2010: Young Euro Classic Orchestra Essen – Istanbul
In the autumn of 2010, Young Euro Classic is building bridges between the two European capitals of culture "Ruhr 2010" and "Istanbul 2010". Young musicians from the Folkwang University of the Arts and state music academies from Istanbul were joining forces to form an orchestra. After a rehearsal period involving all performers, the official closing concert took place on 20 November at the Essen Philharmonic.
In cooperation with Philharmonie Essen
2009: Berlin Days at Istanbul
On 18th June 2009 the Young Euro Classic Festival Orchestra was participating as official part of the Berlin Days at Istanbul programme.
2005: Young Euro Classic Essen
In 2005 Young Euro Classic made the leap from the German capital to the Ruhr Region. The aim was not primarily to merely spread the word to Germany’s western regions of the good work being done by the festival, but to put the spotlight on one of the outstanding attractions of Young Euro Classic 2005: the Campus Project, bringing together Russian and German musicians, with a concert in the city of Essen as the crowning event of their ten-day collaboration.
And what an event! The former salt storage house of a coke oven plant that is part of the Zollverein World Heritage Site in the western German city of Essen proved a fitting backdrop for two new compositions by Olga Rajewa and Anno Schreier, each of which had just been premiered in Berlin, while works by Rossini and Richard Strauss as well as Tchaikovsky’s Dante-inspired symphonic fantasy Francesca da Rimini provided a Romantic contrast.
