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The
Palestine
Youth
Orchestra
Press Kit 2016
The Palestine
Youth Orchestra
The Palestine Youth Orchestra (PYO) was created in 2004 by the ESNCM with the vision of bringing together young
Palestinian musicians from around the world. The orchestra can rightly claim today that it is a quality national youth
orchestra on a par with similar ensembles worldwide. Over the past ten years it has performed in Palestine, Germany,
Jordan, Syria, Bahrain, Lebanon, Greece, France and Italy. The PYO comprises around eighty young musicians of Palestinian
origin residing around the world who are between 13 and 26 years of age, and are able to perform on an orchestral
instrument to a standard of at least grade 7 (ABRSM).
PYO musicians meet annually for a one-week residential course followed by a concert tour. From year to year, a different
country is chosen for the residential course and the 80-members orchestra invites, alongside the young musicians of
Palestinian origin, 10 to 15 young guest musicians from music institutions or youth orchestras of the hosting country.
Students are coached by musicians who perform and teach with leading ensembles and music conservatories. Recent
guest tutors have come from English National Opera, the Chilingirian Quartet, Valencia Opera House, Qatar Philharmonic,
Stockholm Philharmonic, Amman Symphony Orchestra, Aubervilliers Conservatoire, Royal Northern College of Music,
Conservatorio Paganini (Genoa), and the London Symphony Orchestra. Since 2012 the ESNCM has developed a partnership
with the Oslo Philharmonic which entails having members of the prestigious Norwegian orchestra as coaches for the
sections of the Palestine Youth Orchestra.
Conductors who have directed the PYO include Sian Edwards, Nicolas Simon, Tom Hammond, Hilari Gárcia Gázquez, Roger
Johansson, Walter Mik and Anna-Sophie Breuning. Soloists have included Marcel Khalife, Mariam Tamari, Dima Bawab,
Maias Al Yamani, Mohamed Najem, Ahmad Al Khatib, Fadi Deeb, Omeima Khalil, Basel Zayed, Karim Said, Reem Talhami,
Rim Banna, Basel Theodory, Alexander Suleiman, Saleem Abboud Ashkar, and winners of the Palestine National Music
Competition Oday Al-Khattab (Hebron), Rawan Elleyan (Gaza City), and Osama Diab (Ramallah).
The PYO is dedicated to promoting the work of Palestinian and Arab composers, alongside well-known standards of
the Western symphonic repertoire. Recent concerts have included music by Naji Hakim, Marcel Khalife, Issa Boulos,
John Bisharat, Ahmad Al Khatib, Salvador Arnita, Kinan Azmeh, Maias Al Yamani, Salim Dada, the Rahbani Brothers,
Suhail Khoury and Rima Tarazi. Other repertoire performed by the Orchestra has included Rimsky Korsakov’s Capriccio
Espagnol, Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 3, 5 and 8, Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 and Triple Concerto, Dvořák’s
Symphonies No. 5 and 9, Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta, excerpts from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Haydn’s Symphony No.
94, Brahms’s Symphony No. 1, Khatchaturian’s Gayane Suite, Shostakovich’s The Gadfly, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto
No. 1, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2, Rossini’s Overture to La Gazza Ladra, Berlioz’s Carnaval Romain and songs by
Dvořák, Delibes and Stephen Adams.
CONCERTS
March 2016
Middle East Tour
King Hussain Royal Cultural Centre (Jordan)
Royal Opera House, Muscat (Oman)
H. Berlioz
M. Fleifel
Rahbani Bros.
S. Khoury
Naji Hakim
P.I. Tchaikovsky
King Lear Overture
Mawitini
Zahrat al Mada’en
Gaza
Baalbeck
Symphony No. 2
Conductor: Nicolas Simon
Palestine Girl’s Choir
August 2015
Conservatoire a Rayonnement Regional de Paris (France)
Theatre Antique de Fourviere, Lyon (France)
Grand Theatre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence (France)
Berlioz
Gounod
Verdi
Hakim
Tchaikovsky
King Lear Overture
“Je veux vivre” (extract from Romeo and Juliet)
“E strano…Sempre Libera” (exctact from La Traviata)
Baalbeck
Symphony No. 2
Conductor: Nicolas Simon
Soloists: Mariam Tamari
August 2014
Fundraising concerts for the Gaza School of Music
Dar Al-Sarraf, Amman (Jordan)
Franciscan Sister’s Auditorium, Amman (Jordan) – Two performances
Saint-Saens
Beethoven
Berlioz
Arnita
Azmeh
Khoury
Rahbani Brothers
Badelt
Bacchanale
Symphony n. 5
CarnavalRomain
Andante Meditativo
November 22nd
Gaza
Zahret Al-Madayen
Pirates of the Caribbean
Conductor: Tom Hammond
Soloists: Reem Talhami, Mohamed Najem
‘
To see all these young Palestinians, from all over
the world playing together, and not in some small
unimportant theatre but in the most famous places of
Italy, with so many people applauding, it was a miracle.
’
Luisa Morgantini - Former Vice President of the
European Parliament
August 2013
The Citadel Festival, Amman (Jordan)
An-Najah National University, Nablus (Palestine)
The Cultural Palace, Ramallah (Palestine)
Bethlehem Convention Palace, Al Khader (Palestine)
Wagner
Jenkins
Verdi
Arnita
Copland
KinanAzmeh
Salim Dada
Dvořák
Piazzolla
Prelude from The Meistersinger of Nürnberg
Palladio
Triumphal March from Aida
Introduction and Oriental Dance No. 1
“Hoe-Down” from Rodeo
Wedding
Bent Essahra, from PaysagesAlgeriene Suite
Symphony No. 9, “New World”
Libertango (arr. Milone)
Conductor: Sian Edwards
Clarinet: Mohamed Najem
September 2012
KHBT Convention Centre, The Dead Sea (Jordan)
Hussein Cultural Centre, Amman (Jordan)
Beethoven
Delibes
Dvořák
Kinan Azmeh
Rimsky-Korsakov
Symphony No. 8, in F major
Les Filles de Cadix
Song to the Moon from Rusalka
November 22nd
Capriccio Espagnol
Conductor: Tom Hammond
Soprano: Dima Bawab Clarinet: Mohamed Najem
‘
August 2012
they are talented, motivated and
positive representatives of a next
generation of musicians
Torbjørn Ottersen, Timpanist
and percussionist for the Oslo
Philharmonic Orchestra
Ravello Festival, Ravello (Italy)
Conservatorio Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome (Italy)
Piazza della Signoria, Florence (Italy)
Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa (Italy)
Festival Amfiteatrof, Vernazza (Italy)
Beethoven
Al Yamani
Delibes
Dvořák
KinanAzmeh
Rimsky-Korsakov
Verdi
Symphony No. 8 in F major
Sea Waves (Arabic violin and orchestra)
Les Fille de Cadix
Song to the Moon from Rusalka
November 22nd
Capriccio Espagnole
Un Giorno di Regno (overture)
Conductor: Sian Edwards.
Soloists: Dima Bawab, Maias Al Yamani, Mohamed Najem
August 2011
An-Najah National University, Nablus (Palestine)
The Cultural Palace, Ramallah (Palestine)
Rossini
Tchaikovsky
Roger Johansson
Shostakovich
Conductor: Hilaria Gárcia Gázquez
Soloists: Ahmad Al Khatib, Fadi Deeb
Overture La Gazza Ladra
Piano Concerto No. 1
Fi Dhikra al Haram (world premiere)
Suite from The Gadfly
’
November 2010
Megaron Mousikis, Athens (Greece)
Amman Citadel Festival (Jordan)
Haydn
Marcel Khalife
Assi Rahbani
SamihShqeir
John Bisharat
Ahmed Al Khattib
IssaBoulos
Gershwin
Øystein bru Frantzen
‘
This is borne out by the hugely
successful concerts given by the
Palestine Youth Orchestra in recent
years, a group which has become an
emblem of international recognition
for the Palestinian people.
Sian Edwards, Head of Conducting
at the Royal Academy of Music.
Edwards conducted the PYO in
2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013.
Symphony No. 94 “The Surprise”
Ya Nhassim Ar-Rih
Al Quds al Atika
Law Rahal Soti
Elegy in a Country Churchyard (world premier)
Mystifying Transparencies
Share” Beitik and Share” Beitik fi Yom Taani
Orchestral Selection from Porgy and Bess
Variations on Halalalaleya
Conductor: Sian Edwards.
Soloists: Oday Al-Khattab (Hebron), RawanElleyan (Gaza City), and Osama Diab (Ramallah)
August 2009
Beitteddine Festival (Lebanon)
Hussein Cultural Palace, Amman (Jordan) – two performances
Marcel Khalife
Suhail Khoury
Suhail Khoury
Habib Shehade
Beethoven
Beethoven
Ahmad al-Arabi
Qaza
Ashiqa
Khadraa’
Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
Romance in F major
Conductor: Sian Edwards.
Soloists: Marcel Khalife, Omeima El-Khalil, Reem Talhami, Basel Zayed, Basel Theodory.
’
July-August 2008
(Celebrating Jerusalem, in collaboration with the Bonn University Orchestra)
Tombs of the Kings, Jerusalem (Palestine)
Cultural Palace, Ramallah (Palestine)
Krieger Auditorium, Haifa (Palestine)
Hussein Cultural Palace, Amman (Jordan)
Opera House, Damascus (Syria)
Aram Khachaturian
Al-Rahbani Brothers
Rim Banna
Suhail Khoury
Issa Boulos
Rima Tarazi
Stephen Adams
Gayane Ballet Suite No. 2 and excerpts from Suite No. 3
Zahrat Al Madaen
Wahdaha Bitibqa Al-Quds
Al-Quds
Ughniyyet Hubb Maqdissiyeh
Al Quds Arabiyah
The Holy City
Conductor: Walter Mik
Soloists: Reem Talhami, Dima Bawab, Rim Banna, Abdelrahman Alkam.
August 2007
(In collaboration with the Bonn University Orchestra)
Broadcasting Hall, Berlin (Germany)
Weikersheim (Germany)
Issa Boulos
Issa Boulos
Salvador Arnita
Antonin Dvořak
Conductor: Walter Mik
Longa to Marcel
Manfa
Oriental Sketches
5th Symphony
August 2006
Roman Amphitheatre, Amman (Jordan)
Beethoven
Kodaly
Mozart
Brahms
Leonore Overture No.3
Dances of Galanta
Concert Aria ‘Voi avete un cor Fedele’
Symphony No.1
Soloist: Dima Bawwab
Conductor: Sian Edwards
August 2005
Northern Amphitheare, Jerash (Jordan)
Beethoven
Beethoven
Symphony No.1
Triple Concerto
Conductor: Anna-Sophie Bruening
Soloists: Alexander Suleiman, Karim Said, Peter Clemente
August 2004
Terra Sancta Cultural Center, Amman (Jordan)
Edvard Grieg
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Anna-Sophie Brüning
Soloist: Salim Abboud-Ashkar (piano)
Peer Gynt Suite No.1
Morning Mood
The Death of Åse
Anitra’s Dance
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Piano Concerto No. 3
Symphony No. 2, Finale
‘
Through the universal language of
music the orchestra offers a high
testimony of dialogue and hope.
Giorgio Napolitano, Former President
of the Italian Republic
’
2016 PYO tour – United Kingdom, 18 July- 1 August
Dates and Locations
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18 July-24 July- Rehearsals, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
25 July -Perth | Perth Concert Hall
26 July - Glasgow | Royal Concert Hall (Part of the International Society of Music Education Conference)
27 July - Leeds I Leeds Town Hall
29 July - Birmingham | Town Hall
30 July - Cardiff | St David’s Hall
1 August - London | Royal Festival Hall
Artistic team
• Conductor – Sian Edwards http://imgartists.com/artist/sian_edwards/
• Soloist- Nai Barghouti
Principal UK Partner: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
With the cooperation of The Guildhall School of Music and Drama & The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Official Coaching Partner- Oslo Philharmonic
Repertoire
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Beethoven
Graham Fitkin
Zakaria Ahmad
Rahbani Brothers
Rahbani Brothers
Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel)
Overture, Leonore No. 3
Metal
Biridak ya Khaliki
Ahtarif al huzna wal intizar
Roudani illa Biladi
Pictures at An Exhibition
For more information, please visit the following pages:
Palestine Youth Orchestra web page:
http://ncm.birzeit.edu/en/palestine-youth-orchestra
Article by Tariq Shadid:
http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/Palestine-youth-orchestra-a-bridge-to-the-world-bydocjazzmusic/
PYO at Santa Cecilia (Rome, 2012):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUIz1hxftqg
PYO at the Beitiddine Festival (Lebanon, 2009):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ACAPNUsP9I
PYO in Amman (Jordan, 2009):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvmQ-BX-hBw
Contact
Palmusic UK Website:
www.palmusic.org.uk
Zeina Khoury
Orchestra Manager – Palestine Youth Orchestra
+ 970 598318313
+ 972 542337275
zkhoury@ncm.birzeit.edu
http://ncm.birzeit.edu/en
Zina Papageorgiou
Administrator, Palmusic UK (Friends of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music UK)
+44 (0) 7934058883
zina@palmusic.org.uk
http://palmusic.org.uk
The
Palestine
Youth
Orchestra
Press Kit 2016