BALTIC YOUTH PHILHARMONIC 2012▸ Notes on the Programme

Initiator Co-Initiator & Main Sponsor

W e are delighted to present to you the $fth season of BYP. This orchestra, initia-

ted in 2008 by Nord Stream AG and the Usedom Music Festival, contin-ues to accomplish its challenging goals, uniting music students from all of the Baltic Sea States and giving them the opportunity to live, learn and perform together.

How quickly they overcome these challenges, growing together to cre-ate a New Voice in the North, became obvious in each of the concerts that made up the orchestra’s 2012 season.

Over 500 young musicians audi-tioned in Berlin, Copenhagen, Vil-nius, Tallinn and St. Petersburg this year, and about 100 were selected for participation. The concerts in the en-tire Baltic region were conducted by the orchestra’s founding conductor and musical director, Kristjan Järvi. But as well as by Kurt Masur who held a conducting master class in Peenemünde.

The educational aspects of BYP were supplemented by a compos-ers’ workshop led by Daniel Schny-der, o%ering young composers the chance to work closely with the or-chestra, its conductor and coaches. Once more, BYP made its tour through the Baltic Sea region, com-ing home to the island of Usedom to perform again at Kraftwerk Pee-nemünde.

We are proud that the orches-tra has grown so much since 2008 and is ful$lling the great promise of its beginnings. We are also delighted to welcome Saipem as sponsor of the 2012 tour, whose support has al-lowed the orchestra to travel to Italy.

Our vision is to turn this orches-tra into an educational hub for the entire region and to use it as the ba-sis for the creation of a Baltic Music Education System.

But for the time being we wish you an inspiring time while discov-ering the facets of BYP on this CD and DVD.

WELCOME▸ To the Baltic Youth Philharmonic!

Thomas HummelExecutive DirectorBaltic Youth Philharmonic

Matthias WarnigManaging DirectorNord Stream AG

BYP IS...▸ The Baltic Youth Philharmonic. ▸ The most talented young musicians from around the Baltic Sea. ▸ 100 musicians, 10 countries, 1 new voice from the North. ▸ A special spirit, energy, passion, dedication.

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Within just four years, the Baltic Youth Philharmonic has developed into an astonishing educational project that has been celebrated throughout the Baltic Sea region.

Auditions with nearly 1,500 young musicians

280 millions of media contacts in print, radio and TV broadcast

In January 2012 the orches-tra was honoured as an innovative, trendsetting project by the initiative »Germany – Land of Ideas« under the patronage of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Performances in impressive concert halls such as Mariinsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg, Koncerthuset Copenhagen, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gdansk Filharmonia, Kursaal Merano, Tonhalle Düsseldorf and Berwaldhallen in Stockholm

Invitations to renowned festivals such as the Baltic Sea Festival Stockholm, the Bremen Music Festival, the Estonian Glasperlenspiel Music Festival, Meran Music Weeks, Usedom Music Festival, Young Euro Classic …

with a combined audience of about 35,000 people

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BYP 2008 - 2012 A success story

The orchestra’s concerts have been broadcast worldwide, including Europe, the USA, Asia and Australia.

International Radio Broadcasts

▸In May 2012, the German chancellor Angela Merkel invited BYP to perform in Stralsund in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Council of the Baltic Sea States. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, all prime ministers of the Baltic Sea states and others were amongst the audience.

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The press has praised the »very high technical level of playing« combined with the »breathtaking passion« of the ensemble and its Musical Director Kristjan Järvi.

»The Baltic Youth Philharmonic is a wonderful ambassador for the cultural cooperation of the countries bordering the Baltic Sea. Talented and excellently trained young musicians show the impressive ease with which they transcend the borders of varying backgrounds, di%erent languages and artistic traditions.«Dr. Angela Merkel, German chancellor »The musicians played with

breathtaking passion.«Der Tagesspiegel / GER

» … vigorous, youthfully captivating and at the same time deeply professional.«Postimees / EST

»The ultimate expe-rience if you want to be a musician by tomorrow’s stand-ards!«Ingemar Roos, co-principal trombonist / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

»Thank you so much for the concert and show tonight at Berwaldhallen, you guys rock!« Ann Jangsell@Facebook

»Classical music with new life breathed into it!«Charles Porter, multi-genre trumpeter and composer

»You guys made me enjoy classical music again!«Jannis Focke@Facebook

» … energetic playing.«New York Times / Reuters

BYP 2008 - 2013 What others say

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BYP 2008 - 2013 Shaping musicians of tomorrowKristjan Järvi’s vision is to become a major music and education hub. His holistic approach, focusing on the collective energy and physicality of the orchestra, aims to give a full frontal »collision« with the rapture and the spirit of music.

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Joint concerts with professional orchestras such as the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the MDR Symphony Orchestra

4.5-hour-long marathon concert with the MDR

Cross-genre performances with the Bundesjazzorchester

Yellow lounge concerts: classic meets the club scene

Unusual concert formats

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Collaborations with the MDR Symphony Orchestra in Leipzig and Danish Radio in Copen-hagen: joint rehearsals and coaching sessions with experi-enced musicians

Residencies

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An »orchestral rhythmic and phrasing boot camp«Conductors‘ and composers‘ workshops

Conducting master class with maestro Kurt MasurProfessional CD recordingsEducation workshops: BYP players teaching childrenChamber music projects

The BYP Lab

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»BYP is one of the best opportuni-ties for young musicians. The spirit of these young people is stunning!«Kurt Masur

KRISTJAN JÄRVI ▸ Founding Conductor & Music Director

»I give them a lot, but if I just give my energy into a black hole, it sucks me dry. But if the energy comes back, then it starts going back and forth; it becomes this synergy. When that happens … whoa! Once you start communicating on this much higher level than words, then you start get-ting an unbelievable excitement in the audience, because they start to see that this is actually a higher form of communication, of emotions, spirituality and love – and only music can do this.« Kristjan Järvi on BYP

Kristjan Järvi has worked with many of the most esteemed com-posers of our time, and has com-missioned and collaborated with diverse artists including Arvo Pärt, Tan Dun, John Adams, Esa-Pekka Salonen, H.K Gruber, Renee Fle-ming, Joe Zawinul, Goran Bregovic, Paquito d’Rivera, Eitetsu Hayashi, Marcel Khalife and Benny Anderson.

Founded in 2008, Baltic Youth Phil-harmonic has quickly been embraced by the international community as both an important education body

and a symbol of peace and unity in a previously volatile region. As found-ing conductor, Kristjan Järvi has led the ensemble on tours throughout Europe and secured signi$cant sup-port through a board of trustees that includes former German chan-cellor Schröder, Valery Gergiev, Kurt Masur, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Marek Janowski and Mariss Jansons. BYP has become a vibrant hub for edu-cation and performance, musically uniting students across the region. In addition to his work with BYP he has founded the Absolute Academy at the Bremen University for Music and Arts and the Muusikaselts Music education project in remote Estonian orphanages (now a national initia-tive). He has worked with dozens of youth organizations and in 2011 was a judge at the $rst Beijing Interna-tional Composers’ Competition in China.

Kristjan Järvi was born in Tallinn, Estonia. He emigrated to the United States as a child and grew up in New York City. He is an accomplished pia-nist and graduated from Manhattan School of Music as a performance major followed by undertaking con-ducting studies at the University of Michigan. He began his career as Assistant Conductor to Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Los Angeles Philhar-monic.

KRISTJAN JÄRVI is married and lives with his wife and his four children in Palm Beach, Florida.www.kristjanjarvi.com

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Kristjan Järvi has forged a career that couples his in-ternational reputation as an insightful, articulate con-

ductor with his unique sensibility and genuine love for music. Järvi is renowned worldwide for inventive programming, brave collaborations and cross-cultural/cross-genre rep-ertoire. An entrepreneur by nature and a passionate educator and phi-lanthropist, Järvi leads both the old-est Radio Orchestra in Europe and the newest Youth Orchestra.

Kristjan Järvi holds four princi-ple engagements, including Music Director of the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (beginning 2012-13 season); Chief Conductor Gstaad Festival Orchestra (GFO); Founder and Music Director Abso-lute Ensemble; and Founding Con-ductor Baltic Youth Philharmonic

(BYP). He is also the Artistic Ad-visor to Basel Chamber Orchestra. Järvi has previously held Music Di-rector posts in Vienna and Sweden. In 2012-13 Kristjan Järvi is resident with the Danish National Sympho-ny Orchestra and both the BYP and MDR at the newly built Danish Ra-dio Concert Hall.

Kristjan has ongoing guest con-ducting engagements with the fol-lowing orchestras: London Sympho-ny Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Dresden, Symphonie-orchester Bayerischer Rundfunk, NDR Hamburg, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, Accademia Nazionale di San-ta Cecilia Rome, National Sympho-ny Orchestra (Washington D.C), the Minnesota Orchestra, Sydney Sym-phony and NHK Symphony Japan.

As a recording artist Järvi has more than 30 albums to his credit. He has been honored with a Swe-dish Grammy for »Best Opera Per-formance«, German Record Critics Prize for »Best Album«, a Gram-my nomination and a BBC Record Award nomination. Kristjan Järvi re-cords exclusively for Sony, releasing two albums this season on the label: »Carmina Burana« and »Cloud At-las Symphony«, both with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. The Cloud Atlas Symphony marks Kristjan’s continued work in $lm music, having recorded the sound-track to Tom Tykwer’s Hollywood $lm »Cloud Atlas«.

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Gediminas Gelgotas is a composer, conductor and self-performing art-ist. He was born in Vilni-

us, Lithuania in 1986 and grew up in a family of musicians. At the age of seven, Gelgotas was enrolled at the M. K. Ciurlionis School of Art to study piano, composition and trum-pet. In 2005, he began composi- tion studies in the classes of Vytau-tas Barkauskas and the conductor Gintaras Rincevicius at the Lithuani-an Academy of Music and Theatre. From October 2009 to July 2010 he studied composition with Prof. Pe-ter Michael Hamel at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre.

In 2006, Gelgotas founded the En-semble NI&Co (New Ideas and Com-pany) for the purpose of realizing his own musical and conceptual ideas. Gediminas Gelgotas’ works are per-

formed in concert halls in Latvia, Rus-sia, Finland, Germany, France, Great Britain, USA and Argentina.

His compositions appeal to a young audience and are always a »Gesamtkunstwerk«, focusing on conceptual music in combination with experimental or theatrical stage productions, sometimes in the direct involvement of the audience.www.niko.lt

»When I $rst heard Gediminas Gelgotas‘ music last year, I was completely blown away! His music is fantastic and the whole concept of performing it is incredibly original. That kind of musical entre-preneurism has to be supported for its willingness and passionate energy.«Kristjan Järvi

»The new composition by the Lithuanian composer Gediminas Gelgotas caused a sensation!« Neue Musikzeitung, August 2012

NOTES

BYP aims to foster contemporary works by composers from the Baltic region. In 2012, »Never Ignore the Cosmic Ocean« by the 26-year-old Lithuanian Gediminas Gelgotas received its $rst- ever performance at the Young Euro Classic Festival in Berlin.

Never Ignore the Cosmic Ocean The minimalist composition re*ects his consistent way of personally dealing with intellectual worlds and creative processes. »My wish is to express deeply personal feelings through music. A few very quiet episodes speak about extremely fragile inner places.« Gediminas Gelgotas

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GEDIMINAS GELGOTAS ▸ A contemporary musical voice

Helga Luksevica LatviaRuslan Nabiyev RussiaMadara Norbute LatviaIgne Pikalaviciute LithuaniaPaula Schieferecke GermanyRuth Spargo SwedenJustyna Straszynska PolandDarta Svetina LatviaAnna Veselova LatviaGiedrius Zukauskas LithuaniaOksana Zyablikova Russiassia

▸ Double Bass Anton Afanasenka RussiaAnne Auerbach GermanyFlora Bartanyi GermanyJordi Anton Carrasco Hjelm SwedenKirill Dubovik RussiaBerkcan Ertan Germany Johann Nikolaus Franz GermanyWojciech Guminski PolandKonrad Hartig GermanyAndreas Hjorth Jessen DenmarkRafal Kierpiec PolandMattias Hanskov Palm SwedenMaria del Carmen Torrano FinlandRegina Udod Estoniaa

▸ FluteJose#ina Dunder GermanyJonathan Henderson GermanyLauma Ilsuma LatviaEvgeniya Kossmann RussiaFrancisco Lopez Martin SwedenHeili Rosin EstoniaAnn Sophie Rønne-Hansen Denmarkn

▸ Oboe Lisa Bergmann GermanyJung-Jun Ham GermanyThéophile Hartz GermanyMidori Kagaya GermanyXimena Poveda Viera GermanyEkaterina Skidanova Russia

▸ Clarinet Yvonne Böhm GermanyJason Denner GermanyDominik Gredzinski PolandMor Levin PolandAlexey Mikhaylenko Russia

Nadežda Ochrimenko LithuaniaMihoko Okajima PolandDaana Ots EstoniaZydre Ovsiukaite LithuaniaKristiãna Ozolina LatviaMariya Potapova RussiaJekaterina Sata LatviaDalia Simaškaite LithuaniaLiene Skujina LatviaMadli Sokk EstoniaMateusz Strzelecki PolandAnnie Svedlund SwedenAgnieszka Swigut PolandKatarzyna Sylla PolandKatarzyna Szymczyk PolandMari Targo EstoniaRenata Ulumbekova RussiaDaria Upolovnikova RussiaLiis-Helena Väljamäe EstoniaGiedre Žarenaite LithuaniaDiana Zaviryukha RussiaAlbert Zorilla Agut Estonia

▸ Viola Malgorzata Blaszczyk PolandSophie Bretschneider GermanyMikolaj Debski PolandEkaterina Gaidareva RussiaJustyna Joanna Górska PolandZane Kalnina LatviaMintautas Krišciunas LithuaniaJoanna Laczmanska PolandKatarzyna Lucja Litwiniuk PolandJulija Makarina LatviaMairit Mitt EstoniaAnastasiia Nilova RussiaUgne Petrauskaite LithuaniaKarolis Rudokas LithuaniaTrine Philip Rønn DenmarkLucas Schwengebecher GermanyMaria Stanienda PolandOili Matilda Tuhkanen FinlandSanta Vizine LatviaHao Yu Germany

▸ Cello Joanna Cieslak PolandAnu Keski-Saari FinlandMedina Kulova Germany

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BALTIC YOUTH PHILHARMONIC 2012▸ The Orchestra

▸ Violin Zhanna Amandyk RussiaAssel Bainazarova RussiaKarina Burkhanova RussiaAikaterini-Eirini Chatzinikolaou GermanyZoljargal Dorjderem GermanyKatrine Elbo DenmarkInese Fedorovska LatviaIlze Gagaine LatviaKatarzyna Gluza PolandMaria Hamela GermanySonghee Han GermanyMargarita Kairova Latvia

Maria Kesvatera EstoniaAleksandra Kolasinska PolandAlisa Kopac PolandMarike Kruup EstoniaLiga Kuzmane LatviaPauliina Leeamari Lehtinen FinlandBrigid Leman GermanyMarzena Malinowska PolandElin Kleppa Michalsen NorwayLev Mikhailovskii RussiaKatazyna Narkevic LithuaniaDavid Niemann GermanyNatalia Niklas Poland

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FACULTY 2012 ▸ Excellence in education

Kristjan Järvi’s hand- picked team of coaches is a faculty of interna-tionally renowned instrumentalists.

Jan Bjøranger violinPaul Cortese violaClaes Gunnarsson celloSébastien Dubé double bassAlison Mitchell "ute/woodwindsMartin Kuuskmann woodwindsLasse Luckow Mauritzen french hornCharlie Porter brassDamien Bassman percussion Gert Sørensen percussionPhilip Traugott orchestra coach & recording producerDaniel Schnyder composer

▸ SaxophoneMarina Moyà Flaquer Germany

▸ Bassoon Leann Currie NorwayAndreas Lyeteg SwedenPedro Pérez Conejero SwedenArseniy Shkaptsov RussiaAlise Timermane SwedenMarcin Wosinski Poland

▸ French Horn Radu Andrei GermanyMats A. Johansson SwedenPetter Lindahl SwedenAndreas Lundmark SwedenKreete Perandi EstoniaPedro Silva Germany Dennis Vasiliev Sweden

▸ Trumpet Bogdan Dekhtiaruk RussiaJens Emil Holm DenmarkHans Jacob GermanyJonas Larsson SwedenAleksey Nikiforov RussiaManuel Peitzker GermanyPeter Vallebo Denmark

▸ Trombone Martin Chorell SwedenHans-Peter Oberlander GermanyMarton Regöczi GermanyIngrid Bergaas Utne NorwaySarah Zemp Germany

▸ Tuba Mateusz Dudek GermanyVinjar Hambro Norway

▸ PercussionMaria Finkelmeier SwedenPéter Fodor Finland

Anton Hugosson SwedenMichal Jedynak PolandWictor Lind SwedenAngelina Mangs SwedenØyvind Øksnes NorwayVictor Pradillos Belloso DenmarkAleksander Wnuk PolandAnna Zeltzer Germany

▸ Harp Alida Fabris SwedenZuzanna Olbrys PolandYsella Almaqvist Sweden

▸ Piano Jiwoo Lee GermanyEun-Jung Son Germany

▸ Assistant ConductorsGiancarlo Rizzi FinlandJon Eric Kim Svinghammar SwedenJan Wierzba Poland

▸ Student ComposersRickard Age SwedenAlberto Cara ItalyAlfred Jimenez Villafana Sweden

▸ Kurt Masur Masterclass StudentsSeokwon Hong South KoreaChin-Chao Lin Taiwan Gemma New New ZealandAndrey Rubtsov Russia Kah Chun Wong Singapore Hyun Jin Yun South KoreaJohannes Zurl Germany

▸ Administration/Sta#Thomas Hummel Executive DirectorDaniela Rose General ManagerEllen Wölk Operations ManagerMarili Werle Project ManagerJulia Förster Project ManagerKerstin A. Dorscht Marketing ManagerBettina Schimmer Press OfficerChristopher Nimz Assistant to Executive DirectorErnst-Ulrich Kammradt Stage ManagerPatrick Maibom Stage ManagerSabine Knodt & Erik Wilke Assistants to Project Managers

BALTIC YOUTH PHILHARMONIC 2012

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▸ The Orchestra

T he home base of BYP is the Baltic Island of Usedom. Here the idea of the joint initiative by the Usedom

Music Festival, its Artistic Director Thomas Hummel and Nord Stream AG was born in 2008. Located on the German-Polish border, the fes-tival has been presenting the music of the Baltic Sea region. Every year in the autumn, the Usedom Music Fes-tival celebrates the cultural diversity, but also the common heritage of the Baltic Sea States.

It has become a cultural highly re-spected podium of the Baltic Sea. Ac-cording to the Financial Times it be-longs »to the most important dates in the German music calendar«. It seeks to promote musical exchange and international understanding.

Thus, it has presented the musi-cal life of Russia, Poland, the Baltic States, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Conductors and soloists such as Mstislav Rostrop-ovich, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Alan Gil-bert, Neeme Järvi, Gidon Kremer,

Olli Mustonen, Nina Stemme, Bo Skovhus as well as Jan Garbarek and the Esbjörn Svensson Trio enthralled their audiences.

The »Peenemünde Concerts«, fre-quently featuring the NDR Symphony Orchestra, are among the highlights of the more than 40 events present-ed by the Festival each year. The se-ries began in 2002 when Mstislav Rostropovich conducted Benjamin Britten’s »War Requiem« at this for-mer Nazi rocket testing compound, a signal for peace and reconciliation. The »Peenemünde Concerts« have been attended by such prominent guests as HRH Queen Silvia of Swe-den, HRH Prince Henrik of Den-mark, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Prime Minister of Latvia Valdis Dombrovs-kis and the Presidents of Germany Johannes Rau and Horst Köhler.

In 2013 the musical and cultural life of Estonia will be the focus of the Usedom Music Festival.

Find out more: www.usedomer-musikfestival.de

BALTIC YOUTH PHILHARMONIC ▸ Born on the Island of Usedom

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PUBLISHERBaltic Youth Philharmonic in cooperation with Nord Stream AG

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Thomas Hummel

CD Recorded at the Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, August 07 – 15, 2012

Recording Producers Philip Traugott (Strauss, Hindemith, Age, Jimenez, Cara) (Gelgotas) (Stenhammar) (Daniel Schnyder)

Balance Engineers Jan Oldrup/Danish Radio (Strauss, Hindemith, Age, Jimenez, Cara) Christian Alpen, Luisa Sachs, Boris-Alexander Bolles (Gelgotas, Stenhammar, Daniel Schnyder)

Editing Fabian Frank (Strauss, Hindemith, Age, Jimenez, Cara) (Gelgotas) Marius Heuser (Stenhammar) (Daniel Schnyder)

Mix Engineer Fabian Frank (Strauss, Hindemith)

Mastering Engineer Fabian Frank

Strauss © C. F. Peters Ltd. & Co. KG Hindemith © SCHOTT MUSIC Mainz, Germany Gelgotas © Peermusic Classical GmbH Hamburg, Germany Shostakovich / Mussorgsky © Inter-nationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski GmbH & Co. KG Stenhammar © Breitkopf & Härtel

DVDProducer www.ginger-$lm.dePhotos Peter Adamik, Geert Maciejewski

BOOKLETConcept & Design phoibos StrategieTexts Jan Brachmann, Kerstin A. DorschtTranslations Tim JonesPhotos Peter Adamik, Geert Maciejewski (p. 8 & 13)

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ORGANIZERUsedom Music Festival Förderverein Usedomer Musikfreunde e.V. Rolf Seelige-Steinho%, President Vice President Detlef Wagner, Treasurer Secretary

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