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…

Young Euro Classic is the world’s most important platform for international young orchestra musicians in the European classical music tradition and for its development. For 17 days every summer, orchestras from all over the world perform at Berlin’s…

Two of the leading Japanese musicians in the field of jazz and free music appear in this live recording. Pianist Yosuke Yamashita plays Thelonius Monk, and Hozan Yamamoto, virtuoso of the flute and the shakuhachi, performs traditional Japanese music…

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…

To call this a meeting of musical legends might just be too modest a term: In 1982, Yehudi Menuhin met Kurt Masur for a rendition of Brahm's Violin Concerto in D Major.

Lord Yehudi Menuhin, relaxing at his home in the Greek isles, tells the story of his wonderful career on the eve of his 80th birthday. A wealth of rare archival material illustrates this highly informative and entertaining profile of the world's…