The Budapest Festival Orchestra, the European Union Youth Orchestra and the Music Director of both ensembles, Iván Fischer announced their joint project: the formation of the European Orchestra Academy.
The EOA's mission is to create a radical new orchestral academy with a pioneering combination of talented young European players and experienced world class orchestral musicians working together in an immersive programme in order to serve the cultural wellbeing of the people of Europe.
The European Orchestra Academy rests on four pillars of music making:
- Orchestral Experience
- Masterclasses in Budapest
- Chamber Orchestra without a conductor
- Residencies: sharing the music throughout Europe
ORCHESTRA EXPERIENCE
Academists will play as active members of the Budapest Festival Orchestra for most projects and tours in the 2024–2025 season.
The EOA academists will rub shoulders with experienced colleagues and work with Iván Fischer and acclaimed soloists and guest conductors including A. Schiff, R. Ticciati, K. Gerstein, R. Capuçon, J. Hrůša, A. Orozco-Estrada to name just a few…
RESIDENCIES, SHARING THE MUSIC
The members will have 5 week-long residencies this season in different EU member states including: Kecskemét, Bratislava, Luxembourg, Katowice and one more tbc.
Each residency will feature 30 professional outreach concerts that are completely free for the public; for children, the elderly, and other community groups that are less fortunate and not able to come to concert halls.
The EOA strives to foster a culture of giving back to the European community and especially to those that need it most! By focusing the work in a series of European residencies, this is intended as a model to be offered, in the long term, to the whole of Europe.
CONDUCTOR FREE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
The EOA will also be an orchestra unto themselves that play without a conductor to encourage the young artists to take initiative and work together for a common goal. Being their own leaders will allow them to realise their vision and learn how to collaborate. Performances for the EOA chamber orchestra are planned internationally.
MASTER CLASSES
In Budapest, the academists will take part in masterclasses with internationally celebrated musicians: Gábor Takács-Nagy, Gerhard Schulz, Mikayel Hakhnazaryan and more!
To learn more about the European Orchestra Academy, visit europeanorchestraacademy.eu.
