The project Connecting through Music with Maribor International Orchestra 2012 (MIO2012) is based on the educational project Maribor International Summer Music Seminar 2009 (organised by us), where a resident symphony orchestra with an international ensemble was part of the project or master class for orchestral conducting. This contributed to an even more lively dialogue among the participants on the valuation of the musical profession, exchange of experiences, debates on professional musical topics, not least art in a broader sense, and discussions on the living situations in the countries of the participating orchestras, on the possibilities of further education and on the possibilities of networking and making contacts, which is crucial for young musicians at the beginning of their professional careers.
The project was organised together with co-organisers from Slovenia (Kulturno društvo Glasbena matica Ljubljana), Serbia (Balkan Youth Association), Macedonia (Interkultura), the Czech Republic (Narodni divadlo) and the UK (Insider Communications/Nephew London), whose activities also seek to underline the need for continuous information, targeted education and the promotion of the musical arts as an important integration factor for young people.
The MIO2012 project was initiated and supported by the European Capital of Culture Maribor 2012 in order to continue the mission of bringing together young musicians and the performance of musical art with top soloists and conductors, thus strengthening the path of achieving the highest cultural goals in our region and more broadly across Europe and the world.
