Creative Europe
Desk UK
for Culture

The European Festivals Experience unites three major European festivals to create an extensive programme of easily accessible symphonic concerts and offer a whole range of unique musical activities and cultural exchange programmes in France, Italy and Latvia for youth orchestras and young musicians from all over Europe. Twelve youth orchestras from different European countries have been invited to perform in two of the festivals over an 18-month period; each is selected according to their musical ability and priority is given to those who do not normally have the financial means or organisational capacity to travel. The project will culminate in a total of 35 concerts given in splendid venues as part of the festivals in France, Italy and Latvia, bringing together artists and cultures from north, south, east and west Europe. Aside the concerts, each Festival organises the young musicians additional activities and workshops offering something different and beneficial from a musical, cultural and educational standpoint.