Young Euro Classic 2023
The Western Balkans Youth Orchestra was founded in 2019 as a platform for the collaboration of young professional musicians from the six non-EU countries of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia and Serbia).
Works performed:
- Zoltán Kodály - "Dances from Galánta".
- Albanian folk song: "Eja të vallëzojmë" (Let's dance)
- Aram Khachaturian - excerpts from the orchestral suites to the ballets "Gajaneh" (1942) and "Spartacus" (1956) as well as from the incidental music to "Maskerade" (1940/44)
- Serbian folk song: "Igrajmo kolo" (Let's dance Kolo)
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 1 in F minor op. 10
Participating artists
Western Balkans Youth Orchestra
Desar Sulejmani (Dirigent)
Hava Bekteshi (Çifteli)
Nikola Komatina (Akkordeon)