Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

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Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (GMJO)
Youth orchestra
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Founded1986;38 years ago (1986)
LocationVienna
Principal conductor Claudio Abbado
Website www.gmjo.at

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (GMJO) is a youth orchestra based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 1986 by conductor Claudio Abbado, and named after Gustav Mahler. It is an associated member of the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras. [1]

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History

In 1992, the orchestra became the first pan-European youth orchestra to offer access to young musicians in former communist countries like Hungary and Czechoslovakia, by holding open auditions in the former Eastern Bloc. Since 1992 a jury authorized by Claudio Abbado makes its selection from the many candidates at auditions held in more than twenty-five European cities each year. [2] At present there are more than 100 musicians in the orchestra and they come from various countries, including Germany, Austria, France, Hungary, Russia, Spain, Great Britain, Romania and Switzerland. The members of the jury are prominent orchestral players who continue to assist the orchestra with its musical program during the rehearsal period.

The orchestra has a huge structure. More than 130 musicians went on their Easter Tour in 2005, enough to play Richard Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie in its full orchestration.

The GMJO tour repertoire ranges from classical to contemporary music with the emphasis on the great symphonic works of the romantic and late romantic periods. Its high artistic level and international success have prompted many leading conductors and soloists to perform with the GMJO. Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester has marked in 2005 their Easter Tour and received a warm welcome. During the tour a recording of Richard Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie, was produced under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst. The orchestra has also performed in the Lucerne Festival, the Salzburg Festival, the Salzburg Easter Festival and at the Proms. Many former members of the GMJO are now members of leading European orchestras, some of them in principal positions.

Many conductors have cooperated with Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, among them Claudio Abbado, Mariss Jansons, Pierre Boulez and Bernard Haitink. [3]

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References

  1. European Federation of National Youth Orchestras. "Members&Partners" . Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. Carol Main (22 August 2006). "Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester". The Scotsman. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  3. "Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester". Lucerne Festival (in German). Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  4. Dallapiccola, Luigi; Xenakis, Iannis; Perezzani, Paolo; Henze, Hans Werner; Abbado, Claudio; Gustav-Mahler-Jugendorchester (1997), Dallapiccola, Henze, Perezzani, Xenakis (in undetermined language), Hamburg: Dt. Grammophon, OCLC   163337585
  5. Strauss, Richard; Welser-Möst, Franz; Gustav-Mahler-Jugendorchester (2005), Eine Alpensinfonie op. 64 = An Alpine symphony (in German), [Köln]: EMI Records, OCLC   1183756139
  6. Bruckner, Anton; Welser-Möst, Franz; Gustav-Mahler-Jugendorchester (2002), Symphonie Nr. 8 c-Moll [edition 1890] = Symphony no. 8 in C minor (in German), Köln: EMI-Electrola, OCLC   1183571270
  7. Bruckner, Anton; Welser-Möst, Franz; Gustav-Mahler-Jugendorchester (2012), Symphonie No. 7 E-Dur (in German), München: Orfeo, OCLC   1184484084
  8. Boulez, Pierre; Wagner, Richard; Schoenberg, Arnold; Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (2012), Pelleas und Melisande (in no linguistic content), Berlin: Deutsche Grammophon, OCLC   982186516

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