Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Tonhalle Düsseldorf
The youth symphony orchestra (JSO) of the Tonhalle Düsseldorf was founded in 1967 as one of the first youth symphony orchestras at the Clara Schumann Music School. It has been playing for the Tonhalle since 2007/2008. Between 70 and 90 young musicians between 14 and 24 years from Düsseldorf and the surrounding area make music in the orchestra. Among them are numerous award winners and several national winners of the Jugend musiziert competition . The orchestra rehearses weekly in the Tonhalle or the music bunker ("Olymp") in Lierenfeld.
Awards
In 1991 the JSO won first prize at the 3rd orchestral competition of the State Music Council of North Rhine-Westphalia. A year later it took part in the national competition in Goslar, where it was awarded a special prize for the best interpretation of a contemporary work.
Concerts
The concerts of the JSO take place regularly in the Tonhalle (two to three concerts per year). They have almost 2,000 listeners.
The orchestra's repertoire includes large symphonies (5th Beethoven, 4th Bruckner, 2nd Schumann, 1st Mahler, oratorios / passions) as well as new music, to which the young musicians are introduced by their conductor. The JSO is particularly characterized by unusual concert formats and programs. Solo concerts are also part of the repertoire of the young orchestra, for example the cello concerto by Edward Elgar and the violin concertos by Tchaikovsky , Shostakovich and Beethoven.
support
Since May 2006 the JSO has received generous support from the non-profit Freundeskreis JSO eV In addition, it is supported in rehearsals by the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker .
management
The director and conductor at the same time is Ernst von Marschall. In 1989 he succeeded Viktor Arnolds, who was previously a conductor.
to travel
The JSO has made many trips to countries such as B. Israel , the USA , Spain , Poland , England and Austria undertaken. More recent tours have taken it to Italy, China and Japan. A stay in Norway is planned for 2019. The orchestra has a longstanding partnership with France and Buchenbach. There the youngsters make music with other orchestras and play in many different cities. Some of these orchestras also come to Germany.