GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER

Guifré Balasch Ambrós (CSMA 2021) titular de percusión 2022

La GMJO es orquesta invitada habitual de las salas de conciertos y festivales más prestigiosos como la Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde de Viena, el Concertgebouw Amsterdam, el Suntory Hall de Tokio, el Mozarteum Argentino de Buenos Aires, el Festival de Salzburgo y el Festival de Pascua de Salzburgo, Festival Internacional de Edimburgo, BBC Proms, Semperoper Dresden o el Festival de Lucerna.

En las audiciones que se realizan cada año en más de veinticinco ciudades europeas, un jurado internacional selecciona candidatos entre una media de 2000 postulantes. Destacados músicos de orquesta son miembros de este jurado y también responsables de la preparación del repertorio en las secciones individuales durante los períodos de ensayo de la orquesta.

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
GMJO

CÁTEDRA DE PERCUSIÓN CSMA I In 2022, we make our globe move again...

Every year between October and December, auditions take place in over twenty-five European cities. The selection is made by a jury of prominent orchestral musicians who then supervise the orchestra’s rehearsals. All musicians between 16 and 27 years of age, with a European citizenship and an advanced level of proficiency, are admitted to the auditions.

The GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER (GMJO) was founded in Vienna in 1986/87 on the initiative of Claudio Abbado. Today it is regarded as the world’s leading youth orchestra and was awarded by the European Cultural Foundation in 2007.

As well as supporting young musicians and their work, Abbado was keen to encourage the music making of young Austrian musicians together with colleagues from the then socialist republics of Czechoslovakia and Hungary. As a consequence, the GMJO became the first international youth orchestra to hold open auditions in the countries of the former Eastern Bloc. In 1992, the GMJO opened up to musicians aged up to 26 from all over Europe. As the youth orchestra for the whole of Europe, it is under the patronage of the Council of Europe.