EUYO Fireworks world premiere!

13/08/18: FIREWORKS with the EUYO - The EUYO performs the world premiere of Fireworks by Polish composer Agata Zubel, Monday 13 August 20.00 GMT+2 at Warsaw’s Polish National Opera, Teatr Wielki,  Moniuszko Auditorium. Fireworks was commissioned by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of Polska Music and POLSKA 100, the international cultural programme celebrating the centenary of Poland regaining independence, & by the EUYO to celebrate the European Year of Cultural Heritage.

The Warsaw performance at the Polish National Opera begins with the world premiere of Fireworks by the Polish composer and singer Agata Zubel. Fireworks was commissioned by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the international cultural programme POLSKA 100 and the international cultural programme celebrating the centenary of Poland regaining independence, and by the European Union Youth Orchestra as part of 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. It was financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-annual Programme NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-2021.

Further performances of Fireworks will take place with a German premiere at Berlin’s Konzerthaus as part of the Young Euro Classic Festival with an Arte Medici TV live stream on 14 August, and in a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast at London’s Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms. The London performance will also be available subsequently on the BBC i-player. 

“As cultural ambassador for the EU, the EUYO is delighted to be working with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Poland to present this exciting world premiere, celebrating both the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage and the 100th anniversary of Poland’s independence ”  Marshall Marcus, CEO, EUYO

 

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13/8 20.00
Concert
Polish National Opera    
Teatr Wielki 
Warsaw

EUYO
Gianandrea Noseda      
Seong-Jin Cho

Agata Zubel         Fireworks (World premiere)
Chopin                 Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.21
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Tchaikovsky        Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64

  

 

14/8 20.00
Concert
Konzerthaus
Berlin

EUYO
Gianandrea Noseda      
Seong-Jin Cho

Agata Zubel         Fireworks (World premiere)
Chopin                 Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.21
                              ---------------------
Tchaikovsky        Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64

  

 

19/8 11.00
Concert
Royal Albert Hall
BBC Proms
London

EUYO
Gianandrea Noseda      
Seong-Jin Cho

Agata Zubel         Fireworks (World premiere)
Chopin                 Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.21
                              ---------------------
Tchaikovsky        Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64

 

 

 

 

 

Note to Editors

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