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Oops we did it again! Standing ovation after the final concert of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra at the Szczecin Philharmonic! We made the walls of the magnificent golden hall shook.
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The audience gathered in the beautiful concert hall of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław awarded the young musicians of our Orchestra with a standing ovation. A huge applause also for our excellent soloist – the oboist Mateusz Żurawski.
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Don’t miss our concert in the capital of Lower Silesia on August 24 at 7pm. The International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra will play in the prestigious main hall of the NFM for the first time in its history. Our young instrumentalists are preparing a truly spectacular evening with great works of 20th-century music.
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On Sunday, August 20, the most talented young musicians from Poland and Europe came to the Szczecin Philharmonic – home of ILYO – to prepare two wonderful concerts under the watchful eye of excellent tutors and conductor.
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This year, the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra will play two final concerts at the end of August. You can listen to us live in two great concert halls. In the Main Hall of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław and in the golden hall of the Szczecin Philharmonic. Tickets now available for sale online.

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We publish the full line-up of the 11th edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra. The level of this year's auditions was very high, and our tutors faced a very difficult choice. Due to the very large 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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The auditions results for this year's edition of our orchestral workshops – the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra will be published on our website on May 26. The information that the results are available will immediately appear on our social media profiles on Facebook and Instagram – so we encourage you to join the group of our followers and always stay updated. In the meantime, we are sharing with you some interesting statistics summarizing this year's auditions to ILYO.
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It's official and confirmed. The International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra will play in the prestigious Main Hall of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław on August 24, 2023, and a day later in the golden hall of the Szczecin Philharmonic. We would like to remind you that auditions are still open. We wait for your applications till May 15.
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ILYO goes global! We are happy to announce that young musicians from as many as 19 countries have already sent us their applications. All those who have not yet done so, we strongly encourage you to join the only international youth orchestra in Poland – International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra. We accept your applications only until May 15 (23:59 CET).
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Attention dear musicians! In response to countless requests and questions that we have received throughout the last few days, we inform all of you that the application deadline for our orchestral workshops has been extended till May 15, 23:59 CET. We wish also to thank all of you who have already sent the applications. Please note that till the recruitment deadline, you can edit your application, including the replacement of the already sent video links.
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We are thrilled to announce that the ILYO project has been given the honorary patronage of the Witold Lutosławski Society in Warsaw. The Society was founded in 1999 as the initiative of influential artists associated with our patron and aims to promote his music around the world. Among the honorary members of the Society you will find among many others such big names as Antoni Wit, Krystian Zimerman and Anne Sophie Mutter.
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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. This year, we have greatly simplified all procedures to make recruitment for our project as simple and transparent 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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In response to numerous questions and requests, we decided to open standard recruitment for musicians playing brass instruments. French horn players, trombone players, trumpet players and tuba players will be able to apply for ILYO on the same terms as other musicians. The recruitment form for the brass section will be available from March 10.
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This year we have simplified the recruitment rules for ILYO. Other pieces are required, and the recruitment itself has already begun. We are waiting for applications from March 1st to April 30th. Pleas note: other aplication dates apply for musicians playing the brass instruments.
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International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra will meet in 2023 for the 11th time! In the year in which we celebrate the 110th anniversary of the birth of our patron – Witold Lutosławski, our orchestral workshops will take place between August 20 and 25, 2023.

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Watch our short documentary from the last, 10th edition of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra. Listen to interviews with our great musicians, see glimpses of their concerts in Berlin and Szczecin, learn more about the history of our project. We invite you for a short journey through time with ILYO.

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Visit our official Instagram profile @ilyo_official! Follow us and stay alway up to date with all the latest news!
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On August 23, the public, the all-German radio – Deutschlandfunk Kultur broadcast on air ILYO’s acclaimed concert at the Young Euro Classic festival. The performance took place on August 17 in the main hall of the Berlin Konzerthaus. Today you can listen to this extraordinary concert in full on the radio's website. Highly recommended.

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The tremendous success of ILYO at the Young Euro Classic festival in Berlin could not go unnoticed by the leading German media. Many words of appreciation for our young musicians were published by one of the most important German dailies – Tagesspiegel, and the leading web portal specialized in classical music – KlassikInfo.de.
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It was an evening to remember. The wonderful young instrumentalists of the 10th International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra proved their extraordinary musicality, talent and maturity. On stage, they were accompanied by the outstanding cellist Marcin Zdunik and ILYO’s excellent maestro Ayyub Guliyev.
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The final concert of the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra in the golden hall of the Szczecin Philharmonic will be broadcast live on the philharmonic channel on YouTube, but you can also watch it via our website. The concert will start on August 19, at 19:00 CET.

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Long-lasting, enthusiastic ovations from the audience in the famous, great hall of the Berlin Konzerthaus, encores and a sea of ​​fantastic music – ILYO's debut in Berlin, at the world's largest festival of youth orchestras – Young Euro Classic, turned out to be a spectacular success.
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Behind us are three days of hard work in the instrumental sections and the first orchestral rehearsal with the conductor – Ayyub Guliyev. Today we also said goodbye to our tutors, and the brass section prepared a mini concert in the Philharmonic Hall. Today at the Philharmonic in Szczecin it is a day full of events.
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Welcome home! The International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra is back again in the Szczecin Philharmonic. The preparations for both concerts: in Berlin and Szczecin are in full swing.

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