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It has already been confirmed. The 10th jubilee edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra will start on August 10 and last until August 19, 2022. As every year, we invite talented, young instrumentalists from all over Europe to the Philharmonic in Szczecin to take part in the workshops, which will end with two symphonic concerts this year! One of them will take place in the golden hall of the Philharmonic in Szczecin, hailed as the most beautiful building in Europe in 2015, and the second will be a surprise.
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Time to sum up this year's edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra. See our coverage and learn more about the project itself directly from its participants. The next edition will be available next year. We invite young musicians from all over the world to this wonderful musical adventure in Szczecin.

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It was a unique concert in many ways. We were all hungry for live music, not only the Szczecin audience but most of all musicians. After all, concerts with the audience are the very heart of all musical activities. Perhaps that is also why the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra sounded so fresh and perfect today.

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Yes, it's today! The grand final concert of the 9th edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra will take place in the evening. At 10:00 in the golden hall, the general rehearsal in the Symphony Hall began. Our young instrumentalists are polishing the last details under the supervision of maestro Rune Bergmann to sound their best in the evening.
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The entire Philharmonic is alive with preparations for the final Friday concert. In the corridors, next to the rehearsal rooms, you can hear how the individual sections of the instruments practice literally every detail so as not to leave anything to chance. Young musicians work intensively under the supervision of tutors but also practice individually, some until late in the evening. After the summer and pandemic break, our House of Music is teeming with life again.
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For the first time in its history, ILYO has become part of a larger project called Music.Multimedia.Management. M.M.M. is a pioneering program, which was created on the initiative of three institutions: the Philharmonic Mieczysław Karłowicz in Szczecin, Trafostacja Sztuki in Szczecin and Fjord Cadenza Festival in Norway.
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It has begun! The ninth edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra has officially started. In the lobby of the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin, Dorota Serwa, Managing Director of the Philharmonic, and Rune Bergmann, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor welcomed young instrumentalists.
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On July 9th we closed the call for applications for the project. In the first stage, we received 99 applications, of which 65 people chose to play the required repertoire and send it to the tutors for evaluation. According to the repertoire and current restrictions, the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra can only have 38 members. And we already know their names!
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Dear Musicians,

Before we present next tutors, we need to oficially announce important change. Due to unknown coronavirus circumstances and limits, we are obligated to provide safe workshops and stay at ILYO 2021 for all participants. That's why we decide to change the programme and therefore number of musicians.

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It's time to go outside and let live sounds out into the world. See what a return to real, live music playing can look like.

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Don't hestitate! Get some inspiration from the last ILYO edition (online!) and prepare your recordings. The Terms and Conditions, Registration Form and Scores avaliable on the letf

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International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra welcomes young musicians from all over Europe to the M. Karlowicz Philharmonic for the ninth time. The registration for everybody wanting to take part in weekly workshops and play in a symphonic concert at the end of August in the most beautiful building in Europe starts today.
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