A Platform for Contemporary Music

Contemporary music plays a prominent part within the overall context of all Young Euro Classic projects. The Festival provides a platform for contemporary music and, beyond that, commissions a large number of new works from young composers. Since 2000, a total of 60 German first performances and 105 world premieres were brought to the stage, among them 61 compositions commissioned by Young Euro Classic.

Festival hymn

The festival hymn is played at the beginning of each concert - in surprisingly different versions, which is due to the national tone of the orchestra performing it. The hymn is a commissioned work for Young Euro Classic and changes every two years.

World Premières, German Premières and Works Commissioned 2000 – 2012

A

Frank Agsteribbe (Belgium)  Nachtmusik, WP 2002***
Harri Ahmas (Finland)  Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, WP 2004***
Firangis Ali-Sade (Azerbaijan)  Nagillar (Fairy Tale), GP 2010
Firudin Allahverdi (Azerbaijan)  Collision of times for Flute, Bassoon, Horn and Piano, WP 2011***
Hamdan Al Shuaily (Oman)  The Blessed Renaissance, GP 2007
Ahmet Altinel (Turkey)  Les Sources de la Nuit, WP 2008***
Magnar Åm (Norway)  ’tisn’t the snow falling, it’s us leaving the ground, GP 2006
Ruslan P. Apanovich (Belarus)  Passacaglia, WP 2005
Stefan Arason (Iceland)  "10-11“ for Piano and Strings, GP 2001

B

Shafi Baddreddin (Syria)  Concerto for Nai and Orchestra, GP 2006
Oğuzhan Balcı (Turkey)  İstanbul Hatırası (Memories of Istanbul) for Kanun and Orchestra, WP 2011***
Alkis Baltas (Greece)  Music for Young People, GP 2002
Giorgio Battistelli (Italy)  Etude from „The discovery of slowness“, GP 2000
Hauke Berheide (Germany)  Epilog II (Homeland), Variations for String Quartet and Percussion, WP 2011***
Birke Bertelsmeier (Germany)  Kurz Vor'm..., WP 2009***
Frank Michael Beyer (Germany)  Klangtore (New editions for the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra), GP 2001
Gustavo Beytelmann (Argentina)  Liberty leading the people, GP 2008
Olga Bochikhina (Russia)  Unter der Kuppel hervor, WP 2009***
Cornelis de Bondt (Netherlands)  Quene Note – Double, WP 2006
Minas Borboudakis (Greece)  "Entropic Polyphonies“ for Ensemble, WP 2004***
Hans Jürgen von Bose (Germany)  Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no. 2, WP 2000

C

Mahir Çetiz (Turkey)  Nightwalker, GP 2010
Agustín Charles (Spain)  Double Variations, GP 2002
same  Seven Looks, GP 2006
Musheng Chen (China)  A Dream in the Peony Garden, WP 2007***
David Robert Coleman (Great Britain)  Albéniz-Fantasy for Viola solo and Orchestra, WP 2006
Enrico Correggia (Italy)  La desolazione della luce, WP 2003

D

Jelena Dabić (Serbien / Serbia)  Beethaphase, WP 2010***
same  In circle (Fire, Frost, Flood), WP 2011***
Michele Dall’Ongaro (Italy)  Perpetuum mobile from dem ballet „We like Mozart“, WP 2003
Wolfgang Dauner (Germany)  Second Prelude to the Primal Scream, WP 2009
Dan Dediu (Romania)  "Grana“ for Orchestra, WP 2003***
same Frenesia for Orchestra, WP 2012
Lai Deh-Ho (Chinese Taipei)  Moments Musicaux, Concerto for Pipa, Bambus Flute, Xiao and Chamber Orchestra, GP 2008
Evrim Demirel (Turkey)  „Fasıl No 1“ for Ottoman Ensemble and Orchestra, WP 2010***
Avner Dorman (Israel)  Millenium Symphonic, WP 2000
Luis Fernando Franco Duque (Colombia)  Ramón el Camaleón, Symphonic Variations for Orchestra, GP 2011

E

Moritz Eggert (Germany)  Illumination (Finale from „Processional“) for Jazz-Bigband and Symphonic Orchestra, WP, commissioned composition by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart and the Deutscher Musikrat 2009
Victor Ekimowski (Russia)  „Siam“ Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra, WP 2005***
Irina Emeliantseva (Russia)  „Lichtsplitter“ for Violin and Piano, WP 2002***
Alona Epshtein (Israel)  Shearim, WP 2006***
Erik Ešenvalds (Latvia)  From the dim and distant past, WP 2002
Kurt Estermann (Austria)  Symphony for Reciter and Symphonic Orchestra, WP, commissioned by the Wiener Jeunesse Orchestra and Young Euro Classic 2005

F

Alexandra Filonenko (Russia / Germany)  schwarzeis for Choir and Ensemble after a poem by Dmitrij Bawilski, WP 2012***
Nana Forte (Slovenia)  Genesis, Concerto for Clarinet, Accordion and Orchestra, WP 2007***
Bernd Franke (Germany)  Yellow clouds, WP 2009***

G

Renaud Gagneux (France)  Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra no. 2, GP 2000
José Garcìa-Román (Spain)  Elegía, WP 2004***
John Maxwell Geddes (Great Britain)  Symphony no. 3, GP 2000
same  Gemini, GP 2007
Gediminas Gelgotas  (Lithuania)   Never ignore the cosmic ocean (2012), WP of the version for Symphony Orchestra 2012
René Giessen (Germany)   Knulpscher Gesang, Orchestral Work with Vocals (based on a text by Stefanie Kemper), GP 2009
Archil Giorgobiani (Georgia)  Azari (Abkhazian Funeral Music), WP 2010
Zechariah Goh (Singapore)  Nuances: Soundscapes from a Distant Land (2006), GP 2012
Levan Gomelauri (Georgia)  The Builder of the Village for Flute, Violin, Horn and Piano, WP 2011***
Wellington Gomes (Brasilien / Brazil)  Sonhos Percutidos, GP 2011
Galina Gorelowa (Belarus)  Allegresse for Symphony Orchestra, GP 2010
Denis Gougeon (Kanada / Canada)  Le jardin mystérieux (The mysterious Garden), GP 2009
Alberto and Gonzalo Grau (Venezuela)  „AQUA" Sketches for a boy, female voice, male voice, a story teller Orchestra, WP, commissioned composition by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart for the Music Festival Stuttgart 2011 “Water”
Joan Guinjoan (Spain)  Concerto no. 1 for Piano and Orchestra, GP 2001
Levente Gyöngyösi (Hungary)  Sinfonietta no. 2 for Orchestra, WP 2003***

H

Karen Hakopjan (Armenia)  Symphony no. 2, WP 2001***
Haflidi Hallgrímsson (Iceland)  „Poemi“ for Violin solo and String Orchestra, GP 2001
Philip Hammond (Ireland)  Carnavalesque, GP 2004
Stefan Johannes Hanke (Germany)  Flammengesang, WP 2007***
Halvor Haug (Norway)  Il Preludio dell’ Ignoto, WP 2000
Eduard Hayrapetyan (Armenia)  „The lost balloon” for String Orchestra, GP 2010
Wim Henderickx (Belgium)  Raga II, GP 2000
Helmut Hödl (Austria)  Sing sing sing - A Tribute to Benny Goodman for Clarinet Quartet and Orchestra, WP 2009
Erik Højsgaard (Denmark)  Simfoni, GP 2000
Slavomír Hořínka (Czech Republic)  Srdce ať je pochodní (The Heart should be a torch), WP 2009
Luc van Hove (Belgium)  „Triptiek“ Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, GP 2002
Edgar Hovhannisian (Armenia)  Baroque Concerto for Violin and Strings, GP 2007

I

Gabriel Iranyi (Romania)  InnerTime I, GP 2003
Marko Ivanovič (Czech Republic)  Předehra na rozloučenou, WP 2003***

J

So Young Jin (Korea / Germany)  Es glühen die Menschen, die Farben, der Raum, WP 2003***
Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson (Iceland)  Adagio, GP 2001

K

Faraj Karaev (Azerbaijan)  Canción de cuna, WP 2001***
Juris Karlsons (Latvia)  Koana, GP 2004
Tles Kazhgaliev (Kazakhstan)  The Steppe Legend, GP 2005
Igor Kefaldis (Russia)  „After the sound is before the sound.“ A journey through the electronic and accoustic sounds, WP 2001
Tristan Keuris (Netherlands)  Violin Concerto no. 2, GP 2001
Narine Khachatryan (Armenia)  Lacrima, WP 2010
same Exurge Domine, quare obdormis… (Awake, o Lord! Why are you asleep?) for Oboe, Clarinet, Viola, Double bass and Percussion, WP 2011***
Nikolai Khrust (Russia)  Eugenica I. Italian Concerto, WP 2009***
Niels Klein (Germany)  Refractions, WP 2009
Ertug Korkmaz (Turkey)  Shades, GP 2002
Abel Korzeniowski (Poland)  Hypnosis, WP 2001***
Mirco Krajci (Slovakia)  Post Scriptum, WP 2004
Juri Krassawin (Russia)  Seven Stops in South East Asia, Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Orchestra, WP 2003***
Ülo Krigul (Estonia)  Jenzeits, WP 2005
Ondrej Kukal (Czech Republic)  Symphony no.1 with Glockenspiel, WP 2000

L

Doming Lam (China)  Excerpt from „The Insect World“, GP 2010
Fernando C. Lapa (Portugal)  Cancoes de negro e de sal, GP 2001
Ramón Lazkano (Spain)  Zur-Haitz, GP 2001
Magnus Lindberg (Finland)  Cantigas, GP 2000
Ines Lütge (Germany)  traces – signs – calling, WP 2003***

M

Peter Machajdik (Slovakia)  Nájdene zabudnuté, WP 2004
Alexei Machavariani (Georgia)  Symphony no. 4 „The Youth”, GP 2010
Aliya Mamedova (Azerbaijan)  Travel of Sounds, WP 2001***
Tomas Marco (Spain)  Mahleriana „Angelus Novus”, GP 2007
Deirdre McKay (Great Britain)  Fireworks at Lughnasadh, WP 2008
Anna Meredith (Great Britain)  wound up, WP 2005***
Jan Erik Mikalsen (Norway)  Parts for Orchestra, GP 2011
Elmir Mirzoev (Azerbaijan)  Illumination, WP 2008***
Alexander Muno (Germany)  „Versuch über die Apathie der Sterne“, Sonata no. 2 for Violoncello Solo, WP 2002***
Alexander Muno (Germany)  La mer en extase sous mes yeux, WP 2007***
same  Logbuch (Sphinxengaleere), WP 2009***

N

Nikolaus Newerkla (Austria)  Eine kleine Nachtsinfonie, GP 2007
Nuria Núñez Hierro (Spain)  Donde se forjan las quimeras (2011), GP 2012

O

Samir Odeh-Tamimi (Germany)  BUKKÁ, WP 2003***

P

Emil Petrovics (Hungary)  Symphony no. 2, GP 2007
Wolfgang Plagge (Norway)  Synergies, WP 2010
Pěteris Plakidis (Latvia)  „One more Weber’s opera...“ for Clarinet and Orchestra, GP 2002
Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (Poland)  Le Soleil, GP 2005
Uljas Pulkkis (Finland)  Vernal Bloom, WP 2008***

R

Aktoty Raimkulova (Kazakhstan)  The symphonic picture, WP 2005
same  Dala Syry, Symphonische Dichtung, WP 2008
Olga Rajewa (Russia)  Incident on the Street, WP 2005***
Vladimir Rannev  (Russland)  Futuresong - A Song for Choir and six Instrumentalists on Dea Loher's "Magazine of luck“, WP 2012 ***
Herwig Reiter (Austria)  Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, WP 2001
Ralf Urs Ringger (Switzerland)  Angor, WP 2002
Svetlana Roumyantseva (Russia)  White on a white, WP 2001
Peter Ruzicka (Germany)  Nachklang – Mirror for Orchestra, GP 2000
Kateřina Růžičková (Czech Republic)  Záznìj, WP 2006***

S

José Maria Sanchez-Verdú (Spain)  Paisajes del placer y de la culpa, WP, commissioned by Young Euro Classic and the Festival Young Artists Bayreuth 2003
Joly Braga Santos (Portugal)  Staccato Brilhante op. 63, GP 2010
Steffen Schleiermacher (Germany)  Schwirrender Stillstand, GP 2011
Tobias PM Schneid (Germany)  RUN Scherzo for Orchestra & Adagio for Orchestra, WP 2004***
same  Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, GP 2006
same  Symphony no. 2 „Time lapse on slow motion grounds”, WP and GP 2010***
same  Nachtgesänge, Odes and Sonets based on texts by Walter Benjamin and Friedrich Hölderlin for choir and accompanying instruments, WP 2012***
same  6 Bagatels for Piano (2012), WP 2012
Joachim F. W. Schneider (Germany)  Sylphidentänze, WP 2003***
Daniel Schnyder (Switzerland)  parcours musical, WP 2010
Anno Schreier (Germany)  Night Piece (Broken Scene II), WP 2005***
same  In Competition, WP 2008***
Oliver Searle (Great Britain)  My Day of Carnage, WP 2003***
Anatolijus Senderovas (Lithuania)  „Concerto in DO“ for Violoncello and Orchestra, WP 2002
same  Fanfares, WP 2004***
Nina Šenk (Slovenia)  Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, WP 2004
same  A moment before, WP 2010***
José Serebrier (Spain)  Symphony no. 3 „Symphony Mystique“, GP 2007
Atac Sezer (Turkey)  mirror-reversed for Kemençe and Orchestra, WP 2011***
Soo-Jung Shin (Korea / Austria)  „Schwebende Flecken“ for Piano Solo, WP 2002***
Valentin Silvestrov (Ukraine)  Symphony no. 6, WP 2002
Miroslav Skorik (Ukraine)  „Carpatian“, Concerto for Orchestra, GP 2002
same 24 Paganini-Capricci for Symphony Orchestra, WP 2005
Martin Smolka (Czech Republic)  Observing the Clouds, WP of the revised version 2003
Alojz Srebotnjak (Slovenia)  Slovenian Folk dances for Orchestra, GP 2004
Dia Succari (Syria)  Passion for String Orchestra, GP 2006

T

Yukiyo Takahashi (Japan)  Sandra – To the Ocean Glittering in the Sunlight, GP 2009
Kelly Tang (Singapore)  Symphonic Suite on a Set of Local Tunes (2004), GP 2012
Alex Taylor (New Zealand)  "between" for Orchestra, WP 2011
Ceiri Torjussen (Great Britain)  Momentum, GP 2004
Toivo Tulev (Estonia)  Ambra, WP 2002

V

János Vajda (Hungary)  Titanic "... but the water rules“, WP 2000
Andris Vecumnieks (Latvia)  Concerto for Saxophone, Piano and Orchestra, GP 2004
Olga Viktorova (Russia)  Lux Aeterna, WP 2012
Klaas de Vries (Netherlands)  Antagonistic Ode, GP 2000

W

Solhi Al Wadi (Syria)  Meditation on a theme by M. Abdul Wahhab for Orchestra, GP 2006
Wolfram Wagner (Austria)  "Symphonia“ op. 30, WP 2000
Fay Wang (China)  Friedrich's Somniloquy, WP and GP 2010***
Xilin Wang (China)  A Comedy in Dialogues, WP 2009***
Ying Wang (China)  Only I, GP 2009, commissioned composition for LANXESS Young Euro Classic China Concert, Beijing
Michael Cohen Weissert (Israel)  String Sextet, WP 2010
Dequing Wen (China)  In Competition, WP 2008***
Steffen Wick (Germany)  Aero for Wind Quintet, WP 2009

X

Yi Xu (China)  „Tai“ Concerto for Zheng and Orchestra, WP 2005

Y

Guo Yanwa (China)  Les yeux verts cheveux noirs, WP 2012***
Guohui Ye (China)  Late Autumn for Orchestra, WP 2007***
Xiaogang Ye (China)  The Song from the Earth, part 5 and 6, WP 2005***
Mingwu Yin (China)  Xi, WP 2006***

Z

Marko Zdralek (Germany)  Auch ich ein Davidsbündler, WP 2003***
same  Ad aspera, WP 2005***
same  )  Ich flamme - Dances in the solar wind for marimba and woodwind quintet, WP 2012***
Shirui Zhu (China)  Symphonic Suite: 12 Questions on „Himmelsfragen“ for Bambus Flute and Orchestra, WP 2006***