The Kultur- und Sozialstiftung Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie

Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie

The Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie , or International Youth Orchestra Academy, is an international range orchestra for young people, based in Pleystein, Bavaria. It has special associations with the Bayreuth Easter Festival...

or Cultural and Social Foundation International Young Orchestra Academy is a charitable foundation governed by public law.
The aims of the foundation are to help and support children suffering from cancer, the promotion of culture, especially music, and to promote international understanding. Chairman of the foundation is Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert

Ulrich S. Schubert

Ulrich Sigmar Schubert is a professor of Chemistry at Jena University. He was born in Tübingen in 1969. He studied chemistry at the Universities of Frankfurt and Bayreuth and the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond . His Ph.D. work was performed under the supervision of Professor Eisenbach ...

, deputy chairman is MdB Hartmut Koschyk.

Background

Since 1994, the foundation presents, annually at Easter

Easter

Easter is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...

, charity concerts within the Bayreuther Osterfestival

Bayreuther Osterfestival

The Bayreuther Osterfestival is an Easter Festival held at Bayreuth in Germany. It has the three aims of raising money for cancer charities, providing experience and opportunities for young musicians, and the promotion of international understanding...

, the Osterfestival Nördliche Oberpfalz and tour concerts in Selb

Selb

Selb is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Fichtelgebirge, on the border with the Czech Republic, 20 km northwest of Cheb and 23 km southeast of Hof.-Notable people:...

 and Bielefeld

Bielefeld

Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...

 (Germany) for the benefit of children suffering from cancer.
The foundation was founded in 1994 by Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert

Ulrich S. Schubert

Ulrich Sigmar Schubert is a professor of Chemistry at Jena University. He was born in Tübingen in 1969. He studied chemistry at the Universities of Frankfurt and Bayreuth and the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond . His Ph.D. work was performed under the supervision of Professor Eisenbach ...

 and Dr. Andreas Göldel in co-operation with the director Prof. August Everding and the Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras. The international range orchestra consists of approximately 100 young musicians.

Aims of the Foundation

The Kultur- und Sozialstiftung Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie (Cultural and Social Foundation International Young Orchestra Academy) has three main aims. The first is to help and support children suffering from cancer, so that all the proceeds of the charity concerts are applied to fulfill this aim. Secondly the foundation wants to give young talented musicians from all over the world the possibility to study and make music together and this way wants to contribute to the international understanding. Another main goal of the foundation is to promote culture, especially music! The getting together of young professional musicians each year forms an excellent orchestra.

Sponsoring

Official and private sponsors are a very important financial support, because they bear the operating costs of the foundation. Indispensable for the foundation are also the coaches, themselves renowned musicians, who work voluntarily with the young musicians and dedicate their time during the workshop to the musical education of their students.

Curatotship

In 2007 a curatorship of the Kultur- und Sozialstuftung Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie (Cultural and Social Foundation International Young Orchestra Academy) was brought into life. Its members are:

• Peter Hahne who is the Deputy director of the ZDF television studio in Berlin
  Berlin
  Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
  
  ,
• Katharina Wagner
  Katharina Wagner
  Katharina Wagner is a German opera stage-director and co-director of the Bayreuth Festival. She is the daughter of Wolfgang Wagner, great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner and great-great granddaughter of Hungarian composer Ferenc Liszt.She notably staged Der fliegende Holländer in Würzburg and...
  
  , the grand-granddaughter of Richard Wagner is living as stage director in Berlin. At the Bayreuther 2007 she staged “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg”
• Prof. Dr. Claus Hipp, who is the director of the Hipp-Factory Georg Hipp oHG and a freelance artist
• Dagmar Wöhrl
  Dagmar Wöhrl
  Dagmar Gabriele Wöhrl, born as Winkler is a German politician with the CSU. She is the wife of the German CEO Hans Rudolf Wöhrl.1994, 1998, 2002 and 2005 Dagmar Wöhrl has been elected into the German Bundestag...
  
  , MdB (CSU
  Christian Social Union of Bavaria
  The Christian Social Union in Bavaria is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It operates only in the state of Bavaria, while its sister party, the Christian Democratic Union , operates in the other 15 states of Germany...
  
  ), who is parliamentary undersecretary at the ministry of economic affairs and technology
• Dr. Manfred Spindler, a member of the board at Degussa corporation

External links

• und Sozialstiftung Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie

Sources

1. Kultur- und Sozialstiftung Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie
2. Press articles