{"id":12076,"date":"2026-04-01T17:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/event\/european-union-youth-orchestra"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:31:14","slug":"european-union-youth-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/program\/european-union-youth-orchestra","title":{"rendered":"European Union Youth Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"

18.08. 7:00 PM \u2013 Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

European Union Youth Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conductor Gustavo Gimeno<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soloists
\nJulia Hagen \u2013 cello
\nMario Hossen – violin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Program:
\nPancho Vladigerov \u2013 Song for violin and orchestra, 1951
\nAnton\u00edn Dvorak \u2013 Cello Concerto h moll, Op.104
\nAnton Bruckner \u2013 Symphony \u21166<\/p>\n

With greetings from the European Commissioner for Culture, Glenn Micallef<\/p>\n

The project is realized with the financial support by the Ministry of Culture<\/em><\/p>\n

The concert is organized with the support of the Embassies of Spain, Germany, and Slovenia in Bulgaria.<\/em><\/p>\n

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“Orchestrating Future Together” is the motto and vision of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO). Founded on a unanimous vote of the European Parliament on 8 March, 1976, the EUYO has been Cultural Ambassador for the European Union for 50 years. Its founding Music Director was Claudio Abbado succeeded by Vladimir Ashkenazy. There is a long line of world\u2019s finest musicians that have worked with the orchestra such as Daniel Barenboim, Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, Mstislav Rostropovich. Many of the Orchestra\u2019s now 4000 alumni have become notable conductors, soloists, teachers, and instrumentalists working with the major orchestras of Europe and throughout the world. A truly global brand, the EUYO has presented their programs in most of the world\u2019s major concert halls and festivals, including the BBC Proms, New York\u2019s Carnegie Hall and Vienna\u2019s Musikverein. The young musicians are often invited to perform at high-class diplomatic events. At the moment, Ivan Fischer is the Music Director of EUYO but it is the famous Spanish conductor Gustavo Gimeno who will conduct this unique young orchestra in Varna. Gimeno currently leads two important musical institutions \u2013 the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Opera (Teatro Real) in Madrid. He collaborates regularly with singers such as Netrebko, Alagna, Bryn Terfel, Domingo, Damrau.
\nThe soloist of EUYO will be Salzburg-born Julia Hagen with the very best of her repertoire\u2014the young cellist has performed Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s concerto recently with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, and for her Canadian debut with the Vancouver Philharmonic. Courage and beauty blend in her interpretations, according to the critics. Together with the music of Dvorak and Bruckner, there is a special place for a Bulgarian piece – ‘The Song’ by Pancho Vladigerov. The virtuoso violinist Mario Hossen will present this masterpiece to the audience.<\/p>\n

The musical future of Europe come to \u201cVarna music\u201d Festival \u2013 come and enjoy this concert. It will help you understand why every year, around 3000 applicants aged 16-26 throughout all 27 EU Member States audition for approximately 120 places aiming to be part of this fabulous ensemble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

18.08. 7:00 PM \u2013 Festival and Congress Centre, Hall 1 European Union Youth Orchestra Conductor Gustavo Gimeno Soloists Julia Hagen \u2013 cello Mario Hossen – violin Program: Pancho Vladigerov \u2013 Song for violin and orchestra, 1951 Anton\u00edn Dvorak \u2013 Cello Concerto h…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"eventcat":[48],"organizer":[],"event_tags":[80],"location":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/12076"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12076"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/12076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13747,"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/12076\/revisions\/13747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"eventcat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventcat?post=12076"},{"taxonomy":"organizer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizer?post=12076"},{"taxonomy":"event_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_tags?post=12076"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=12076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}