Regional Festivals within EOFed

 

EOFed Eastern European regional orchestra festival

on 4-7 July 2024 in Košice (Slovakia) and Budapest (Hungary)

 

At its core, the Eastern-European Regional Orchestra Festival seeks to provide a platform for youth and amateur symphony and chamber orchestras to showcase their skills on an international stage. Participants will have the opportunity to perform in beautiful venues and to strengthen Eastern-European cooperation. By bringing together orchestras from various countries, the event aims to facilitate a rich exchange of musical experiences, fostering an environment where participants can learn from each other, share their unique perspectives, and build lasting connections.The festival concerts will take place in Slovakia in Košice and in and nearby Budapest.

Festival will take place in cooperation with EOFed members, "Musica Iuvenalis" String Orchestra in Košice and KOTA, Hungarian umbrella organization of amateur and youth groups and BudapestSt. Stephen Youth Symphony Orchestra.

General information

The regional festival of EOFed is a event for youth and amateur symphony and chamber orchestras from Visegrad countries (in this festival orcehstras from Slovakia and Hungary) and for guest orchestras from nearby countries and Eastern region (Estonia, Croatia, Belgium) and 9 orchestras will participate with 350 musicians.

The main goal of the festival is to give orchestras the opportunity to perform in an international festival and also listen to the performances of each other, to meet and spend time together with youth and amateur musicians from other countries, to get international experiences and opportunities for cooperation in future.

Participants

Hungary:

  • Budapest St Stephen Youth Symphony Orchestra
  • Strings of Pécs
  • Sátoraljaúlyhely Lavotta János Chamber Orchestra 

 

Slovakia:

  • Košice String Orchestra "Musica Iuvenalis"
  • Edevart Orchestra

 

Estonia:

  • Tallinn Music School Symphony Orchestra
  • Viljandi Youth Symphony Orchestra

 

Croatia:

  • Semeljci youth tambouras orchestra "Rapsodija"

 

Belgium:

  • Student Symphony Orchestra of the Catholic university of Louvain-la-Neuve / Orchestre Symphonique des Étudiants de l’université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve

 

Festival concerts

 

Concerts in Slovakia:

4 July at 17.00 Opening concert in Košice State Philharmonia 

Performers: 

Chamber String Orchestra Musica Iuvenalis (Slovakia)

Tallinn Music School Symphony Orchestra (Estonia)

Viljandi Youth Symphony Orchestra (Estonia)

Tambura Orchestra Rapsodija (Croatia) 

Louvain-la-Neuve Student Symphony Orchestra (Belgium)

 

5 July at 16.00 concert in Bohdanovce Cultural Centre 

Tallinn Music School Symphony Orchestra (Estonia)

Viljandi Youth Symphony Orchestra (Estonia)

 

5 July at 17.00 concert in Košice Premonstratensian Church

János Lavotta Chamber Orchestra (Hungary)

Pécs Strings (Hungary)

Edevart Orchestra (Slovakia)

 

5 July at 18.30 concert in Kechnec Cultural Centre

Louvain-la-Neuve Student Symphony Orchestra (Belgium)



Concerts in Hungary:

6 July at 19.00 concert in Budapest St Stephen Music House

Pécs Strings (Hungary)

Tambura Orchestra Rapsodija (Croatia) 

Louvain-la-Neuve Student Symphony Orchestra (Belgium)

St Stephen Youth Symphony Orchestra (Hungary)

 

7 July at 16.00 final concert in Budapest St Imre Gymnasium

Edevart Orchestra (Slovakia)

Tallinn Music School Symphony Orchestra (Estonia)

Viljandi Youth Symphony Orchestra (Estonia)

 

Festival team

 

Jüri-Ruut Kangur (Estonia) - President of the European Orchestra Federation, eofed.president@gmail.com

Liina Nigu (Estonia) - General manager of the festival, liina.nigu@gmail.com

Gábor Horváth (Hungary) - leader of orchestras committee of KOTA; conductor of St. Stephen Youth Symphony Orchestra

Ádám Vucskics (Hungary) - concertmaster and assistant conductor of St. Stephen Youth Symphony Orchestra

Igor Dohovic (Slovakia) - conductor of Košice String Orchestra "Musica Iuvenalis"