2016 Symphonic Session

The Mediterranean Youth Orchestra is appointed to organise symphonic orchestra training sessions designed to young future professional musicians from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region and the Mediterranean willing to have a professional experience of orchestral life in rehearsals, concert and on tour.
Today, the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra follows, within the Académie of the Festival d'Aix, the development of its assignment in training, professional integration, exchange and cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean area.
Young musicians hired for the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra's training session benefit from a coaching by professional orchestral musicians and work on the repertoire's symphonic masterpieces under the baton of prestigious conductors.

2016 conductor: Marko Letonja.

Assistant conductor: Quentin Hindley

Session dates: from 7 to 30 July 2016.

Musical programme
Vito Žuraj Burlesque
Modest Mussorgsky Songs and Dances of Death
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony n°9 in E flat major
Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

 

Audition venues
France
CRD Aix-en-Provence - CRR Avignon - CRR Marseille - CRR Nice - CRR Toulon

In the Mediterranean
National conservatories:
Albania: University of Arts in Tirana - Algeria: National Higher Institute of Music in Algiers - Croatia: Academy of music in Zagreb - Egypt: Cairo National Higher Conservatoire and Makan Egyptian Center of Culture and Arts - Greece: National Higher Conservatory of Music in Athens and State Conservatory in Thessaloniki - Italy: Milan Conservatory of Music - Macedonia: Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje - Montenegro: Montenegrin Music Center in Podgorica - Lebanon: École des Arts Ghassan Yammine and Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music in Beirut - Morocco: Moroccan Philharmonic Orchestra and Moroccan Royal Guard Conservatory in Rabat - Monaco: Prince Rainier III Academy of Music - Portugal: Lisbon School of Music - Slovenia: Academy of Music in Ljubljana and Slokar Academy - Tunisia: National Higher Institute of Music in Tunis and National Higher Institute of Music in Sfax - Turkey : Center for advances studies in Music/MIAM

Recruitment in cooperation with different national youth orchestras
Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra - Cyprus
Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (JONDE) - Spain
Malta Youth Orchestra - Malta
Palestine Youth Orchestra (Edward Said Conservatory) - Palestine
National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Turkey - Turkey
Orchestra Giovanile Italiana (OGI) - Italy

Concerts

Festival d'Aix-en-Provence - 20 July 2016
La Criée - Théâtre national de Marseille - 21 July 2016
Saint-Donat Festival (Zadar, Croatia) - 25 July 2016
Ljubljana Festival (Slovenia) - 26 July 2016