Digital Concerts - Brand New Project

Digital Concert Platform

The B.R.A.N.D. NEW project departed from a core issue: how Europe’s emerging classical musicians—many of them prize winners of youth music competitions—would retain an audience in 20 years. The partners developed and implemented innovative concert formats that actively involved the audience in the creative process.

Over the following years, B.R.A.N.D. NEW promoted many young musicians through various projects across five European countries: Austria, Germany, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Ukraine.

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“PEACE – MUSIC – FREEDOM”: International Masterclasses, Workshops and Concerts – Lithuania 2024

24 September the project “Peace - Music - Freedom. International Masterclasses, Workshops and Concerts” brought together young Ukrainian performers and their European colleagues for enriching and productive time at the Lithuanian seaside, the Arts Education Centre in Kunigiškės, administrated by the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts.

The workshop brought together pianists and violinists from different European countries - Von Le Doux and Ireh Kim (United Kingdom), Dea Gverdtsiteli-Abakelia (Sakartvelo), Franz Schluckner, Dasha Klimas (Germany) and Izabelė Orlaitė (Lithuania) among the others. But most importantly, 43 music-learing children from the Ukraine, who have not been able to leave their country until now due to the ongoing war in the country, came to take part in it too. The pupils were accompanied by 10 of their teachers from the Kharkiv State Music Lyceum, whose director, Oleg Orishchenko, was one of the main organisers of this event.

Participants engaged in the intensive sessions with renowned Lithuanian, British and Swiss professors Jurgis Dvarionas, Inga Gylytė, Albina Šikšniūtė, Vilija Geležiūtė, Aistė Beržanskienė, Irina Georgieva, Irena Gulzarova and others, who shared invaluable knowledge and helped in developing their performance skills. Young musicians also learned how to organise and create memorable, surprising event formats, and showcased their performances as a result of joint efforts. This initiative consistently promotes cultural exchange, the professional growth of the performers and creates memorable experiences for participants and audiences alike, with a workshop venue purposefully chosen in one of Lithuania's most beautiful seaside locations. The final concerts took place at the Palanga Kurhaus Concert Hall, Stasys Vainiūnas Art School, Eduardas Balsys Art Gymnasium in Klaipėda and the previously mentioned Art Education Centre itself.

This initiative was part of the B.R.A.N.D. New project which was supported by the Creative Europe Programme, National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts, Arts Education Centre, Palanga City Municipality and the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY).

EMCY Goes Detect Classic Festival – Germany 2021

The activity consisted in a three-day digital workshop and a seven day in person workshop, bringing together nine musicians from all over Europe. Together with the composer Mathis Nitschke, they developed an innovative concert format that was performed at the Detect Classic Festival 2021 in Neubrandenburg. The workshop was combined with training on PR and marketing.

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Young Digital Classic - Austria 2021

Three ensembles from three different partner countries developed a digital concert format with the aim of addressing it to new and most importantly younger audiences. In the first project phase (2021) the exchange between the ensembles was based on an online workshop due to the corona pandemic organised by “Musik der Jugend” (competition organization of the Austrian Youth Music Competitions).

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Vytautas Juozapaitis Press Conference "We We We Will Not Last Support" by the Chairman of the Seimas Committee on Culture

[A] Vytautas Juozapaitis sp. Confirm. “We will not be touched to support”

Čiurlionis Art School will accept 44 Ukrainian children to learn music

The future of European music chose in Lithuania: Emcy Assembly and Creative Workshop

Musical Train – Lithuania & Luxembourg 2022

The Center for International Cultural Projects, the UGDA Music School, and the EMCY brought together young European musicians travelling by train from Kaunas to Esch-sur-Alzette (both cities at the time, in 2022, have been holding status of the European Capital of Culture), and then to Brussels.

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Conference and General Assembly of the European Union on Youth Music Competitions (EMCY)

Conference and General Assembly of the European Union on Youth Music Competitions (EMCY)

The Kintai Music Festival will be closed by the concert of the ensemble Niko and Gediminas Gelgotas students

Open Klaipeda | Friday - the final concert of the Kintai Music Festival - Open Klaipeda

Friday - the final concert of the Kintai Music Festival

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Young Digital Classic - Austria 2022

On 2 July, 2022, at the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna, 15 young musicians performed an excerpt and a modern arrangement of L. Van Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” three times (1pm, 3pm, 5pm). The arrangement was composed by students of the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien under prof. Julia Purgina. Supported by actor and musician Jonatan Blomeier and dancer Coralie Bénard from the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, the production was rehearsed and professionally recorded.

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The Kintai Music Festival will be closed by the concert of the ensemble Niko and Gediminas Gelgotas students

On a mystical day, a sensual project started in Kharkiv

The Kintai Music Festival will be closed by the concert of the ensemble Niko and G. Gelgotas

Artistic Fusion “Drumming In The Living Room” – Luxembourg 2023

From 29 October to 4 November, 2023, Unison Studios in Differdange, Luxembourg, hosted “Drumming in the Living Room”, an event designed to foster interaction and collaboration among artists.

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Veronika Lemishenko: Next stop, Zagreb!

Glowing Harp Festival announces 2023 guest artists

Glowing Zagreb: The Glowing Harp Festival comes to Zagreb

Digital Concert Neuwied – Germany 2024

The activity featured a seven-day workshop that brought together nine musicians from across Europe.

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Kaunas by train to Europe will melt the "parcel" of live music

Kaunas Culture Train to Europe Melded the Funny Nun

Kaunas Culture Train to Europe Melded the Funny Nun

Kaunas sends a "parcel" of live music to Europe by train

“(Con) temporary music train”

MOON: Museum Occasional Open Night – Lithuania 2024

MOON: Museum Occasional Open Night embraces the timeless elegance of classical music while infusing it with a modern twist. By combining the melodic beauty of symphonic compositions with a mesmerising light show, this concept creates a truly immersive and multisensory experience for the audience.

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Glowing Harp Fest: "Synthesis of Arts" - 2023 Croatia

The Glowing Harp Festival 2023: Synthesis of Arts took place on November 22-26, 2023, in Zagreb, Croatia, supported by the Zagreb Harp Festival as part of the B.R.A.N.D. New project, co-founded by Creative Europe. Five EMCY prize winners were invited, including two from Ukraine—Yelysaveta Rakovska and Viktoriia Smetana (harp), Noelia Cotuna from Spain (harp), Urška Gutnik from Slovenia (violin), and Jernej Misic from the Netherlands (harp, though unable to attend due to a schedule conflict).

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Glowing Harp Fest: ‘Playing With The Tape’– Ukraine 2024

Glowing Harp Fest: ‘Playing with the tape’ is an innovative project set to revolutionize classical music by merging traditional instruments with digital technology.

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YOUNG DIGITAL CLASSIC 2022

K-Wiki Project

K-Wiki is intended to support young organisations in their foundation and, above all, their continued existence and to help them realise innovative and courageous projects.

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