New Ways - Summer Project and Tours 2022

14.07. - 21.08.2022, Western Balkans and Germany

2022 will be a busy year! After a hugely successful concert in Novi Sad (Serbia) at the occasion of Europe Day on 9 May, the WBYO is getting ready for two tours in quick succession: in July it will travel through the Western Balkans and perform concerts in Pristina, Skopje, Novi Sad, Mostar and Kotor; and in August it will go on German stages, with concerts in Berlin, Kassel, Königswinter, Aachen and Essen (see schedules below). This represents a new rhythm and a new challenge for our young musicians, who will now taste the stresses and excitement of professional orchestra musicians, thus bringing the WBYO to a whole new level of functioning - New Ways.

The process will once again start in Pristina, where the 30 participants will gather for 8 intense days of preparation and rehearsal, and where they will study a demanding concert programme. As mentioned above, the bar is set significantly higher for these tours.

Date	Activity	City	Location
13.07.2022	Arrival of the participants	Pristina
14.-21.07.2022	Master classes and orchestra rehearsals	Pristina
22.-28.07.2022	1st part of the concert tour	5 cities in the Western Balkans	See concerts
14.-21.08.2022	2nd part of the concert tour	5 cities in Germany	See concerts

Concert Programme	See below

Lecturers	Instrument	Name	Affiliation
	1st Violins	PETRAKIS, Ioannis, Greece	Evenos String Quartet
	2nd Violins	AHISKAL, Mehmet Orhan, Turkey/Germany
	Violas	KASPERAVIČIUS, Ainis, Lithuania/Germany
	Violoncellos	HERNANDEZ SUAREZ, Diego, Spain/Germany	Quart.essence String Quartet, Euphonia Orchestra Munich
	Double Basses	BALCAR, Ondrej, Czech Republic	Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

	Artistic Director & Conductor	SULEJMANI, Desar, Germany	German Rhine Philharmonic Orchestra

Musicians (CV's here)

Programme

Western Balkans Youth Orchestra on tour

Summer 2022

Pristina, Skopje, Novi Sad, Mostar, Kotor

Berlin, Kassel, Königswinter, Aachen, Essen

New Ways!

Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)

Aus Holbergs Zeit

From Holberg's time

Praeludium (Allegro vivace)

Sarabande (Andante)

Gavotte (Allegretto)

Air (Andante religioso)

Rigaudon (Allegro con brio)

Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)

Klavierkonzert Nr. 1, e-Moll, Op. 11 (Version mit Streichern)

Piano Concerto No. 1, E Minor, Op. 11 (Strings version)

Allegro maestoso

Romance. Larghetto

Rondo. Vivace

Break

Gerti Druga (*1986)

Federn der Trauer für Streichorchester (2022), Deutsche Erstaufführung

Feathers of sorrow for string orchestra (2022), First German Performance

Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986)

Sieben Variationen über ein Thema von Girolamo Frescobaldi

Seven Variation on a theme by Girolamo Frescobaldi

Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch (1906 - 1975)

Kammersinfonie Op. 110a (Bearb. Rudolf Barshai)

Im Gedenken an die Opfer des Faschismus und des Krieges

Chamber Symphony Op. 110a (arr. Rudolf Barshai)

In memory of the victims of fascism and war

Largo

Allegro molto

Allegretto

Largo

Western Balkans Youth Orchestra

Desar Sulejmani, Piano/Conductor