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Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Austrian youth symphony orchestra
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (GMJO) | |
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Founded | 1986; 39 years ago (1986) |
Location | Vienna |
Principal conductor | Claudio Abbado |
Website | www.gmjo.at |
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (GMJO) is a youth orchestra based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 1986 by conductorClaudio Abbado, and named after Gustav Mahler.
It is an associated member of the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras.[1]
History
In 1992, the orchestra became the first pan-European youth orchestra to offer access to young musicians in former communist countries like Hungary and Czechoslovakia, by holding open auditions in the former Eastern Bloc.
Since 1992 a jury authorized by Claudio Abbado makes its selection from the many candidates at auditions held in more than twenty-five European cities each year.[2] At present there are more than 100 musicians in the orchestra and they come