Concertgebouworkest Young and Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts the unique international youth orchestra
Talented young musicians from dozens of different countries together perform Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, Bruch’s Violin Concerto, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and a world premiere.
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The very future of music is right here onstage.
Concert programme
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
fantasy overture 'Romeo and Juliet'
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1
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Carlijn Metselaar
The Muscle that Raises the Wing (commission, world premiere)
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Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Performers
About this concert
Concertgebouw Orchestra Young is the international youth orchestra catering for young people aged fourteen to eighteen who could use a little extra support. Since the first edition in 2019, Young has gained wide acclaim for its uniqueness and innovation: this summer project has turned out to be exactly what the music world needed.For the fourth edition, in August 2023, over 80 talented young people from all corners of Europe will come together again. After an intensive summer programme, they will be presenting themselves as a youth orchestra at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Konzerthaus Berlin.
Under the direction of Andrés Orozco-Estrada, they will be performing Tsjaikovski’s Romeo and Juliet, the Bruch Violin Concerto featuring violinist María Dueñas, a newly commissioned work by Carlijn Metselaar and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. After the concerts, the young musicians, like those who participated the first three summers Young was held, will return to their home countries as active ambassadors for classical music. The very future of music is right here onstage. It promises to be a very special experience, both for the musicians themselves and for audiences.
Dates and tickets
About this concert
Concertgebouw Orchestra Young is the international youth orchestra catering for young people aged fourteen to eighteen who could use a little extra support. Since the first edition in 2019, Young has gained wide acclaim for its uniqueness and innovation: this summer project has turned out to be exactly what the music world needed.For the fourth edition, in August 2023, over 80 talented young people from all corners of Europe will come together again. After an intensive summer programme, they will be presenting themselves as a youth orchestra at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Konzerthaus Berlin.
Under the direction of Andrés Orozco-Estrada, they will be performing Tsjaikovski’s Romeo and Juliet, the Bruch Violin Concerto featuring violinist María Dueñas, a newly commissioned work by Carlijn Metselaar and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. After the concerts, the young musicians, like those who participated the first three summers Young was held, will return to their home countries as active ambassadors for classical music. The very future of music is right here onstage. It promises to be a very special experience, both for the musicians themselves and for audiences.