Newly founded for the festive finale of the „Year of Germany“ in Russia 2020/2021, the festival presents the Young Euro Classic Orchestra Germany-France-Russia. For the final event of the celebrations, we experience the best young orchestral…

The National Youth Orchestra of Germany (Bundesjugendorchester) unites young instrumentalists from Germany aged 14 to 19. In 2019, the orchestra celebrates its 50th anniversary and was one of the talented orchestras playing at the Young Euro Classic…

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is undoubtedly his most famous work, and since 1985 it has been the official anthem of the European Union. The Ninth remains a cornerstone for all orchestras and conductors who dare to grapple with its monumentality, its…

More than 40 years of the European Union Youth Orchestra: a European success story which the Young Euro Classic audience has followed closely since the festival’s founding. Time and again, the orchestra, which unites the best young musicians from all…

Everything began in 2016 when the German National Youth Orchestra acted as “midwife”, supporting the founding of this Ukrainian ensemble in several ways. In 2018, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine is able to stand on its own feet. In focusing…

The Young Euro Classic festival, now entering its 19th season already, stays true to its mission to introduce new ideas, new works and new faces to Berlin audiences – but not only to them – also to audiences worldwide. Everything is equally fit to…

The Asian Youth Orchestra (AYO) is a youth orchestra composed of musicians from several Asian countries. It was founded by Yehudi Menuhin and Richard Pontzious in 1987. In 2017, the orchestra played for the first time at the Young Euro Classic…

Over the course of 19 days, the best youth orchestras in the world led by great conductors and flanked by virtuoso soloists guaranteed exciting and inspiring concert performances at the Young Euro Classical 2017. The festival is known to be the most…

This concert may be called a meeting of musical giants: The Berliner Philharmoniker, Manfred Honeck and Yo-Yo Ma. But all superlatives aside, we may be absolutely sure that it is going to be an extraordinary concert when these artists take the stage…

Yehudi Menuhin has long been revered as one of his generation's foremost violinists. In this 1987 recording from Moscow, he performs pieces by Bach, Bartók, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. He was joined on the conductor's plateau by inimitable, living…