in the cultural environment 14 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ of their surroundings. During Interilles the trio escapes from the traditional concert format, interacting with the audience using the entire stage, and inviting the audience to participate actively in the performance through the use of new technologies. Thirteen North - Human Connection Scotland-based string ensemble Thirteen North are excited to be developing a project in Glasgow that explores the power of human connection. Combining music from Scotland’s heritage of folk music with classical works also inspired by folk, while bringing the performances to life through a collaboration with a Glasgow-based film artist, they will explore the importance of human connection across all demographics of society. The project will be workshopped with youth participants at a local music hub, performed at exciting contemporary arts venues, and shared with the most senior of Scotland’s population at local residential homes; the aim is to draw an organic line of creative connection across a portion of the Glaswegian population. Following two years of challenging isolation felt by many, Thirteen North wants to demonstrate how music has the capacity to connect us across the ages, and celebrate the importance of shared creative experiences. Alpha Mission – ΔELOS A live streamed concert, broadcast on the ARTE channel, marked the inauguration of ALPHA MISSION – ΔELOS, an initiative that aims to raise awareness globally about the urgent need for the regeneration of our planet through the combined strengths of mythology, art and space technology. It was broadcast on the 30th anniversary of ARTE, an important European cultural channel and symbol of Franco-German friendship. The concert formed part of the EUYO’s Peace in Europe project and marked the first time in history in which a classical orchestra set foot on the island of Delos. The concert won the award for the best-televised concert at the 59th Golden Prague International Festival, an international event that presents the best music and dance televised programs in the world. Most importantly, the concert was broadcast on big screens in the garden of the Megaron Concert Hall in Athens, the Town Hall of Mikonos and the Ekatontapiliani Church of Paros in Greece; the Campo San Lorenzo in Venice, Italy; the Orangerie de la Fondation Hardt in Geneva, Switzerland; the Falling Walls conference in Berlin and finally in the European Parliament in Brussels, introduced by a speech of the European Parliament President, Roberta Metsola, who is also Honorary President of the EUYO. The ALPHA MISSION - ΔELOS concert is a co-production of the World Human Forum & ARTE in partnership with the EUYO, Europa Nostra, the Hellenic Space Center, the National Research Center for Natural Sciences “Demokritos", the Hellenic Foundation for Culture, Megaron - the Athens Concert Hall - and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades. 15 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ ALPHA MISSION – ΔELOS PEACE IN EUROPE SERIES 30 MAY | 19.00 CET | Delos, Greece Diana Tishchenko Solo Violin Sokratis Sinopoulos Solo Lyra Programme Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons Op. 8, with improvised connecting sections for solo lyra Marshall Marcus Seventeen Strokes of the Bell for Peace and Sustainability Antonio Vivaldi / Carmen Fizzarotti The [Uncertain] Four Seasons ‘Floating Autumn’ Italy Sounds Classic Italy Sounds Classic was a three-day event of concerts, conferences, workshops and meetings aimed at young musicians and professionals in the world of classical music, taking place from Thursday 9 to Saturday 11 June at the Volvo Congress Center in Piazza Costituzione, Bologna, Italy. The first event of its kind, it meant to bridge the gap between music school and the professional world of music, including meetings, encounters and exchange of opinions. WORKSHOP: HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN AUDITION? 10 JUN | 14.00 CET | Volvo Congress Center, Bologna, Italy A discussion on the subject of auditions between Andrea Obiso, Concertmaster at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and Peter Stark, Rehearsal Director of EUYO, Professor of Conducting Royal College of Music London, and Distinguished Professor of Conducting at China Conservatory, Beijing. ITALY SOUNDS CLASSIC CONCERT 10 JUN | 21.00 CET | Volvo Congress Center, Bologna, Italy Programme Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Claudio Monteverdi L’Orfeo: Toccata William Byrd The Earle of Oxford’s March (arr. by E. Howarth) Anton Bruckner Locus iste, WAB 23 (arr. M. Knight) Tylman Susato Six Dances from ‘The Danserye’ (arr. J. Iveson) Steve Reich Drumming Part One Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco: Overture (arr. G. Batchelor) Zequinha de Abreu Tico-Tico no Fubá (arr. J. Iveson) Anon. The Carnival of Venice (arr. by E. Howarth) 16 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ MUSIC RADIO. LA MUSICA ALLA RADIO - UNA RADIO DI MUSICA 11 JUN | 10.00 CET | Volvo Congress Center, Bologna, Italy Maria Gabriella Ceracchi, Head of RAI Radio3 Classica, and National Partner for Italy of the European Union Youth Orchestra spoke about music on the radio, and the current role of radio in the distribution of music. Europa Forum Wachau On the occasion of the 26th Europa-Forum Wachau 2022, four EUYO members and alumni performed for guests from politics, business, culture, media and diplomacy, all meeting to discuss current developments in the European Union. Under the 2022 theme topic Safeguarding Europe’s future, the forum was focused on listening to the opinion of young EU Citizens on central European issues, offering the perfect stage for two EUYO Ambassador concerts. EUROPA FORUM WACHAU 25 & 25 JUN | 10.00 CET | Stift Göttweig, Austria Programme Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento in D major, KV. 136, movt. III. Presto Ludwig van Beethoven Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 (arr. S. Parkin) Johann Holzer / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austrian National Anthem (arr. M. Schönherr) Ludwig van Beethoven Lower Austrian Anthem (arr. L. Schmetterer) Summer Residencies and Tour 2022 As part of the Summer Tour 2022, players coming from all 27 EU Member States worked and lived together for an intense period of 40 days, during which they were coached by expert instrumental professors, and performed with renowned conductors and soloists in great concert halls as well as in free events in informal settings. Summer 2022 performances included the world première of Nexus by Hannah Kendall, commissioned by the European Broadcasting Union. Two residencies, in particular, enabled the Summer Tour 2022 performances to take life: the first one in Grafenegg, the summer home and principal venue partner of the Orchestra, where the EUYO is Orchestra in Residence and Partner in Campus Grafenegg; and the second one in Bolzano, where the City of Bolzano has hosted the Orchestra during its summer tours since 1980 for the Bolzano Festival Bozen, a project created by EUYO founding music director Claudio Abbado. The EUYO concerts in Poland took place during an important cultural anniversary in the country, the Year of Polish Romanticism, which marked the 200th anniversary of the publication of Adam Mickiewicz’s Ballads and Romances. To celebrate this anniversary, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute carried out projects around the world, showcasing contemporary interpretations of Polish Romanticism as well as its contribution to world heritage. As part of the celebrations, the EUYO performed in both Lusławice and Warsaw The Sorrowful Tale by Mieczysław Karłowicz, perhaps the last Polish romantic composer. The Amsterdam Community Day was dedicated to reaching diverse groups of people visiting the city's museums, offering a wide selection of musical genres, from the touching Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp 17 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ of Claude Debussy to a joyful arrangement of Richard Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel, and from Emmanuel Séjourné’s lively duet for marimba and vibraphone to the sorrowful sounds of David Bruce’s Gumboots, remembering the brutal labour conditions of black miners chained together in South Africa’s flooded gold mines. Eager listeners were able to go from one museum to the other, enriching themselves with the discovery of musical gems, and appreciating the musical diversity of the EUYO informal programming. PRELUDE CONCERT 6 AUG | 18.00 CET | Schlosshof, Grafenegg, Austria Programme Fanny Mendelssohn String Quartet in E-flat major Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 ENCHANTING BELLE ÉPOQUE 6 AUG | 20.00 CET | Wolkenturm, Grafenegg, Austria Gustavo Gimeno Conductor Renaud Capuçon Violin Programme Igor Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 Ernest Chausson Poème, Op. 25 Camille Saint-Saëns Havanaise, Op. 83 Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: Suite Maurice Ravel La Valse embarks on a major Summer Tour to Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland and The Netherlands 18 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ LATE NIGHT SESSION 6 AUG | 22.00 CET | Reitschule, Grafenegg, Austria Programme Elgar Howarth Two Processional Fanfares Henri Kling The Elephant and the Fly (arr. L P. Laurendeau) Gonzalo Curiel Barba Camino por vereda (arr. J. P. Campo) Trad. Ukrainian Dance (arr. E. Agopian) David Anderson Seven Bass Duets Andrew Worden Escape Paquito D’Rivera Aires Tropicales: II. Son & IV. Vals Venezolano Chick Corea Spain (arr. R. Bissill) YOUNG EURO CLASSIC 2022 PEACE IN EUROPE SERIES 8 AUG | 20.00 CET | Konzerthaus, Berlin, Germany Gustavo Gimeno Conductor Renaud Capuçon Violin Programme Igor Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 Ernest Chausson Poème, Op. 25 Camille Saint-Saëns Havanaise, Op. 83 Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: Suite Maurice Ravel La Valse BOLZANO FESTIVAL BOZEN 10 AUG | 20.30 CET | Teatro Comunale/Stadttheater, Bolzano, Italy Gustavo Gimeno Conductor Renaud Capuçon Violin Programme Igor Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3 Ernest Chausson Poème, Op. 25 Camille Saint-Saëns Havanaise, Op. 83 Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: Suite Maurice Ravel La Valse LAURIN CLASSICS & CASUALS 12 AUG | 19.30 CET | Park Hotel Laurin, Bolzano, Italy Programme Paul Dukas La Péri: Fanfare Gioachino Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture (arr. J. Linckelmann) Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17: III. Andante Felix Mendelssohn String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20 Andrew Worden Escape Gonzalo Curiel Barba Camino por vereda (arr. J. P. Campo) Paquito D’Rivera Aires Tropicales: II. Son & IV. Vals Venezolano Trad. Ukrainian Dance (arr. E. Agopian) 19 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ BOLZANO FESTIVAL BOZEN 16 AUG | 20.30 CET | Teatro Comunale/Stadttheater, Bolzano, Italy Gianandrea Noseda Conductor Jae Hong Park Piano Programme Hannah Kendall Nexus* Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Igor Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps *(World première, a commission of the European Broadcasting Union) GRAFENEGG FESTIVAL PEACE IN EUROPE SERIES 18 AUG | 19.30 CET | Auditorium, Grafenegg, Austria Gianandrea Noseda Conductor Jae Hong Park Piano Programme Hannah Kendall Nexus* Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Igor Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps *(Austrian première, a commission of the European Broadcasting Union) LATE NIGHT SESSION 18 AUG | 22.30 CET | Reitschule, Grafenegg, Austria Programme Paul Dukas La Péri: Fanfare Gioachino Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture (arr. J. Linckelmann) Hannah Kendall yes, flash bright lightning in my southern sky! John Cage Living Room Music Jessie Montgomery Voodoo Dolls Joey Tempest/Europe The Final Countdown (arr. J. Strindberg) Chris Hazell Three Brass Cats EMANACJE FESTIVAL PEACE IN EUROPE SERIES 21 AUG | 21.00 CET | The Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music, Lusławice, Poland Gianandrea Noseda Conductor Francesco Piemontesi Piano Programme Mieczysław Karłowicz The Sorrowful Tale (Smutna opowieść), Op. 13 Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: Suite Maurice Ravel La Valse 20 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ 18TH CHOPIN AND HIS EUROPE FESTIVAL 23 AUG | 20.30 CET | The Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music, Lusławice, Poland Gianandrea Noseda Conductor Francesco Piemontesi Piano Programme Mieczysław Karłowicz The Sorrowful Tale (Smutna opowieść), Op. 13 Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier: Suite Maurice Ravel La Valse AMSTERDAM COMMUNITY DAY CONCERT 1 25 AUG | 11.00 CET | Once Upon a Time Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Programme Emmanuel Séjourné Losa Claude Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, L. 137 Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 2 Trad. Ukrainian Dance (arr. E. Agopian) Jean Cras Quintet for Flute, Harp and Strings Andrew Worden Escape Wojciech Kilar Quintet for Wind Instruments AMSTERDAM COMMUNITY DAY CONCERT 2 25 AUG | 13.00 CET | Splendor, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Programme Gioachino Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture (arr. J. Linckelmann) Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 John Cage Living Room Music Sir Harrison Birtwistle Cortege AMSTERDAM COMMUNITY DAY CONCERT 3 25 AUG | 15.00 CET | Luther Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Programme Claude Debussy Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, L. 137 Jennifer Higdon Piano Trio David Bruce Gumboots Gioachino Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture (arr. J. Linckelmann) Jessie Montgomery Voodoo Dolls Emmanuel Séjourné Losa Gonzalo Curiel Barba Camino por vereda (arr. J. P. Campo) 21 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ AMSTERDAM CONCERT PEACE IN EUROPE SERIES 26 AUG | 20.00 CET | Het Concertgebouw – Amsterdam, The Netherlands Gianandrea Noseda Conductor Francesco Piemontesi Piano Programme Hannah Kendall Nexus* Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Igor Stravinsky Le Sacre du printemps *(Dutch première, a commission of the European Broadcasting Union) 100 years of Lower Austrian Statehood A concert to celebrate 100 years of Lower Austria Statehood was performed in Brussels, in the Bibliothèque Solvay, on Austrian National Day by an EUYO string quartet. 100 YEARS OF LOWER AUSTRIAN STATEHOOD 26 OCT | 18.30 CET | Bibliothèque Solvay, Brussels, Belgium Ludwig van Beethoven Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 (arr. S. Parkin) Otto Bach String Quartet No. 2 in A major: I. Allegro vivace* Ludwig van Beethoven Lower Austrian Anthem (arr. L. Schmetterer) Johann Holzer / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austrian National Anthem (arr. M. Schönherr) Josph Haydn String Quartet in C major ‘The Bird’, Op. 33, No. 3 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento in D major, KV. 136, movt. I. Allegro * With special thanks to the Musiksammlung der Österreichische Nationalbibliothek for their help and support in acquiring the music of Otto Bach European Cultural Heritage Summit The European Cultural Heritage Summit 2022, organised by Europa Nostra in cooperation with the European Commission and the Czech Ministry of Culture, during the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union, took place in Prague from 25 to 27 September. The Summit included the annual Cultural Heritage Awards ceremony, cultural heritage sessions, and as the closing event, the European Heritage Policy Agora “For a Value and Culture-Driven Europe”, which took place in the Žofín Palace. This inspiring full-day event addressed some of the most pressing challenges facing the heritage ecosystem in 22 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ Europe, such as the need to mobilise forces and voices in solidarity with Ukraine’s endangered cultural heritage, the role of cultural heritage in fostering peace and solidarity within our societies, and the values of beauty and sustainability for an inclusive green transformation. The EUYO took part in the European Heritage Policy Agora with a video presentation of EUYO alumna Anna Kuk’s powerful Trobairitz ‘Histoires Naturelles’, a series of concerts across Paris with no carbon footprint, and combining music, poetry, videos, and engaging audience participation, which won an EUYO Café Bauhaus award. (See Café Bauhaus section above for further details). Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović Europa Nostra Secretary General, Mariya Gabriel EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and Marshall Marcus EUYO Secretary General, in the the Žofín Palace EUYO Secretary General Marshall Marcus closed the final session with a key note address ‘For a Value and Culture-Driven Europe’ in which he presented the EUYO Peace in Europe and ALPHA MISSION ΔELOS projects, highlighting that “staring at our challenges in Europe, [no solution] seems possible unless we become real bridge builders with culture, and particularly bridge builders with value driven culture”. The address finished with the sending in real time of a message from the Heritage Summit to a session of MONDIACULT 2022 in Mexico City asking MONDIAULT to propose a culture goal for the UN’s post-2030 Sustainability Agenda. 23 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ Cremona Stauffer Academy 2022 As part of the EUYO’s role as Ensemble in Residence at the Stauffer Academy in Cremona, Italy, EUYO members attended a week devoted to leadership, an intense series of workshops took place in the week of 12 December, with a variety of sessions that provided valuable tools to help develop the musicians’ leadership skills. The week was directed by Andrea Obiso, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia concertmaster, with the addition of sessions with Stauffer Academy Center for Strings Director Paolo Petrocelli, EUYO Rehearsal Director Peter Stark, EUYO Secretary General Marshall Marcus, EUYO audition tutor Oliver Kipp, and Europe 101 leadership programme Director Julia Middleton. As part of the week, final auditions were held to choose the next EUYO Orchestra leader with Peter Stark, Oliver Kipp and Marshall Marcus. 24 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ EUYO CORE OBJECTIVES The core objectives of the EUYO derive from its mission to bring together young highly-talented musicians from all 27 EU Member States as cultural ambassadors for the EU’s loftiest values, in an orchestra united around a shared sense of the importance of European heritage, innovation, diversity, transparency, sustainability, inclusion and the constant pursuit of excellence, providing members and alumni with career development paths from high quality training and performance opportunities. This mission statement has given rise to a set of 8 Core Objectives related to excellence in (1) training, (2) recruitment, (3) transnational activity and performance, (4) ambassadorship, (5) audience engagement, (6) digital work, (7) sustainability as measured by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and (8) model sharing and advocacy. CORE OBJECTIVES 2021-2023 PERFORMANCE OF CORE OBJECTIVES IN 2022 1. Excellence in training the next generation of 2022 Development, progress and achievement: European leaders in classical music as part of an all the above was carried out despite there still orchestra of highly talented EU musicians; being some restrictions on social distancing and fostering excellence and the highest possible international travel due to the effects of Covid: the standards; working together under internationally EUYO performed major Spring and Summer renowned and inspiring tutors and artists; Residencies and Tours. There were a number of mounting major orchestral training residences innovative online and live performance events and orchestral tours annually; performing each launched in 2022, such as the EUYO Frontrunners year in major cities and festivals, particularly in the and Café Bauhaus programmes, and the European Union; contributing to the developing of continuation of projects such as the EUYO young musicians’ careers with skills and expertise Entrepreneurs Club and the Music Minus the strengthening the sector; increasing the economic Rules! series, and a new faculty of trainers’ expert potential of EUYO musicians by encouraging in a broad range of skills added to the traditional players to develop portfolio careers offering a teaching tutors’ group. variety of employment possibilities; and helping build musician’s resilience and mental health. 2. High quality and high potential young 2022 Development, progress and achievement: musicians identified and recruited in a The Orchestra successfully managed to reach transparent, open, rigorous, equitable more than 2,000 potential members, thanks to recruitment call annually in all EU member states, working with its 27 EU National Partners across working with national partners in every EU the 27 EU Member States, in a a transparent, member state. open, rigorous, equitable recruitment process. 3. Transnational cultural activity and 2022 Development, progress and achievement: performance reinforcing the music sector’s This core objective was successfully reached in capacity to operate transnationally, improving and 2022 with auditions in all 27 EU Member States, as spreading access to cultural activity in the EU, well as players from all 27 EU Member States Europe and beyond, and engaging in a varied coming together, and projects in Austria, Belgium, pattern of European and global performances. Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, artists from many European 25 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ countries, a number of significant online projects that enabled the Orchestra’s work to be transmitted globally, and music from multiple countries inside and outside of Europe performed. 4. Acting as cultural ambassadors for the EU 2022 Development, progress and achievement: embodying the highest ideals of the European The Orchestra continued to significantly develop Union, thereby helping create enlightened this object in 2022 through various initiatives, such Europeans equipped to play a part in the welfare as the Europe Day project with the European and betterment of European and other Cultural Foundation and Culture Action Europe, communities by demonstrating cooperation, the Delos project in partnership with the World achievement and creativity. Promoting current Human Forum and Europa Nostra, the relevant EU policies and initiatives such as the participation of EUYO musicians at the Europa UN’s 2030 agenda, the European Green Deal, the Forum Wachau and celebrating the 100th EU Youth Strategy, the Gender Equality Strategy, anniversary of Lower Austria in Brussels, the active EU cultural policies, and the New European participation of EUYO musicians in events a part of Bauhaus initiative. European Year of Youth 2022, participation at the European Heritage Awards Summit 2022 in Prague. A number of these events were accompanied by intense discussions on the role of EUYO musicians as active European citizens, providing opportunities to speak and voice opinions on shared European values. Additionally a new Café Bauhaus project reinforced The European Commission’s New European Bauhaus, and the Orchestra opened its online learning programme to many European partners. 5. Effective Audience Engagement fostering 2022 Development, progress and achievement: participation and access for new and particularly The Orchestra continued its new Music Minus the young audiences to high quality events, as well as Rules! concert series for new and particularly developing strategies and activity to deepen the young audiences, and other already developed experience of current audiences. Making informal performance formats such as The Late- innovation and engagement key parts of an Night Sessions which deepen the experience of audience development programme, enabling current audiences. Additionally, a number of new diverse audiences to experience, participate in community projects were launched in Finland and and enjoy music. the Netherlands, particularly for new and young audiences. 6. Developing a digital strategy to increase the 2022 Development, progress and achievement: online presence for the EUYO’s activity, by New and innovative digital techniques started in exploring and exploiting the opportunities of new 2020 were carried into 2022 enabling online digital platforms for disseminating the EUYO’s projects for a variety of new inline audiences, as work, including developing an online learning well as the launch of a new online learning platform EUYO Frontrunners. 26 2022 Activity Report _____________________________________________________________________________________ platform and providing an online presence for all EUYO members on an EUYO platform. 7. Promoting the UN’s Sustainable Development 2022 Development, progress and achievement: Goals, including the values of DEI (diversity, equity This core objective was successfully progressed in and inclusion), gender equality and environmental 2022 through the continued embedding of the sustainability. UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in the new online learning programme, a musiclab in Grafenegg devoted to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, through programming of events to highlight climate change, and through a first ever policy signed off at Board level for the DEI, gender equality and environmental sustainability, and the creation of new management working groups for these areas. 8. Model Sharing & Advocacy, engaging in activity 2022 Development, progress and achievement: which offers the EUYO methodology and model to Plans from 2021 were further developed in 2022 other organisations working with young people. to hold a hybrid model sharing seminar/conference in 2023, and in developing new relationships with a number of other youth orchestra organisations. Model sharing projects were begun with the Lower Austria Music Schools Management and a new Music Hub Austria programme begun from these sessions to develop a shared young musicians’ model. The online learning programme EUYO Frontrunners was opened in a sharing exercise involving the EU’s 27 National Partners, Sistema Europe, The Stauffer Academy, the Western Balkans Youth Orchestra, The Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Stauffer Academy, and the Lower Austria Music Schools Management. 27 INVOICE CC ZVR-Zahl 1112083318 Ms Piret Hartman Minister of Culture Ministry of Culture Suur-Karja Street 23 15076 Tallinn Tax date: 12 May 2023 Receipt: CC 4A / 2023 DESCRIPTION NET VAT / IVA TOTAL Contribution towards travel and accommodation of the Estonian musicians of the European Union Youth Orchestra in 2023. €6.500,00 N/A €6.500,00 TOTAL €6.500,00 Payable to: Payable to: Bank: HYPO NOE Landesbank für Niederösterreich und Wien AG Account name: European Union Youth Orchestra Association IBAN: AT47 5300 0015 5500 0177 SWIFT/BIC: HYPNATWW Payment due: 1 June, 2023 EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION Honorary President Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament | Co-Founders Lionel & Joy Bryer Founding Music Director Claudio Abbado | Chief Conductor Vasily Petrenko | Conductor Laureate Bernard Haitink Co-Chair Ewa Bogusz-Moore | Co-Chair Martijn Sanders | Advisory Council Chair Sir Ian Stoutzker | Secretary General Marshall Marcus Head of Honorary Patrons Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission | Charles Michel President of the European Council Honorary Patrons Josep Borrell Fontelles High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission Postal address: Grafenegg 10, 3485 Grafenegg, Austria - [email protected] - Tel +44 20 7237 7671 EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASS OCIATIO EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION Legal Seat - Grafenegg 10, 3485 Grafenegg, Austria, ZVR-Zahl 1112083318