GRAFENEGG 21.07. — 09.08. 2015

SOUND MEETS SCENERY.

EUROPEAN MUSIC CAMPUS

Each year the European Music Campus (EMC) gathers hundreds of performers and audience members in Grafenegg to reinvigorate the European ideal of countries working together in harmony. We bring one of the great international youth orchestras together with one of the world’s finest festival sites, and the fruit of this partnership between Grafenegg and the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) is the European Music Campus – a centre for musical excellence and co-creation.

EUROPEAN MUSIC CAMPUS

SOUND MEETS SCENERY.

Sound meets scenery. Located in the heart of Europe, near Vienna, Grafenegg has developed into an internationally renowned festival site in the past eight years and continuously thrills audiences and artists through its unique atmosphere. The impressive open air stage «Wolkenturm», which is embedded into the beautiful park around Grafenegg castle, is considered to be one of the most outstanding outdoor stages with incomparable acoustics. Under the artistic direction of world-famous pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, Grafenegg Festival is one of the major hotspots for international orchestral and musical culture.

GRAFENEGG FESTIVALFounded in 1976, the EUYO brings together the most talented young musicians from the EU’s 28 Member States in an orchestra that transcends social, economic and political boundaries in the pursuit of musical excellence and cultural under-standing. It has provided an exceptional bridge between conservatoires and the professional world for over 3,000 alumni. Developing the unrivalled tradition of its three notable Music Directors - Founding Music Director Claudio Abbado, Bernard Haitink and Vladimir Ashkenazy - the EUYO recently announced Vasily Petrenko as its Chief Conductor, and Bernard Haitink as Conductor Laureate.The EUYO’s patrons include the Heads of Government of all EU Member States, the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Parliament.

EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Summer 2015 sees the second edition of the European Music Campus. Following its successful debut in 2014, this second edition will continue to offer audiences the opportunity to experience and participate in dynamic music making, lively debate and cultural experiment in a series of events from the most formal to the most relaxed. In this leaflet we welcome you to the European Music Campus, and guide you through the array of activities on offer.

CAMPUS EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

24 JULY 9.00 — 18.00

SYMPOSIUM • Grafenegg Castle · Gartensaal EUROPEAN REALIGNMENT: From the Congress of Vienna to 1989/91. Symposium of the Austrian-Russian Commission of Historians.

Free admission

26 JULY 14.30 — 16.30

MUSIC LABORATORY 1 • Reitschule A career in music — but what do you really want?

29 JULY 19.00 — 21.00

MUSIC LABORATORY 2 • Reitschule What does the conductor actually do?

01 AUGUST 11.00 — 12.30

OPEN REHEARSAL • Reitschule and Auditorium

From 14.30 MUSIC GALLERY • Grafenegg Castle · State Rooms and rehearsal rooms. «Virtuoso - Variations - Visionary»

Free admission

Free admission

Free admission

Free admission

06 AUGUST 19.00 — 21.00

MUSIC LABORATORY 3 • Reitschule Don’t all orchestras sound the same?

05 | 09 AUGUST POP-UP CONCERTS • In various locations Vienna and Lower Austria. See detailed information about times and locations on facebook.com/Grafenegg

Free admission

Free admission

08 AUGUST 17.30

PRELUDE CONCERT • Schlosshof • Free admission with evening concert ticket European Music Campus Orchestra David Watkin Conductor TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for String Orchestra in C major op. 48 MOZART Symphony in g minor KV 550

GRAFENEGG CONCERTS

Special thanks to Barbara and Martin Schlaff

19.00 PRE-CONCERT TALK • Reitschule • Free admission with evening concert ticket

20.00Tickets from €10.00 — 65.00

EVENING CONCERT «MEET TCHAIKOVSKY» • WolkenturmEuropean Union Youth Orchestra Alisa Weilerstein Cello Xian Zhang Conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY Fantasy Overture «Hamlet» op. 67 Variations on a Rococo theme for Cello and Orchestra op. 33Suite from the Ballet «Sleeping Beauty» op. 66a«Francesca da Rimini» Fantasy op. 32

Bus transfer from Vienna Musikverein to Grafenegg and back. Departure 16.00 and 17.45

22.30 LATE NIGHT SESSION • Reitschule • Free admission Musicians of the EUYO and the EMCO — OPEN STAGE

29 AUGUST 16.30

PRELUDE CONCERT • Schlosshof • Free admission with evening concert ticket Arcadia Quartet Ruth Ziesak Soprano

HAYDN String Quartet in E-flat major Hob. III:38 «The Joke» SCHÖNBERG Quartet for two Violins, Viola, Violoncello and Soprano No. 2 in f-sharp minor op. 10

18.00 PRE-CONCERT TALK • Reitschule • Free admission with evening concert ticket

19.15Tickets from €10.00 — 90.00

EVENING CONCERT • WolkenturmEuropean Union Youth Orchestra Diana Damrau Soprano Nicolas Testé Bass baritone Gianandrea Noseda Conductor

VERDI Overture to the Opera «I Masnadieri»«Mio Carlo ... Carlo! io muoio» Duet Amalia - Massimiliano from the Opera «I Masnadieri»«È strano!... Ah, forse è lui ... Sempre libera» Violetta‘s aria from the Opera «La Traviata»MAHLER Symphony No. 5

Bus transfer from Vienna Musikverein to Grafenegg and back. Departure 15.00 and 16.45

Supported by the Friends of the Grafenegg Festival

21.45 LATE NIGHT SESSION • Reitschule • Free admission Musicians of the EUYO — OPEN STAGE

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

MUSIC GALLERY In these intimate presentations of music by ensembles of the EUYO, the audience is free to wander through the magnificent rooms of Grafenegg Castle. Follow the Gallery’s pre-arranged music «trails» – a Virtuoso, a Variations and a Visionary trail – or create your own programme by choosing which rooms to visit and in which order and discover Grafenegg Castle as you have never seen it before!

LATE NIGHT SESSIONSWhat happens after the musicians leave the stage after a concert? Join the musicians of EUYO and the Campus Orchestra in this informal Late Night Session and get a backstage insight to Grafenegg‘s European youth orchestra in residence. Hear them play music of their own choice from chamber music to tango to European folk music and join this energetic celebration of Europe‘s musical youth!

EUROPEAN REALIGNMENTIn the past 200 years, Europe - especially Central and Eastern Europe - went through at least four phases of realignment, which completely changed the political landscape of the continent: after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, after the Paris Peace Conference of 1919-20, after Yalta and Potsdam in 1945 and after the Fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989. This Symposium, which is organised by the Austrian-Russian Commission of Historians, focuses on the major political transitions in European politics of the past 200 years. The European Music Campus with its focus on the challenges and possibilities of today‘s Europe, offers the opportunity to take a look back on these major points of European history.

EUROPEAN MUSIC CAMPUS ORCHESTRA (EMCO)Founded in 2014 as part of the European Music Campus, this dynamic young orchestra brings together young musicians from Austria’s neighbouring countries in eastern and south-eastern Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as the hosting province of Lower Austria. During a 2-week residency, up to 50 talented musicians between the ages of 15 and 19 will have the opportunity to work with EUYO alumni tutors and renowned conductor David Watkin, and to participate in music laboratories and open rehearsals, experiencing life at an international music campus. Summer 2015 sees the EMCO’s public debut in a Prélude concert on 8 August, with works by Tchaikovsky and Mozart.

SHUTTLE SERVICE MUSIC CAMPUS A shuttle bus service between the Vienna Musikverein and Grafenegg is offered for all concerts of the European Music Campus. Bus tickets can be booked up to 10 days in advance. Price per person € 12,00 (roundtrip). For bookings please call +43 (0)1 586 83 83.

RETURN TIMES The bus for the return journey departs approx. 15 minutes after the end of every day's last program.

HOW TO GET TO GRAFENEGG

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Hear & see more of the EMC – Europe‘s finest young musicians playing alongeside world-renowned soloists on Campus, sharing their daily experience and enthusiasm – follow it all on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Grafenegg www.facebook.com/EuropeanUnionYouthOrchestra

EMC Information For further details about the European Music Campus contact emc@grafenegg .com emc@euyo.eu

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From St Pölten: S33 direction Krems/Vienna. Leave the road at the exit Grafenwörth (journey time approx. 25 min.)

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