11th Jungfrau Music Festival
From July 6 to 13, wind music formations from all over the world, including the Simón Bolívar Symphonic Youth Wind Orchestra from Venezuela, will meet in Bern, Thun and Interlaken. A master class will be offered for young conductors.
From Switzerland, this year's Jungfrau Music Festival the Swiss Army Big Band, the Swiss Army Brass Bandthe Bernese Oberland Brass Band, the Bern Symphony Wind Orchestra and the National youth wind orchestra to be heard.
Alongside many other top international orchestras, the Banda Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolívar (BSJSB) under the direction of Sergio Rosales. As the Jungfrau Music Festival writes, the Simón Bolívar Symphonic Youth Wind Orchestra was founded in 2005 on the initiative of Jesús Ignacio Pérez Perazzo and Valdemar Rodríguez. The two recognized the need for a firmly established wind ensemble recruited from the ranks of El Sistema. El Sistema is the national system of children's/youth orchestras and choirs in Venezuela. The first official concert of the BSJSB took place in 2006. The Banda is the first and most important ensemble with this particular instrumentation (woodwinds, brass, percussion, cellos and double basses) that became part of El Sistema's academic program. The members, aged between 12 and 30, come from all over Latin America. El Sistema follows the proven model of a music education program that not only produces great musicians, but can also dramatically improve the conditions of thousands of children living in poverty.
The master class from July 8 to 12 for 12 active participants will be led by Douglas Bostock. The course offers listeners suggestions for their own work.
