Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra ( GMJO ) is a youth orchestra, which was founded in 1986 by Claudio Abbado in Vienna.

History

In addition to fostering musical talent and working with young musicians, it was Claudio Abbado an important concern to young Austrian musicians playing together with colleagues from Czechoslovakia and Hungary to promote. This enabled the GMJO the first international youth orchestra to hold open auditions in the countries of the Eastern bloc. 1992 GMJO for musicians under 26 from Europe became accessible.

Orchestra

At the annual auditions in 25 European cities authorized by Abbado jury makes a selection among the applicants. Prominent orchestra musicians are members of the jury and support during the sample phase of the orchestra the development of the programs.

The tour repertoire of GMJO extends from classical to contemporary music with an emphasis on the major works of the Romantic and late Romantic period. Its high artistic level and the international success of animated eminent conductors and soloists to work with the GMJO. For years, the GMJO regular guest at festivals in Europe, the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, the International Music Festival in Lucerne, the Salzburg Festival and the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Edinburgh Festival and the BBC Proms.

Former members of the GMJO are today engaged in European orchestras, partly in leading positions. The orchestra is an associate member of the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras.

Organization

Founder and Music Director Claudio Abbado, the artistic and operational management has held since 1996 Alexander Meraviglia - Crivelli as Secretary General. For the selection and training of the members of the orchestra with long-standing faculty are responsible alongside the assistant conductor David Afkham.

  • Erhard Busek (Chairman of the Board; former Austrian Vice-Chancellor )
  • Alfred Altenburger (former Chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Angyan Thomas (Director of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna)
  • Leslie F. Bergman
  • Werner Hink (former concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)
  • Christoph Lieben - Seutter ( general director of the Elbe Philharmonic Hall )
  • Rabbi Walter Homolka (Head of Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich study work)
  • Matthias Naske (Director of the Salle de Concerts Grande- Duchesse Joséphine - Charlotte)
  • Ranko Markovic ( director of the Vienna Conservatory )

The supervisory activity in Board of Trustees have held:

  • Alfonso Aijon
  • Vernon Ellis ( Chair, The British Council )
  • Benita Ferrero- Waldner
  • Roland Geyer ( director of Theater an der Wien and designated director of the Bregenz Festival )
  • Michael Haefliger (Director of the Lucerne Festival)
  • Thomas Hampson
  • Rolf Hüppi
  • Dietrich Karner
  • Hans country man (former music director of the Vienna Festival )
  • Andreas Mailath -Pokorny ( Councillor of Culture and Science in Vienna)
  • Brian McMaster ( former director of the Edinburgh International Festival)
  • Dominique Meyer ( co- director of the Vienna State Opera and former general director of the Théâtre des Champs- Élysées in Paris)
  • Angelika Moser
  • January Nast (Orchestra Manager of the Staatskapelle Dresden)
  • Risto Nieminen (Head of the Music Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon )
  • Luis Pereira Leal ( former head of the Music Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon )
  • Helga Rabl -Stadler ( President of the Executive Board of the Salzburg Festival
  • Hildegard Siess ( Head of the Department of Music and Performing Arts BMUKK )
  • Christoph Stölzl (President of the Academy of Music Franz Liszt Weimar ]
  • Patrizia Trincanato ( Councillor of Culture of the city of Bolzano )

In honor Bureau especially high-ranking representatives are cities and European organizations, including:

  • Michael Häupl ( Mayor of Vienna)
  • Gábor Demszky (Mayor of Budapest)
  • Pavel Bem ( Primátor of Prague )
  • Andrej Durkovsky ( Primátor of Bratislava)
  • Mevlut Cavusoglu ( President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council )
  • Micheline Calmy -Rey ( Chairman of the Committee of Ministers )
  • Thorbjørn Jagland ( Secretary General of the Council of Europe )
  • Androulla Vassiliou, EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Multilingualism )
  • Gabi Burgstaller Governor of Salzburg (State) )
  • Heinz Schaden ( Mayor of Salzburg)
  • Luigi Spagnolli ( Mayor of Bolzano )

The orchestra is under the patronage of the President Heinz Fischer ( Austria ), and Giorgio Napolitano (Italy ), the former President Václav Havel (Czech Republic ) and Richard von Weizsäcker ( Germany ), as well as by Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission ( 1985-1995 ).

As a pan-European Youth Orchestra, it also stands under the patronage of the Council of Europe.

Financing

The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra is funded by grants, sponsorship revenue and donations as well as through fees that it receives from organizers for concert engagements; is of special importance to the residence of partners - currently Vienna, Bolzano, Interlaken, Lisbon - wearing the elaborate orchestral rehearsals.

To financing further acts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra Support Foundation as unincorporated Foundation, headquartered in Munich, which is recognized as a charity for promoting cultural purposes. Is funded by donations, donations to the Foundation's assets and subsidies, public and private funding bodies.

The orchestra is subsidized by the Austrian ministries Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs and the Federal Ministry for Science and Research, and by the Vienna Magistrate (MA 7 - culture).

Well-known companies act as sponsors, partners include the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe ( whose board Erhard Busek is ), the Vienna Conservatory and the Liechtenstein Museum.

This is GMJO so can be read on the website of the orchestra, artistic and organizational public, institutional or private sources independent. It sees itself in its activities exclusively to the promotion of young musicians is required.

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