1st Working Phase - March 2020 (postponed)
The inaugural Working Phase had to be postponed three days before its starting date due to the severe development of the Corona pandemia at that time. It was to consist of one week of rehearsals under the tutorship of four renowned lecturers, to be followed by a concert tour through all of the six Non-EU Western Balkans countries*.
A retry for this first physical Working Phase was scheduled for October 08-17, 2021.
| Date | Activity | Location |
| 01.-06.03.2020 | Rehearsals | Tirana |
| 07.03.2020 | Concert | Tirana |
| 08.03.2020 | Concert | Budva |
| 10.03.2020 | Concert | Sarajevo |
| 12.03.2020 | Concert | Belgrade |
| 13.03.2020 | Concert | Skopje |
| 14.03.2020 | Concert | Prishtina |
| Concert Programme | See below | |
| Lecturers | Instrument | Name |
| Violin | Ionel Adrian Iliescu, Symphoniker Hamburg (DE) | |
| Viola | Dominik Trávníček, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (CZ) | |
| Violoncello | Wolfgang Sellner, Bochum Symphonic Orchestra (DE) | |
| Double Bass | Tomáš Vybíral, National Opera Orchestra Prague (CZ) | |
| Conductor | Desar Sulejmani, German Rhine Philharmonic Orchestra (DE) | |
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Programme
Many strings, one direction!
Peter Warlock (1894 – 1930)
Capriol Suite for String Orchestra
1. Basse-Dance
2. Pavane
3. Tordion
4. Bransles
5. Pieds – en – l’air
6. Mattachins (Sword Dance)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1751 – 1791)
Piano Concerto in A Major, KV 414
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegretto (Rondo)
Intermission
Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981)
Adagio for Strings Op. 11
Dag Viren (1905 – 1986)
Serenade for String Orchestra
1. Preludium
2. Andante espressivo
3. Scherzo
4. Marcia
Gustav Holst (1874 – 1934)
St. Pauls Suite
1. Jig
2. Ostinato
3. Intermezzo
4. Finale (The Dargarson)
Western Balkans Youth Orchestra
Desar Sulejmani, Piano & Conductor
Sponsors
The funding of the first WBYO working phase planned for March 2020 was organized and guaranteed by
- Rotary Club Aachen-Land / Germany in cooperation with
- Rotary Club Aachen-Charlemagne and
- Rotary Club Aachen-Nordkreis
with further support of
- Rotary Club Fulda / Germany
- Rotary Club Canterbury Sunrise / GB
- Rotaract Club Aachen / Germany
and a substantial grant of
- Rotary District 1810 / Germany.
Local Supporters
The concerts planned for March 2020 were supported and in part organized by local Rotary Clubs, namely
- Rotary Club Tirana / Albania
- Rotary Club Sarajevo Ilidža / Bosnia & Hercegovina
- Rotary Club Prishtina Newborn / Kosovo
- Rotary Club Budva / Montenegro
- Rotary Club Skopje / North Macedonia in cooperation with all 8 other Rotary Clubs in Skopje
- Rotary Club Beograd Skadarlija / Serbia
Supporting Municipalities and Authorities
German Embassy Tirana: Reception on March 7
German Embassy Prishtina: Reception on March 14
Red Hall Prishtina -
Salla e Kuqe, Luan Haradinaj, Pallati i Rinisë:
Sponsoring the use of concert hall in Prishtina
Realization Partners
Coaching (Communication, Team Building):
- David Turner (with support of the Lincoln Centers of Albania)
- Elsa Denaj
*) In the WBYO context, the designation is without prejudice about positions on status.