The Baltic Festival is an event for youth, amateur, symphony and chamber orchestras from the Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) and a guest orchestra from France. An individual musician from Ukraine will also participate.
The first festival for youth and amateur orchestras of the Baltic states took place in 2016 in Daugavpils (Latvia) and in April 2023, there was a short one-day Baltic youth orchestras festival in Vilnius (Lithuania). It is hoped that this festival in 2024 will help to keep the tradition alive and will encourage future collaboration and co-operation between Baltic orchestras.
Twelve concerts will be staged over six days in all of the Baltic countries, showcasing thirty-six orchestras and nearly 1500 musicians. Activity will vary and while many orchestras will participate for only one day, some will do most of the program and most of the orchestras will participate for two or three days.
The festival will take place under the brand and partnership of "Eurochestries International" with the main goal being participation in an international festival, stimulation of present and future collaborations, building friendships and sharing experiences.
A special international orchestra - the Baltic Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO) will be created especially for the festival and will perform in all three Baltic countries. Membership will include 20 musicians from each Baltic country and a guest orchestra from France, totalling 80 players.
The Festival is supported by the European Orchestra Federation, the Estonian Symphony Orchestras Association, the Latvian Orchestras Association and Vilnius Balys Dvarionas Decennary Music School and Alytus Music School
The Baltic Festival is an event intended for symphony orchestras and chamber music of young amateur musicians from the Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) as well as a guest orchestra from France. For 6 days, we expect the participation of 36 orchestras.
