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Dear young musicians!
We wish you a wonderful and joyful Christmas with your dearest ones around you and a New Year 2025 full of great successes and unforgettable concerts!

See you in August!
Your ILYO Team
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On the Szczecin Philharmonic channel on YouTube, you can already see the long-awaited, short video documentary summarizing the 12th edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra. The author of the film, Michał Czarnowski, accompanied our musicians from the first day of the workshops, both during section classes, the first tutti rehearsals, and later during the concerts. He was with them on stage and backstage. The result is an inspiring material presenting incredible emotions, the joy of playing together, and a true passion for music. We encourage you to watch this short movie.

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A record number of audition participants, hours of practice and rehearsals, two wonderful concerts that will remain in our memory for a long time – it's time to summarize the 12th edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra.
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The second and last concert of ILYO 2024 ended just like the first one in Szczecin – with a standing ovation. Our young musicians, under the baton of maestro Przemysław Neumann, captivated the Lusławice audience with a daring performance of Dvořák's 9th Symphony. Our soloist this year – Monika Sawczuk – also received enthusiastic applause with her fantastic interpretation of Lutosławski's Partita. But that's not all that happened that day.
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The concert hall almost filled to capacity and a standing ovation – this is how the concert of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra 2024 in the Golden Hall of Szczecin Philharmonic in Szczecin ended. Our young musicians were led by maestro Przemysław Neumann, and the soloist of the evening was the excellent Monika Sawczuk.
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The 12th edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra workshops began on August 18, 2024. The first day was entirely devoted to sectionals, where, under the supervision of experienced orchestra musicians from the best Polish and European ensembles, our young musicians polished the details of the repertoire of the coming concerts.
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We have begun the 12th edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra orchestral workshops. Today, in the white hall of the Szczecin Philharmonic, we welcomed our musicians and tutors, and a moment later, sectionals began. ILYO concerts are just around the corner, so there is no time to waste.
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It is with great sadness that we inform you that due to illness, Daniel Stabrawa – the legendary concertmaster of the Berliner Philharmoniker, will not be the tutor of the violin section of this year. At the same time, we are very happy to welcome Maciej Strzelecki to our ranks – violinist of the excellent Dresdner Philharmonie, just joined the magnificent team of ILYO 2024 tutors.
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Never before have the musicians of our orchestra come from so many countries around the world and from so many continents. We are not only an international youth orchestra, but also a global one. In 2024, young musicians from 13 different countries and 4 continents will play in the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra.
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This year, the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra will play two symphonic concerts in two extraordinary concert halls. August 22, 2024 we will play in the golden hall of the Szczecin Philharmonic, which has been ILYO's home since the very beginning of the project. August 24, 2024 we will make our debut on the prestigious stage of the Krzysztof Penderecki European Center for Music in Lusławice as part of the Emanacje Festival.
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The long awaited auditions results for the 12th edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra are now revealed. The level of this year's applications was not only very high but also even. The tutors faced a very difficult task to choose ILYO 2024 members. Due to the record number of applications, the competition this year was extremely fierce as well. Thank you for every application. We congratulate those of you who will find their names on the list below but we would also like to thank those who will not find themselves on it. We hope that you will join ILYO next year.
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Due to the very high level of your recordings and their number, our Tutors requested a few more hours to review them all with equal commitment. As we care about fair evaluation of each and every application sent to us, we will announce the auditions' results in the evening of May 17 (not noon as previously stated).

We wish to apologize for this slight delay, and thank you all for understanding.
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While waiting for the results of the auditions for this year's edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra, which will be announced on our website on May 17, 2024, we present some statistics on the applications received. Many previous records have been broken, including: the number of applications received and the countries from which they were sent. Thank you for each of them.
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April 30 at 23:59 we closed the applications for this year's edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra. We would like to thank all the wonderful musicians from around the world who decided to apply this year.

We would like to inform you that the auditions results will be published on our website on May 17. Follow our social media to be the first to know when ILYO 2024 lineup will be made official.

Soon we will also post interesting statistics about this year's auditions on our website.
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UPDATE: problem solved, bug removed.


We are experiencing a technical problem on our website. Some visitors on the ILYO 2024 website may see content from last year's edition, especially if they visited our website in 2023 and saved its subpages in the "favorites" tab.

We therefore confirm that the only valid application deadline for 2024 is April 30, till 23:59 CET (NOT May 15).

We are working intensively to solve this problem.

NOTE: The error does not affect the website functionality. The application form works without any disruptions and your applications reach us without any problems.
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This year, the musicians of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra will play four extraordinary pieces by Dvořák, Bernstein, Lutosławski and Penderecki. We will perform them at two concerts: in the golden hall of the Szczecin Philharmonic and at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice.

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Since three editions of the project, the second concert of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra has become a permanent part of our orchestral workshops. In 2022 we played at the Berlin Konzerthaus, last year at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław and now we will go to the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice.
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We have gathered in one place all the most important information that will allow you to quickly and easily apply to our youth orchestra and take part in orchestral workshop that will end with two grand symphonic concerts. We made sure that all procedures were as simple and stress-free as possible. So to the point, here's how to become a member of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra in five easy steps.
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We have opened the auditions for the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra 2024, which means that from today, i.e. March 1 to April 30, you can take part in our 100% online auditions for our unique orchestral workshop. The auditions results and the line-up of ILYO 2024 will be annouced on May 17. The workshop will take place between August 18 and 24.
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We invite young musicians from all countries of the world to Szczecin (north-west Poland) for the next edition of our orchestral workshop. In 2024, the workshop will take place between August 18 and 24, of course, at the Szczecin Philharmonic, which has been ILYO's home for ten years. What are we preparing for you this year?
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Curious to know what our orchestral workshops for young musicians look like, or maybe you took part in the 11th edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra 2023? We invite you to watch a short documentary summarizing our summer musical adventure from a year ago.

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Debut on the stage of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław – one of the most prestigious concert halls in Poland, a standing ovation at the golden hall of the Szczecin Philharmonic packed to the last seat, and a record number of online viewers during the broadcast of the concert in Szczecin. Last year's edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra was unique in many respects.
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The year 2022 was a special year for us. It was the year of the tenth edition of our orchestra workshops. Could we dream of a more beautiful anniversary gift than the debut of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra in the famous hall of the Berlin Konzerthaus, which was also broadcast on German radio?
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