EUphony at the Liszt Academy

The initiator and founder of the EUphony project, the dean of the Zagreb Academy of Music, Mladen Janjanin described the circumstances of the orchestra’s birth with the following words: „Having been appointed dean in 2007, I considered it my primary duty to reinforce the cooperation with the academies of music in our neighbouring countries (Ljubljana, Graz, Vienna and Budapest). In 2008, I visited the Presidents of the above-mentioned institutions and I proposed some promising project ideas aiming at collaboration.  The Zagreb Academy of Music had worked with the majority of these schools of music before, but not with the Liszt Academy. It was therefore this completely new connection that presented us with the greatest challenge. The successful realisation of the first jointly-organised concert given by the students  of the two academies of music inspired both András (Batta) and me to come up with a larger-scale project. We pursued to focus on our common rich cultural and musical heritage in Central-Europe but also aimed to give the students of the academies the chance to meet, collaborate, make new experiences and to use the fullness of their talents. This is how the idea of EUphony was „nurtured to life”, which was also warmly welcomed by the music schools of the other neighbouring states. What followed is now history…”

Click here to read the entire interview on Playliszt

Reblog on ORIGO released a report on the concert which can be reached at this link.